Celtic's Daizen Maeda came off of the bench to score for Japan, as they beat Peru 4-1 in a recent friendly at the Panasonic Suita City Stadium.

Replacing club teammate Kyogo Furuhashi on the 61st minute, who started the game Maeda led the line for the Samurai Blue, scoring his third goal for his country just 14 minutes later.

He capitalised on a slack pass from a Peru defender, in turn putting him one on one with the opposition goalkeeper, before slotting the chance away despite Pedro Gallese getting a touch on the shot.

This was the fourth goal for Japan, following a double from Junya Ito and another from Kaoru Mitoma. Gonzales Crespo scored a late consolation goal for the away side.

Celtic midfielder Reo Hatate also started the game for his country, though he was taken off at half-time to be replaced by Hidemasa Morita.

This was the second consecutive game a Celtic player has scored for Japan, following Kyogo's impressive header against El Salvador in their 6-0 defeat of the Central American team last Thursday.

All three Japan representatives will be hoping to break into Brendan Rodgers' new-look Celtic team next season, following impressive campaigns from the trio respectively.

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Meanwhile, Alistair Johnston has been left out of Canada's Gold Cup squad so he can fully recover from injury, his national boss revealed.

The Hoops right back recovered in time from an ankle injury to help Celtic to a treble by winning the Scottish Cup Final against Caley Thistle in what was Ange Postecoglou's last match as manager.

Johnston is a key member of the Canada squad and played this week as his country lost in their CONCACAF Nations League Final against the USA in Las Vegas.

He would have been an automatic pick for Canada's Gold Cup squad for matches against either Guyana or Guadeloupe in Toronto, before playing Guatemala and Cuba in Houston.

But boss John Herdman has revealed why he left Johnston out of his squad.

He said: "Some players need a break to recover from injury.

"Alistair Johnston was carrying an injury he picked up on club duty with Celtic.

"So we've got some young lads that we'll start looking at for this Gold Cup.

"I would have loved to have the same squad as for the Nations League, but it won't happen."