Haka and the Peruvian Academia Deportiva Cantolao step up their cooperation.

President of the Academy of Dante Mandriotti visited earlier this week Valkeakoski and became acquainted with Haka organization. The cooperation also received a more formal shape when the agreement was signed by the clubs.

Academia Deportiva Cantolao is Peru's most prestigious academy for young footballers.  Claudio Pizarro is their most famous representative.

- We have been in many years with the Academy of tournaments in the Nordic countries, and thereby contacts has also been created to Finland, Mandriotti says.

Haka and Cantolaon cooperation was launched last winter and spring was made concrete after the arrival of three players to Finland. During the summer, Benito Yllaconza, Joseph and Jesus Chavez joined Hakan first and junior teams.

FC Haka CEO Juha Lahtinen hails cooperation that dates.

- South American players bring versatility Haka activities. Their game is different from Finnish, but the young players coming to Finland soon get used to playing to the local requirements and provide new impetus to coaching his own players and the game would. I believe that they will be seen in league pitches pretty soon.

- Peru people are polite and they will adapt fairly quickly to Finnish lifestyle.