The Orange County Soccer Club’s winter signing spree continued Friday with the acquisition of former Real Madrid prospect Eero Markkanen, a 29-year-old forward from Finland.
Markkanen is the club’s fifth offseason addition and the third to join from Europe. That leaves the team with 15 players on the roster.
Markkanen, who played 25 games for FC Haka in Finland’s first division last season, scoring seven times, is the team’s biggest signing, both literally and figuratively. At 6 feet 6, he is the tallest player in OCSC history, and with a resume that has seen him play for more than a dozen clubs in six countries, the Finnish international is also one of the most experienced.