Do you remember Junichi Inamoto? The iconic figure of Japanese football, who is now about to turn 40 years old, and he is still racing in the green field, according to the latest news from Sports Japan, Junichi Inamoto, who left the team after the end of this season with the Sapporo Hokkaido people who expired on his contract, has basically agreed with J3 team SC Sagamihara, and he will become an important reinforcement for the team to impact J2 in the new season.
Sagamihara's club executives have said that they have completed negotiations with Junichi Inamoto on the contract and believe that players like Junichi Inamoto can increase the stability of experience for the team. Speaking of Junichi Inamoto, many older generation chinese fans will not be unfamiliar, he broke the record of the youngest scorer in the J League at the age of 17, no one has surpassed so far, and this record was not approached until last month, 17 years, 2 months and 22 days of Japanese new star Kubo Kenei became the second youngest goal scorer in the history of the J1 League.
In addition, Junichi Inamoto landed in the Premier League at the age of 22 and joined Arsenal, becoming a benchmark for Asian players, although Junichi Inamoto spent most of his time in the reserve team, making only four appearances for Arsenal in the cup before being terminated. In the subsequent World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Inamoto Junichi shined, scoring two consecutive goals, once again attracting the attention of the Premier League team, and was loaned to Fulham in the summer of that year, once attacking Manchester United city pool at Old Trafford, and then Inamoto Junichi, who also went to West Brom, Cardiff City, Galatasaray, Frankfurt and other European clubs.
Junichi Inamoto's national team resume is even more dazzling, and he has participated in three World Cups (2002, 2006, 2010) so far, making 83 appearances for Japan and scoring 5 goals. And now about to turn 40, although he has no chance to re-wear the national team shirt, but Inamoto Junichi still does not give up his football career, in the winter of japan's post-70s generation retirement tide, Inamoto Junichi chose to open a new chapter in football life.