Soccer God in Japan who left football at age 29 after millions got tired

There's a god in Japan. Hidetoshi Nakata, one of the best in Japanese football history, surprised everyone when he left football at the age of 29. His reasoning was that he left him for principled reasons. He wanted to enjoy this beautiful sport, but not as a professional. Things had changed greatly, and Nakata did not see herself as part of that world.

“I'll keep playing soccer and enjoying myself, but never as a professional footballer. I wasn't playing soccer because I wanted to be famous or be a millionaire, but because I love football. I felt a little tired of the environment and the” things that happened would declare Nakata.

Japan had been defeated by Brazil with a score of 4-1 and midfielder who had tried to play in the series A at Premier League thought to close it with played football. Ten years from his own country, Nakata thought of recovering his lost time. “Il Beckham del Sol Levante” had thought of the new mission.

Seven years traveling, driving, in all 47 Japanese Prefectures. He met people of all professions, farmers, cooks, craftsmen, who were determined to preserve old traditions. That trip made him find his true passion: “saque”. A traditional Japanese drink, like rakia in Albania.

Sake produced by fermented rice, and Nakata became associated with it by the work people did to prepare for the history you carried within yourself. Nakata was the new image of sake, whose sales had dropped sharply since 1975. Wine and other cocktails were replaced. Nakata took him to another stage and turned him into a successful business.

KA Today Seanan Bellmar was the first team of Nakata. Only 18 years old, then, in 1995, the Japanese played midfield with offensive traits. It started with a trophy, Asian Cup Winters. The first time his club managed to get such a significant trophy and Nakata scored a goal in the finals.

In Japan he continued with positive presentations and became a member of his nationals, participating in the 1998 World Cup, France. That was enough, and it was time for another adventure, the elite of Italian football. Plight paid $4m and Nakata became the second Japanese player to be transferred to Serie A. Earlier Kazuyoshi Miura joined Genoa's team. Immediately, 10 goals scored, the highest number for it within a season.

Pegony kept it 6 months later and gave up, since in January 2000 it was Rome who paid 42 billion lire (about 22m euros) for his card. Nakata provided his help in winning the champion title, while crucial to the meeting against Juvenus on May 6, 2001. The Pharisees scored twice, with Del Piero first and then Zidane.

Nakata was on the bench and replaced a legend like Francesco Totti. The Japanese became a protagonist of a 100-foot superhero that opened the meeting. In addition, the midfielder forced Van Der Sar to leave the ball in the area after a blow to the entrance of the area, and Montela avoided losing Rome, preserving the 6-point margin and won the champion title afterwards.

A new adventure. The 4-year contract, Parma Nakata squad and 55 billion lira (28.4m euros) paid. It marked the record for an Asian player and took 14 years for that record to fall, following the transfer of Son Heung from Bayer Leverkusen to Tottenham. The Japanese began with trophies at Parma as they won the Italian Cup.

In the first final, it marked Juventus in defeat 2-1, and in return that goal outside the field was highly valuable, as his team raised the trophy thanks to a victory by a score of 1-0. Two and a half years at Parma and then other team experiences like Bilogna and Fiorentina to spend in the summer of 2005 at Bolton Wonderers. The last season for midfielder, which tried to play even at Premier League, where it scored a goal.