Consadole Sapporo

Japanese great Shinji Ono retired from football at the age of 44 on Sunday, ending a career that saw him become the first player from his country to win a European club trophy. Ono was part of the Feyenoord team that beat Borussia Dortmund in the 2002 UEFA Cup final, during a successful four-year stint with the Dutch club. The attacking midfielder was part of a pioneering wave of Japanese players moving to Europe in the late 1990s and early 2000s, along with Hidetoshi Nakata and Kazuyoshi Miura.

El futbolista español Andrés Iniesta se despidió este sábado del Vissel Kobe japonés con un partido de la J-League que terminó en empate (1-1) ante el Consadole Sapporo, disputado en casa, el Estadio Noevir de la ciudad de Kobe. Andrés Iniesta formó parte del once inicial en su último partido con el Vissel Kobe, en el que disputó 57 minutos antes de ser sustituido por Daiju Sasaki entre vítores de su afición.

Spanish football legend Andres Iniesta played his last game for Japanese club Vissel Kobe on Saturday, as he prepares to continue his illustrious career elsewhere. The 39-year-old started the game in midfield wearing the captain's armband and played the first 57 minutes of Kobe's 1-1 home draw with Consadole Sapporo in the J-League. Iniesta made over 600 appearances for Barcelona, winning the Champions League four times and claiming nine La Liga titles before joining Kobe in 2018.