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Tottenham Hotspur signed ‘immensely impressive’ Japanese star – but injury hell saw him play just 189 minutes
24 Jun 2025 16:03 GMT
… of just their second Japanese star.
talkSPORT understands that … Japanese player to make the move to the Premier League after Junichi Inamoto … player to succeed.
"Junichi Inamoto said it took a year … three days later away at West Brom, but he failed to …
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Tottenham agree second transfer of the summer for giant Japan star Kota Takai, 20, in record-breaking deal
24 Jun 2025 09:55 GMT
… a £5million deal to sign Japan international Kota Takai.
The … make Takai the most expensive Japanese player to be signed … he will become the 16th Japanese player to do so, following … Kaoru Mitoma, Shinji Kagawa and Junichi Inamoto.
Takai will follow Bayern …
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Where are they now? West Brom's Great Escape heroes 20 years on
15 May 2025 05:07 GMT
… plays low level football today. Beyond football, Albrechtsen went … Derby and overseas.
After football he moved into broadcasting … Football League and is still playing at 43, back at Tranmere.
Junichi Inamoto … only last year in Japan.
Darren Moore
A …
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Football: Liverpool's Wataru Endo latest Japan player to win Premier League
28 Apr 2025 03:13 GMT
… Hotspur on Sunday, making Japan captain Wataru Endo the latest … 's best league.
Junichi Inamoto was part of Arsenal… players celebrate after the football club won the English … . (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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Former West Brom, Fulham, and Cardiff City star finally retires at 45
04 Dec 2024 23:04 GMT
… Japan international played for West Brom during the early 2000s
Former West Brom midfielder Junichi Inamoto … has announced his retirement from professional football. … able to continue playing soccer until I was satisfied …
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Junichi Inamoto, first Japanese to play in English Premier League, retires aged 45
04 Dec 2024 09:06 GMT
… the midfielder become the first Japanese player to appear in the … for Nankatsu SC, the Japanese fifth-tier club owned by … popular cartoon Captain Tsubasa.
Junichi Inamoto (left) scores Japan’s goal in their … you have one ball and football as a sport doesn’t …
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Football: Former Japan, Fulham midfielder Junichi Inamoto retires at 45
04 Dec 2024 07:28 GMT
… a World Cup.
Junichi Inamoto smiles during his retirement … May 2001. (Kyodo)
Junichi Inamoto (L) holds his Arsenal … in July 2001.
Japan';s Junichi Inamoto scores against Belgium during … in 100th Freiburg appearance
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Football: Urawa to face Inter, River Plate at revamped Club World Cup
06 Dec 2024 10:22 GMT
… annual tournament of continental football champions, the expanded … which he said "soccer is going through the … (Austria)
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Japan’s first Premier League player Inamoto retires at 45
05 Dec 2024 20:16 GMT
Junichi Inamoto, the first Japanese player to play in the … European clubs before returning to Japan in 2010.
“I have done … be able to continue playing football until I’m satisfied with … ,” Inamoto, who currently plays for Japanese fifth-tier side Nankatsu SC …
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Football: Long-time journalist, FIFA award winner Kagawa dies at 99
05 Dec 2024 09:41 GMT
Long-time football writer Hiroshi Kagawa, the first Japanese recipient of … inducted by the Japan Football Association into the Japan Football Hall of Fame … Shandong Taishan
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