Junichi Inamoto, the first Japanese player to play in the Premier League, will retire at the end of the season, the 45-year-old announced in a social media post on Wednesday. The midfielder earned 82 international caps and scored the winner in Japan's first win in the World Cup in a 1-0 victory over Russia in 2002.

Junichi Inamoto announced his retirement aged 45 on Wednesday, ending a career that saw the midfielder become the first Japanese player to appear in the Premier League.Inamoto managed only a handful of cup games during his one season with Arsenal,