Nakata retires
Japan international Hidetoshi Nakata has announced his retirement from football in an open letter published on the website of Italian Serie A side Fiorentina.
The captain of the Japan team at this summer's World Cup has decided to hang up his boots at the age of 29, although "no specific reason" has been given.
Nakata spent last season on loan at Premiership side Bolton, during which time he made the decision to retire this summer.
"I decided six months ago to quit after the World Cup," he wrote.
"There has been no one specific event or reason as to why I have reached this decision, but I simply felt the time had come to take leave from this journey which is called professional football. I wanted to start a new journey which will allow me to discover a new world."
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