Hidetoshi Nakata was one of the hottest players in soccer, on and off the field. Now retired, the Japanese soccer star, 47, was one of his country’s most promising players when he transferred to ...

Hidetoshi Nakata has announced his retirement from football at the age of just 29. Japanese international Hidetoshi Nakata has surprisingly announced his retirement from professional football at ...

Nakata is out of favour at Parma and Bologna are believed to have offered a considerable sum to take him on loan for the remainder of the season. The former Roma schemer is also believed to be ...

Nakata will spend the rest of the season with Bologna after becoming disenchanted with his situation at Ennio Tardini. The 26-year-old has featured only sporadically this term and revealed he is ...

Doha, Qatar: Minister of Sports and Youth HE sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani honoured Akram Afif, Qatar's ...

ARSENE WENGER has confirmed that he was close to signing Hidetoshi Nakata this summer. Planetfootball revealed in May that talks were taking place between Nakata and Arsenal, and now the story has ...

“People can talk good about me and bad about me — whatever.” Claudio Villa/Getty Hidetoshi Nakata and David Beckham play a friendly between Manchester United and Parma FC in Amsterdam in 200 ...

The Japanese athlete, who was named one of 'Teen People's Sexiest Guys Ever,' looks back on becoming one of Asia's first superstar soccer players Pascal Le Segretain/Getty; Dominic Lipinski/Getty (L-R ...