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10MA TOPICS! [JAPAN FA] Japan's Ono calls time on glittering career

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September 27, 2023

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Sapporo: Former AFC Player of the Year and 2000 AFC Asian Cup winner Shinji Ono has announced he will finish his 25-year playing career at the end of the season.

Ono made the announcement on Wednesday through his current club Consadole Sapporo as he celebrated his 44th birthday, bringing to an end a professional career that started in 1998.

“My feet, which have been my companions for 39 years since I first discovered football, are telling me to let them rest, so I have decided to stop playing professional football at the end of this season,” Ono said in a statement.



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