He won the Asian Footballer of the Year at the age of 20, but retired at the age of 29. He is regarded as the Beckham of Asia.

At the end of the 20th century, Asian football is changing, and Japanese football has gradually become a new force. 1998 World Cup qualifiers, Japan broke through for the first time and broke into the World Cup. Nakata hidetoshi, aged 2 1, is the biggest star of the Japanese team.

Like many Japanese players, nakata hidetoshi, born in 1977, entered the professional team from the national high school competition. 1995, nakata hidetoshi was signed by Xiangnan Ocean. Nakata hidetoshi made 26 appearances and scored 8 goals in his first professional season, which was a blockbuster.

Since then, nakata hidetoshi's career has entered the fast lane. 1996 went to Atlanta Olympic Games with Japan, in which 1-0 defeated Brazil. From 65438 to 0997, nakata hidetoshi, who was only 20 years old, was crowned "Asian Footballer of the Year".

Nakata hidetoshi scored five goals in the French World Cup qualifier on 1998, which helped Japanese football realize its dream of "rushing out of Asia". After the World Cup, the handsome Japanese star was signed by Serie A team Perugia for $4 million. After Kazuyoshi Miura, Japan has the second Serie A player. Unlike now, Serie A is still the highest level league in the world.

Nakata hidetoshi shocked the football world in his first Serie A game ... when Perugia played Juventus at home. Before the game, the player from Japan became the focus of the camera.

In the first half of the game, the powerful Juventus led 3-0, and the game seemed to have lost its suspense. But in the second half, nakata hidetoshi scored two goals in the 52nd and 59th minutes.

Although Perugia lost 3-4 to Juventus in the end, that game also made Italian football remember the name nakata hidetoshi, and nakata hidetoshi's legendary experience in Italian football began. In the following seven years, he became a teammate of stars such as Totti and batistuta.

In the 98-99 season, nakata hidetoshi, who entered Serie A for the first time, handed over his report card of 33 goals 10, and undoubtedly defended his title of "Asian Footballer of the Year".

In the 99-00 season, nakata hidetoshi joined Rome. Although he can only be a substitute behind Totti in Rome, he won the Serie A championship with the team in 00-0 1 season, becoming the first Asian player to win the Serie A championship.

In the season of 0 1-02, nakata hidetoshi moved to Palma, at which time his worth had reached 22.5 million euros, and he was well-deserved "the first person in Asia" among the five major leagues at that time. In Palma's first season, nakata hidetoshi scored only 1 in 24 league games, but in the Italian Cup, he helped the team win the championship. In the final, Parma defeated Juventus. In the first leg, nakata hidetoshi scored a crucial away goal for the team.

In the summer of 2002, nakata hidetoshi participated in the World Cup held at home. At this point, he is already an important player under Nike. As an Asian player, his influence outside the stadium is increasing day by day. He has been invited to shoot in some fashion magazines and has a great momentum of entering the entertainment circle. Some media even compared him to Beckham in Asia.

In the following two seasons in Parma and Bologna, nakata hidetoshi was able to maintain a good state, scoring four goals every season. Time came to the 2004-05 season, when he moved to Florence, his status began to decline obviously. For the first time in seven years, I failed to score a goal all season.

In the 2005-06 season, nakata hidetoshi came to England and joined Bolton, leaving 2/kloc-0 matches and/kloc-0 goals.

In the World Cup in Germany in the summer of 2006, Japan was in the same group as Australia, Croatia and Brazil. In the group match, Japan 1 2 lost, and in the final round, it lost to Brazil with a big score of 1-4, and the group was out.

After the World Cup, nakata hidetoshi unexpectedly announced the end of his career and retired. At that time, he was only 29 years old and was at the peak of his career. At that time, nakata hidetoshi gave the reason that "he no longer felt the happiness brought by football".

After retiring, nakata hidetoshi did not leave people's field of vision. In the fields of fashion, entertainment and culture, nakata hidetoshi's career is flourishing.

While playing in Bologna, nakata hidetoshi had already had an affair with many stars, including Lin Chi-ling. After retiring, nakata hidetoshi gradually stepped into the fashion circle, just like Beckham's way: shooting the cover of GQ and becoming a model of CK brand. At the same time, nakata hidetoshi also established his own website and restaurant, became the image ambassador of Special Olympics, and started another legendary life.

For Asian football and Japanese football, nakata hidetoshi is an out-and-out pioneer. He led Japanese football to complete the dream of "rushing out of Asia" and proved in Serie A that Asians can also stand in the five major leagues.