FC Gifu of soccer J3 announced that Ryoichi Maeda, a former Japan national team forward who belonged for two years until last season, will retire.
Maeda is 39 years old from Hyogo prefecture.
At that time, he joined Jubilo Iwata of J1 and became the top scorer of J1 for the second consecutive year with his high RBI heading.
In addition, he also played an active part as a representative of Japan, marking a total of 154 points in J1 which is the 5th place in history.
After that, I joined FC Gifu via FC Tokyo, played for two seasons, and left the team last month.
Maeda said, "It was a really happy soccer life thanks to all the people who gave me the opportunity to play, and all the fans and supporters who supported and supported me for 21 years. Thank you very much. Thank you. "
From now on, he will be the coach of Jubilo Iwata's subordinate organization.