Junichi Inamoto
Inamoto playing for Kawasaki Frontale in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Junichi Inamoto | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Yusui, Kagoshima, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Consadole Sapporo | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1992 | Seiei Gakuen SC | ||
| 1992–1997 | Gamba Osaka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2004 | Gamba Osaka | 105 | (14) |
| 2001–2002 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Fulham | 41 | (4) |
| 2004–2006 | West Bromwich Albion | 28 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Galatasaray | 25 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 43 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Rennes | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | Kawasaki Frontale | 88 | (3) |
| 2015– | Consadole Sapporo | 31 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1995 | Japan U-17 | 3 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Japan U-20 | 11 | (4) |
| 1998–2000 | Japan U-23 | 15 | (5) |
| 2000–2010 | Japan | 83 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2016. |
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Junichi Inamoto (稲本 潤一 Inamoto Jun'ichi?, born 18 September 1979) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Consadole Sapporo.
Inamoto played for Japanese club Gamba Osaka during his last year of high school, signing with the club in 1997. He was then one of many high-profile transfers of Asian players to Europe, signing with Arsenal of the Premier League. Inamoto scored two goals for the Japanese national team at the 2002 World Cup, but had already been released by Arsenal shortly before the tournament began. He was then signed by Fulham on a long-term loan deal from Gamba Osaka. Initially he settled well at the London club, garnering good notices as a tough-tackling midfielder with an eye for a spectacular goal. He became a cult favourite quickly, scoring four goals over the two legs of Fulham's Intertoto Cup final against Bologna, scoring once in the first leg and a hat trick in the second. Other notable goals he scored in his time for Fulham include goals against Tottenham Hotspur,Sunderland,Middlesbrough and also in the 3–1 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford in October 2003. He also scored in the FA Cup against Everton which commentator Barry Davies described as "a Japanese peach". Inamoto was also described as "bigger than Beckham" by the Japanese media. However, he sustained a fractured tibia in an international friendly against England, and returned to Gamba Osaka to do promotional work. Fulham were interested in signing him once more, but concerns remained over his recovery from injury.
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