Ten players you forgot played in Japan from Andres Iniesta to Gary Lineker
dailystar.co.ukDaily Star Sport takes a look at ten footballing heroes that may have evaded your attention as they took their talent over to Japan.Before calling time on his illustrious career in 1994, former World Cup Golden Boot winner Lineker had one last hurrah over in Japan.Signing from Spurs for £2million, Lineker hit the headlines when he joined Nagoya Grampus Eight in May 1992, three years before Wenger would take the reins there.The former Leicester, Everton, Barcelona and Tottenham striker only netted eight times in 24 appearances in two injury-ravaged years before hanging up his boots and picking up the microphone instead.Widely regarded as Bulgaria’s greatest ever player, Stoichkov was another former Barcelona legend who spent a short spell of.
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