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Former Japan striker Nakayama to retire

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran former Japan striker Masashi Nakayama (R) bows at a press conference in a Sapporo hotel on Dec. 4, 2012, held to announce that he is hanging up his boots. The 45-year-old, the J-League's all-time leading scorer with 157 goals, is currently with relegated Consadole Sapporo.

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Former Japan striker Nakayama to retire

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran former Japan striker Masashi Nakayama bows at a press conference in a Sapporo hotel on Dec. 4, 2012, held to announce that he is hanging up his boots. The 45-year-old, the J-League's all-time leading scorer with 157 goals, is currently with relegated Consadole Sapporo.

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Former Japan striker Nakayama to retire

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran former Japan striker Masashi Nakayama announces at a press conference in a Sapporo hotel on Dec. 4, 2012, that he is hanging up his boots. The 45-year-old, the J-League's all-time leading scorer with 157 goals, is currently with relegated Consadole Sapporo.

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Marquinhos sets eyes on J-League career record of 157 goals

Marcos Gomes de Araujo of J-League Division 1 football club Vissel Kobe shoots during a practice match against the Fukuoka University team in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 12, 2015. The Brazilian striker, better known as Marquinhos, is eight goals shy of the Japanese professional league's all-time career high of 157 goals set by Masashi Nakayama. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former soccer star Nakayama back as active player

Retired former Japan striker Masashi Nakayama, shown in this undated photo, aims to return to the pitch for the first time in three years. The Japan Football League announced on Sept. 14, 2015, that the 47-year-old has joined Azul Claro Numazu of the fourth-tier soccer league. He holds the all-time J-League top flight record of 157 goals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Japan striker Nakayama to retire

SAPPORO, Japan - Veteran former Japan striker Masashi Nakayama bows at a press conference in a Sapporo hotel on Dec. 4, 2012, held to announce that he is hanging up his boots. The 45-year-old, the J-League's all-time leading scorer with 157 goals, is currently with relegated Consadole Sapporo. (Kyodo)