Fernando Torres hung up his boots on Friday but was given a special message from former Liverpool team-mate Steven Gerrard as he did so.
His final match was Sagan Tosu's thumping 6-1 defeat at the hands of the Vissel Kobe of Andres Iniesta and David Villa, with the 35-year-old Spaniard unable to find the target.
It brought to an end an unspectacular couple of years in the J-League but was also the conclusion of a remarkable career that had seen the forward gain icon status at Atletico Madrid and Liverpool, as well as turn out for Chelsea and AC Milan.