Back to the Leicester City Newsfeed

Shinji Okazaki: Ex-Leicester forward and Premier League title winner announces retirement

Forward Shinji Okazaki, who won the Premier League title with Leicester, has announced he will retire from football at the end of the season.

Okazaki, 37, joined the Foxes in the summer of 2015 and scored five goals in his debut season to help the club defy the odds and win the league under Italian manager Claudio Ranieri.

The Japan international now plays in Belgium with Sint-Truiden.

"I have given my all as a footballer up to now," Okazaki posted on Instagram.

"When I realised that my body was falling apart I naturally felt I had reached my limits.