19-year-old Arsenal → 0 goals, 0 assists, and a glass body with poor luck, recruited by Son Heung-min and Wenger in the two mountains

Aug 08, 2025

19-year-old Arsenal → 0 goals, 0 assists, and a glass body with poor luck, recruited by Son Heung-min and Wenger in the two mountains
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Japanese soccer fans will be sad about Miyaichiro's failure at Arsenal.

The Japanese Football Channel recently delivered a series of highly anticipated but unsuccessful Japanese soccer players in their childhood through the `Japanese Players Who Failed to Transfer Overseas Early.' On the 8th, if there were no injuries...Miyichi was chosen under the title of 'Glass Body Genius', which everyone acknowledged.

Miyichi, who was born in 1992, is a player who received tremendous attention from a young age. At the youth level, he showed the best talent of all time in Japan. Thanks to his outstanding potential, Miyaichi moved to Arsenal in 2011, where manager Arsen Wenger was. Japanese soccer fans also had huge expectations for Miyichi's success because they were able to be coached by Wenger, who had excellent ability to grow prospects.
19-year-old Arsenal → 0 goals, 0 assists, and a glass body with poor luck, recruited by Son Heung-min and Wenger in the two mountains
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At the time, Son Heung-min, who was the same age at the time, stood out as a prospect in Hamburg, so Miyaichi and Son Heung-min were mega-anticipants representing Japan and South Korea, respectively. Miyaichi left for Feyenoord, a prestigious Dutch club, on loan as soon as he transferred to Arsenal, and scored three goals and five assists in 12 games, which allowed him to be compared to Son Heung-min until then. In that season, Son scored three goals in 14 games for Hamburg.




But Miyaichi's growth has stopped there. He returned to Arsenal, but only played the reserve team games. He made his debut for Arsenal in the 2011–2012 League Cup, but played only two first-team games. He left for Bolton Wanderers on loan in the middle of the season, but was unsuccessful. In the third season, he became a loanee for Wigan Athletic, but it was a disappointing season. He couldn't even go on loan in the 2013-2014 season, and remained in the first team, but he scored 0 goals and 0 assists in 5 games in the season. In 2015, he headed to Tvente, the Netherlands, again on loan, but he couldn't even make a leap to the starting lineup.

Arsenal gave up Miyaichi, who couldn't grow. In 2015, he joined Germany's Jeankt Pauli, but collapsed due to a cruciate ligament rupture. He returned from eight months off, but in 2017, he ruptured the cruciate ligament on the other side and left for a long time. In 2019, he missed almost a season with a groin injury.
19-year-old Arsenal → 0 goals, 0 assists, and a glass body with poor luck, recruited by Son Heung-min and Wenger in the two mountains
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Miyichi, who has not had a successful season in Europe, is the prestigious Yokohama F in Japan in 2021.He joined Marinos. It seemed to have finally settled down in Yokohama, but the cruciate ligament ruptured again in 2023. He played for Japan in the 2022 EAFF E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup), but suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in the match against Korea. It was his third career cruciate ligament rupture, but Miyichi did not give up his career.

Last season, he played a full season as a rotation member. He is also going back and forth between starting and replacing in the 2025 season, but he is suffering from frequent injuries. The Football Channel said `Miyaichi's football life has always been with injuries. During his five-year career at Arsenal, he played in only seven official matches for the first team. These were painful days for the promising speed star. Starting this season, he is also expanding his playing area by challenging a new position called right fullback. "His professionalism fighting at the forefront despite suffering several injuries that could jeopardize his career is bowing to him," he said, shedding light on Miyichi's sad career.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.