Impact
Captain Tsubasa inspired the prominent footballers such as Hidetoshi Nakata, Alessandro Del Piero, Fernando Torres, Zinedine Zidane, Lionel Messi, Phạm Văn Quyến and Alexis Sánchez to play football and choose it as a career.
Andres Iniesta grew up watching the show.
Shaolin Soccer was inspired by Captain Tsubasa.
A bronze statue of Tsubasa Oozora will be erected in the neighborhood of the anime's creator in Katsushika, Tokyo on 30 October 2011.
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