.jpg) Miura in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 February 1967[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Shizuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Atletico Suzuka (on loan from Yokohama FC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Shizuoka Gakuen High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1986 | Juventus-SP | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Santos | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Palmeiras | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Matsubara | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | CRB | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | XV de Jaú | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Coritiba | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Santos | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1998 | Verdy Kawasaki[a] | 192 | (117) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | → Genoa (loan) | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Dinamo Zagreb | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Kyoto Purple Sanga | 41 | (21) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Vissel Kobe | 103 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005– | Yokohama FC | 278 | (27) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | → Sydney FC (loan) | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Suzuka Point Getters (loan) | 18 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Oliveirense (loan) | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Atletico Suzuka (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–2000 | Japan | 89 | (55) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Japan (Futsal) | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:26, 30 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Kazuyoshi Miura (三浦 知良, Miura Kazuyoshi, born 26 February 1967), often known simply as King Kazu[2]), is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Japan Football League club Atletico Suzuka, on loan from J2 League club Yokohama FC.[3][4][5] He is the world's oldest active player to score in a professional match.[6]
He played for the Japan national team from 1990 to 2000, and was the first Japanese recipient of the IFFHS Asia's Footballer of the Year award.[7][8][9] Miura, whose rise to fame in Japan coincided with the launch of the J.League in 1993, was arguably Japan's first superstar in football. He is also known for his trademark "Kazu Feint" and his famous "Kazu dance", when he scores notable goals or produces such plays.
Miura holds the records for being the oldest active goalscorer in the J-League,[10] the footballer with the world's longest professional career,[11] and, as of 2024, is the oldest professional footballer in the world at 57.[12] He also holds the unique distinction of having played professional football in five separate decades (1980s–2020s).[13] His elder brother Yasutoshi is a former professional footballer.[14]
- ^ "Boa Sorte Kazu! – Museum – Profile – Personal Data". Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "'King Kazu' rewrites record". The Japan Times. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Evergreen Kazuyoshi Miura to play in Portuguese second tier". The Japan Times. 8 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Bruxo, Michael (27 January 2023). "Portuguese club signs world's oldest footballer". Portugal Resident. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Miura foi inscrito pela UD Oliveirense e já viu o jogo com o Mafra". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Howorth, Alasdair (2 February 2023). "Kazuyoshi 'King Kazu' Miura breaks more records as the 55-year-old signs for Portuguese club Oliveirense". CNN. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Boa Sorte Kazu! – Museum – Profile – Biodata". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
- ^ "Asia's Footballer 1992". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ Tamura, Hideharu; Amos, Owen (6 September 2020). "How the 54-year-old pro footballer keeps going". BBC News. Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Kazuyoshi Miura breaks oldest goalscorer record in J-League". BBC Sport. 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Kazuyoshi Miura signs contract to play past 54th birthday in Japan". the Guardian. 11 January 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Grez, Matias (13 January 2020). "World's oldest professional footballer Kazuyoshi Miura, 52, signs new contract". CNN. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Quiz: Name 10 footballers playing into a fourth decade". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Kobe offer for Kazu". The World Game. SBS. 25 December 2000. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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