Japanese ahead Kazuyoshi Miura plans to increase his skilled soccer profession into his fortieth season.
Miura, 57 performs for Atletico Suzuka within the Japan Soccer League (JFL) — the fourth tier of Japanese soccer — on mortgage from second-division facet Yokohama FC. When he made his debut for Suzuka in July, he grew to become the oldest participant to play within the JFL.
Miura joined Suzuka a month earlier and says he plans to maintain taking part in for them within the 2025 season. “I had a one-and-a-half-year contract (because the summer season of 2024). I believe it was a pure development,” he stated, through the Kyodo Information press company.
The Japanese soccer calendar runs from March to November and Miura might be 58 when the brand new season begins subsequent yr.
Referred to as ‘King Kazu’, Miura’s skilled profession started in 1986 with Brazilian membership Santos and his prolonged profession has included spells with Palmeiras, Coritiba, Genoa, Dinamo Zagreb, Vissel Kobe and Sydney FC. He beforehand frolicked on mortgage with Suzuka in 2022 earlier than becoming a member of Portuguese second-tier facet Oliveirense in a brief transfer in January 2023.
Miura was one of many first Japanese star footballers, being topped Asian Soccer of the Yr in 1992 and scoring 55 objectives in 89 worldwide appearances between 1990 and 2000, successful the Asian Cup in 1992 and the previous Afro-Asian Cup of Nations the next yr.
Miura has gained 18 trophies throughout his profession together with 4 Japanese league titles with Tokyo Verdy and the top-flight of Croatian soccer with Dinamo Zagreb.
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