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12/30 22:29 CST Life begins at 59 for the globe's oldest professional soccer
player
Life begins at 59 for the globe's oldest professional soccer player
TOKYO (AP) --- He turns 59 in February, and the globe's oldest professional
soccer player has a new club as he gets set for his 41st season.
This is of course Kazuyoshi Miura who is known in Japan as "King Kazu."
Miura announced his signing this week with third-division J-League team
Fukushima United. He is moving on loan from Yokohama FC and spent last season
on loan with fourth-division club Atletico Suzuka.
He failed to score in seven matches with Suzuka.
Miura has played professionally in Brazil, Italy, Croatia, Australia and
Portugal. And of course in Japan. He made his debut in 1986 with Santos in
Brazil, a club made famous by Brazilian star Pel.
In 2017 at age 50, he became the oldest player to score in a professional
match. That topped the record held by highly decorated England international
Stanley Matthews.
Miura was one of the first big names in Japanese soccer. He scored 55 goals in
89 appearance and was a star with Japan's national team in the 1990s.
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