Forty-eight-year-old former Japan international Kazuyoshi Miura has renewed his contract at Yokohama for 2016 to play his 12th season at the club.
Just 15 months short of his 50th birthday, Miura has extended his stay at the J.League Division 2 outfit for next term after continuing to impress, scoring three goals in 16 games so far this season as Yokohama sit safe in 16th place with two matches remaining.
The Japanese outfit announced the news of much-travelled Miura's new deal at 11:11 local time on Wednesday, November 11 in a tribute to the player who wears the number 11 shirt.
After penning the deal which sees him continue in his 31st year of his professional career, Miura - nicknamed King Kazu - told www.japantimes.co.jp: "I'm thankful to the club staff and supporters who always offer me support.
"I'll continue to give everything I have and strive."
The forward broke his own record for the Japanese league's oldest scorer in June with the winner against Mito Hollyhock - aged 48 years, four months and two days.
Miura began his career in Brazil at Santos in 1986 and went on to enjoy a stint at Tokyo Verdy, scoring 118 goals in 197 matches during the 1990s. He joined Yokohama in 2005 following a four-year spell at Vissel Kobe and has gone on to make 230 appearances, netting 29 times for the Division 2 club.
He scored 55 goals in 89 appearances for his country.
Kazuyoshi Miura
Kazuyoshi Miura (三浦 知良 Miura Kazuyoshi?, born on 26 February 1967)[2] often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanesefootballer. He played for the Japanese national team and was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Player of the Yearaward in 1993,[3] an award presented annually by the Asian Football Confederation.[4] He plays for Yokohama F.C. in the J. League Division 2.[5][6] Kazu, whose rise to fame in Japan coincided with the launch of the J. League in 1993,[7] was arguably Japan's first superstar in football.
Miura scored fourteen times for Japan during qualification for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, leading the Blue Samurai to their first ever FIFA World Cup finals.[8] He played his last national team match in 2000, and finished with the second-most career goals in Japanese national team history with 55 goals in 89 matches.
Miura holds the records for being the oldest footballer and oldest goalscorer in Japan's professional leagues at aged 48.[9]His elder brother Yasutoshi was also a professional footballer.
Club career
In 1982 Miura left the Shizuoka Gakuen School after less than a year, and travelled alone to Brazil at the age of fifteen to become a professional footballer there.[3] He signed with Clube Atlético Juventus, a youth club in São Paulo, and in 1986, Kazu signed his first professional contract with Santos. He played for several Brazilian clubs including Palmeiras andCoritiba until his return to Japan in 1990.[3]
His time in Brazil elevated him to star status and on his return to Japan, he joined the Japan Soccer League side Yomiuri FC, which later spun off from its parent company Yomiuri Shinbun and became Verdy Kawasaki with the launch of the J. League in 1993.[2][10] With Yomiuri/Kawasaki, Kazu won four consecutive league titles playing alongside fellow Japanese national team regulars Ruy Ramos and Tsuyoshi Kitazawa. Yomiuri won the last two JSL titles in 1991 and 1992 and Verdy Kawasaki won the first two J. League titles in 1993 and 1994. He was named the first J. League Most Valuable Player in 1993 and the last unofficial Asian Footballer of the Year in 1993.[3][11]
Miura then became the first Japanese footballer to play in Italy, joining Genoa C.F.C. in the 1994–1995 Serie A season.[3] In his Italian stint, he played 21 times and scored just 1 goal, during the Genoa derby against Sampdoria. He returned toVerdy Kawasaki for the 1995 season and played with them until the end of the 1998 season.[3] Kazu made another attempt at playing in Europe with Dinamo Zagreb in 1999. He returned to Japan however, following a brief trial with A.F.C Bournemouth, in the same year, and played with Kyoto Purple Sanga and Vissel Kobe, before eventually signing forYokohama F.C. in 2005.
He played with Sydney FC of the A-League on a 2-month loan in late 2005, appearing in league matches and the 2005 FIFA World Club Championship held in Japan. Kazu scored 2 goals in his second A-League match, a 3-2 defeat at league leaders Adelaide United.
He is known for his trade mark Kazu Feint and his famous kazu dance when he scores great goals or great plays. In 2007, Kazuyoshi Miura was selected for the 2007 JOMO All Stars match for J-East and played exceptionally well.[12]
In November 2015, Miura signed a new one-year contract with Yokohama F.C.[13]
Miura in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kazuyoshi Miura | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Shizuoka City, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team
| Yokohama F.C. | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1979 | Jonai F.C. | ||
| 1979–1982 | Jonai Jr. H.S. | ||
| 1982 | Shizuoka Gakuen H.S. | ||
| 1982–1986 | Clube Atlético Juventus | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1986 | Santos | 2 | (0) |
| 1986 | Palmeiras | ||
| 1986 | Matsubara | ||
| 1987 | CRB | ||
| 1987–1988 | XV de Jaú | ||
| 1988–1989 | Coritiba | 21 | (2) |
| 1990 | Santos | 11 | (3) |
| 1990–1998 | Yomiuri/Verdy Kawasaki | 192 | (100) |
| 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 F.C. | 217 | (23) |
| 2005 | → Sydney FC (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1990–2000[1] | Japan | 89 | (55) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:23, 19 October 2015 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 1, 2014† Appearances (goals) | |||
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