Kazu Miura continues to set records

Miura replaced Jonata in the 90th minute in the Oliveirense match against Academio de Viseu in the 29th round of the Portuguese First Division on April 22. At that time, Oliveirense was leading 4-1 and Academio only played with nine men, because Icaro Silva and Famana Quizera were sent off.

This is the Japanese football legend's debut for Oliveirense. He kicked for the last five minutes and left no mark.

Earlier this year, the player nicknamed "King Kazu" joined Oliveirense on loan from Yokohama FC until the end of the season. The deal comes after a number of Japanese owners bought out a majority stake in the Portuguese club at the end of 2022. Oliveirense is currently ninth on the scoreboard.

This is his 38th professional season, and Oliveirense is the 15th club Miura has played for in a career that has traveled around Brazil, Japan, Italy, Croatia, Australia and now Portugal. Miura once stated that she will not hang up her shoes before the age of 60.

Last season, Miura played for Japanese fourth-tier club Suzuka Point Getters also on loan from Yokohama FC. At that time, he broke two records for himself when he became the oldest professional player to play and the oldest player to score in an official tournament, at 55 years and 246 days.

Kazuyoshi Miura is a famous Japanese player in the 1990s. He was discovered in the Japanese school football movement, and played in Brazil, before returning home to lay the foundation for the development of J- League in 1993. He helped Verdy Kawasaki win the first two seasons.

As the first Japanese player to play in Serie A, in the Genoa shirt in 1994, Miura was not called up by coach Takeshi Okada to attend the 1998 World Cup. This was met with a huge wave of criticism from the domestic public, because This is the first world football finals Japan has attended. And Miura was the mainstay to help Japan win the 1992 Asian Cup.

Since 2005, Miura moved to Yokohama FC. He has a habit of renewing the first year since joining the club. Miura became the oldest player to appear in the J-League when he was substituted against Urawa Reds in March 2021. At that time, he was 54 years old and 12 days old.

Miura is the second-highest scorer in the history of the Japanese team with 55 goals in 89 games.