Kazu Miura sets a record again
Miura came on for Jonata after 90 minutes in the Academio de Viseu match in round 29. Oliveirense was leading 4-1, and Academio was only playing with nine as 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, leaving no mark.
Oliveirense is currently ninth.
Earlier this year, the player nicknamed "King Kazu" joined Oliveirense on loan from Yokohama FC. The deal happened after some Japanese owners bought back most of the shares of the Portuguese club at the end of 2022.
This is his 38th professional season, and Oliveirense is the 15th club that Miura has played for during his career touring across 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.
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 the J-League. 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, and since then has made a habit of renewing each year. Miura became the oldest player to appear in the J-League when he was featured in the Urawa Reds match 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.
