After signing a new deal with Yokohama FC earlier this year, iconic Japanese star Kazoyushi Miura turns 54 today.
The attacker is in his 36th season as a pro and has played football in five separate decades! Here's a quick recap of a truly unique career of highlights.
😯 Miura's amazing timeline
- 🇧🇷 Pro debut for Santos in Brazil; 1986
- 🇮🇹 First Japanese player in Serie A; 1994
- 🗿 Retires from international football with 55 goals in 89 Japan caps; 2000
- 🇯🇵 Joins Yokohama FC aged 38; 2005
- 👑 Aged 50, becomes the oldest pro footballer to score a goal; 2017
- 🖊 Signs a new contract with Yokohama aged 53; 2021
✈️ Miura's club career journey
- 🇧🇷 Santos
- 🇧🇷 Palmeiras
- 🇧🇷 Matsubara
- 🇧🇷 CRB
- 🇧🇷 XV de Jaú
- 🇧🇷 Coritiba
- 🇧🇷 Santos
- 🇯🇵 Verdy Kawasaki
- 🇮🇹 Genoa (loan)
- 🇭🇷 Croatia Zagreb
- 🇯🇵 Kyoto Purple Sanga
- 🇯🇵 Vissel Kobe
- 🇯🇵 Yokohama FC
- 🇦🇺 Sydney FC (loan)
- ✈️🇯🇵 Back to Yokohama FC
When Kazuyoshi Miura made his professional debut, Lionel Messi was yet to be born. What a story!
