Japanese soccer player Kazuyoshi Miura says he will play next season at age 58THE ASSOCIATED PRESS November 12,rtainjapanwinter2023 2024 at 15:30 JST
Japanese soccer player Kazuyoshi Miura is several generations older than his teammates. His contemporaries retired decades ago. Lionel Messi is 37, and Cristiano Ronaldo is 39 — mere youngsters compared to Miura. Miura will turn 58 in February, and the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported this week that he intends to play next season for his fourth-tier Japanese club, Suzuka. It will be his 40th season playing in professional soccer. Miura is widely listed as the oldest active professional soccer player. Miura scored 55 goals in 89 appearances and was a star with Japan’s national team in the 1990s. He has played professionally in Brazil, Italy, Croatia, Australia and Portugal. He made his debut in 1986 with Brazilian club Santos, a side made famous by Brazilian star Pelé. |
【西武】２試合連続のゼロ封勝ちで約２か月ぶりの連勝 渡辺ＧＭ兼監督代行「よかった。紙一重だったけど」「ケガでもしたら“ガチガチの広島”とできないので」巨人・大勢が末包への抜け球反省「惚れ直しちゃう」めるる、涼しげな浴衣姿を披露で「とてつもなく天使」「大人な感じで綺麗」など賛辞の嵐巨人・浅野翔吾は「読み勝ち。大したものだ」高木豊氏が大絶賛の広島・床田撃ち同点二塁打【英インターナショナルＳ】日本馬の初制覇ならず ドゥレッツァは直線伸びを欠く【巨人記録室】阿部監督に並んだ球団４位・岡本和真７年連続２０号！１位は王貞治の１９年連続！「ＴＨＥ ＴＩＭＥ，」安住紳一郎アナ、生中継で「海女」に変身…「あまちゃん」テーマソングにのって「素潜り漁」実況「惚れ直しちゃう」めるる、涼しげな浴衣姿を披露で「とてつもなく天使」「大人な感じで綺麗」など賛辞の嵐吉田正尚が３試合ぶりのマルチ安打、通算２６０勝バーランダーからも左前安打 ２得点にからみ勝利に貢献10万いいねの2コママンガが1冊に 正反対の2人が友情育む「あなたが私を変えたから」
Kazuyoshi Miura meets reporters in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Nov. 20, 2022. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)