Overview

• Miura’s June 15 cameo against YSCC Yokohama was his first appearance of the 2025 Japan Football League campaign after a leg injury sustained in January.
• At 58 years and 109 days, he extends his record as Japan’s oldest active professional footballer.
• The veteran striker began his career with Santos in Brazil in 1986 and has since played across Italy, Croatia, Australia, Portugal and in Japan’s J-League.
• Miura scored 55 goals in 89 matches for the Japanese national team between 1990 and 2000.
• He has expressed a determination to raise his game further and shows no desire to retire.