Overview
- Miura signed a six-month loan last month with third-division Fukushima United, setting up his 41st professional season.
- The move brings him back into Japan’s top three tiers for the first time since 2021, with the new season beginning in early February.
- He told reporters he wants to be on the pitch for even one minute or one second longer and vowed to repay the club with goals and assists.
- Miura said he had nearly given up on returning to the J.League before Fukushima’s offer revived his ambition to play at that level.
- Last season he made eight goalless appearances for fourth-tier Atletico Suzuka, and he has 55 goals in 89 caps for Japan after starting his career with Santos in 1986.