Miura’s new adventure at the age of 55!

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The Japanese striker Kazuyoshi Miuraconsidered 55 years old the oldest player in the worldwill continue his career in the second division of Portugalwhere he will represent the oliveirense.

“Kazu” Miura arrived in Portugal this Friday, according to photos released by the local press, which confirmed that will be presented this Saturday for the Portuguese team, where he will play on loan from Yokohama FC, where he has played since 2005.

The Japanese team is owned by the Onodera Group, which at the end of 2022 acquired the majority of SAD shares from oliveirense.

The attacker went on to a long career that began in the early eighties, not his Japanese native, but in Brazilian soccer.

Miura (Shizuoka, 1967) represents emblematic clubs in São Paulo such as saints and the palmeiras before returning to Japan to wear the jersey of Kawasaki VerdyThe kyoto branchThe Vissel Kobe and the Yokohama.

He alternated between playing Japanese football with short stays, always for one season, in Genoa Italian, the Croatia Zagreb and the Sydney FC Australian.

He was capped 91 times for his country, scored 51 goals, and won the Asian Cup in 1992.

He has never defended the colors of “Samurai Blue” in a soccer World Cup, but he has in a futsal, because in 2012 he played the world championship of this sport with Japan.

His record also includes 4 leagues and 4 Japanese cups with Kawasaki Verdy (now Tokyo Verdy) or a Croatian league with Croatia Zagreb (currently Dinamo Zagreb), among many other titles.

“kazu” Miura will now join Oliveirensefrom Oliveira de Azeméis (north), a club with a great tradition in Portuguese sport.

Its basketball team is one of the most important in the country, while its roller hockey team is among the best in the world.

The football team, for its part, has not yet reached the same level, and currently occupies the 11th position in the Portuguese second division.

The team’s coach, Fábio Pereira, recently commented in a press conference about the possibility of acquiring Miura and said that “he will be treated like a 20-year-old player”.

Source: La Verdad

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