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Kazuyoshi Miura
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Person

Kazuyoshi Miura

b. 1967

Japanese association football player

Born
26 Feb 1967 · Shizuoka
Part ofJapan230 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 68 years
  1. 26 Feb 1967BornBorn in Shizuoka
  2. 1986TeamSantos F.C.
  3. 1986TeamSociedade Esportiva Matsubara
  4. 1986TeamSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
  5. 1987TeamClube de Regatas Brasil
  6. 1987 – 1988TeamEsporte Clube XV de Novembro
  7. 1988 – 1989TeamCoritiba F.C.
  8. 1989TeamCoritiba F.C.
  9. 1990 – 2000TeamJapan men's national football team
  10. 1990TeamSantos F.C.
  11. 1990 – 1998TeamTokyo Verdy
  12. 1994 – 1995TeamGenoa CFC
  13. 1999TeamGNK Dinamo Zagreb
  14. 1999 – 2000TeamKyoto Sanga FC
  15. 2001 – 2005TeamVissel Kobe
  16. 2005TeamSydney FC
  17. 2005TeamYokohama FC
  18. 2012TeamEspolada Hokkaido
  19. 2022TeamAtletico Suzuka Club
  20. 2023TeamU.D. Oliveirense
  21. 2024 – 2025TeamAtletico Suzuka Club
  22. 2026TeamFukushima United FC

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1967 – today).

  1. 1968Prague Spring
  2. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  3. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  4. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  5. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  7. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  8. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  9. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  10. 1985Schengen Agreement
  11. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  12. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  13. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  15. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  17. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  18. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  19. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  20. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  21. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  22. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  23. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  24. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  25. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  26. 20112011 Norway attacks
  27. 2011Libyan civil war
  28. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  29. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  30. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  32. 2015Paris Agreement
  33. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  34. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  35. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  36. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  37. 2023Gaza war
  38. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  39. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Kazuyoshi "Kazu" Miura (三浦 知良, Miura Kazuyoshi; born 26 February 1967), nicknamed King Kazu, is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for J3 League club Fukushima United, on loan from J2 League club Yokohama FC. He is the world's oldest professional player. In addition, he is one of the few players to have made over 1,050 career appearances and the first Japanese player to achieve the feat.

He played for the Japan national team from 1990 to 2000, and was the first Japanese recipient of the IFFHS Asia's Footballer of the Year award. With 55 goals in 89 caps for the national team, Miura is the second most prolific goalscorer in the national team's history, behind Kunishige Kamamoto.

Miura holds the records for being the oldest goalscorer in J-League history at 50, the footballer with the world's longest professional career, and, as of 2026, is the oldest professional footballer in the world at 59. He also holds the distinction of having played professional football in five separate decades (1980s–2020s). His elder brother Yasutoshi is a former professional footballer.

Text from the Wikipedia article Kazuyoshi Miura, CC BY-SA 4.0

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