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Football: Miura rewrites oldest-appearance record

Former Japan forward Kazuyoshi Miura (front) plays for Atletico Suzuka in the second half of a fourth-tier Japan Football League match against Veertien Mie in Toin, Mie Prefecture, on Oc. 18, 2025, beating his own record as the JFL's oldest player at 58 years and 234 days.

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Football: Miura rewrites oldest-appearance record

Former Japan forward Kazuyoshi Miura plays for Atletico Suzuka in the second half of a fourth-tier Japan Football League match against Veertien Mie in Toin, Mie Prefecture, on Oc. 18, 2025, beating his own record as the JFL's oldest player at 58 years and 234 days.

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Football: Miura

Kazuyoshi Miura (R), a 57-year-old former Japan national football team forward, trains with Atletico Suzuka teammates in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, on July 2, 2024. Miura, second in the country's all-time scoring list with 55 goals, rejoined the fourth-tier club in June.

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Football: 57-yr-old Miura returns to Suzuka

TOKYO, Japan, June 25 Kyodo - Kazuyoshi Miura, a 57-year-old former forward of Japan's national football team, attends a press conference at National Stadium in Tokyo on June 25, 2024, as Atletico Suzuka announced that he has rejoined the fourth-tier club. (Kyodo)

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Football: Miura

Kazuyoshi Miura (C), a 57-year-old former Japan national football team forward, trains with Atletico Suzuka teammates in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, on July 2, 2024. Miura, second in the country's all-time scoring list with 55 goals, rejoined the fourth-tier club in June.

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Football: Miura

Kazuyoshi Miura, a 57-year-old former Japan national football team forward, trains with Atletico Suzuka teammates in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, on July 2, 2024. Miura, second in the country's all-time scoring list with 55 goals, rejoined the fourth-tier club in June.

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Football: 57-yr-old Miura returns to Suzuka

Kazuyoshi Miura, a 57-year-old former forward of Japan's national football team, attends a press conference at National Stadium in Tokyo on June 25, 2024, as Atletico Suzuka announced that he has rejoined the fourth-tier club.

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Football: 57-yr-old Miura returns to Suzuka

Kazuyoshi Miura, a 57-year-old former forward of Japan's national football team, poses at a press conference at National Stadium in Tokyo on June 25, 2024, as Atletico Suzuka announced that he has rejoined the fourth-tier club.

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Football: 57-yr-old Miura returns to Suzuka

Kazuyoshi Miura, a 57-year-old former forward of Japan's national football team, attends a press conference at National Stadium in Tokyo on June 25, 2024, as Atletico Suzuka announced that he has rejoined the fourth-tier club.

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Football: 57-yr-old Miura returns to Suzuka

Kazuyoshi Miura, a 57-year-old former forward of Japan's national football team, attends a press conference at National Stadium in Tokyo on June 25, 2024, as Atletico Suzuka announced that he has rejoined the fourth-tier club.

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Football: ex-Japan star Miura to play in Portuguese 2nd tier

Former Japan striker Kazuyoshi Miura meets the press after training in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 8, 2023. Miura, who has been on loan from Yokohama FC to Suzuka Point Getters in the fourth-tier Japan Football League, has reached an agreement to play for Portuguese second-division outfit Oliveirense at age 55.

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Football: former Japan star Miura to play in Portuguese 2nd tier

Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2022, shows former Japan striker Kazuyoshi Miura. The 55-year-old, who has been on loan from Yokohama FC to Suzuka Point Getters in the fourth-tier Japan Football League, has reached an agreement to play for Portuguese second-division outfit Oliveirense, a source related to him said on Jan. 8, 2023.

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Football: 55-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura

Suzuka Point Getters' Kazuyoshi Miura, 55, stretches his leg during the second half of a match against Rein Meer Aomori in the fourth-tier Japan Football League on March 13, 2022, in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture.

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Football: 55-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura

Suzuka Point Getters' Kazuyoshi Miura (top L), 55, tries to deflect a cross with a header during the first half of a match against Rein Meer Aomori in the fourth-tier Japan Football League on March 13, 2022, in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture.

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Football: Kazuyoshi Miura joins Suzuka Point Getters

Kazuyoshi Miura, the oldest active player in Japanese professional soccer at age 54, poses with his new uniform of Suzuka Point Getters in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 31, 2022, as he joins the fourth-tier team. (Pool photo)

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Football: Kazuyoshi Miura joins Suzuka Point Getters

Kazuyoshi Miura, the oldest active player in Japanese professional soccer at age 54, attends a press conference in Suzuka in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 31, 2022, as he joins fourth-tier Suzuka Point Getters. (Pool photo)

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Football: Kazuyoshi Miura joins Suzuka Point Getters

Kazuyoshi Miura, the oldest active player in Japanese professional soccer at age 54, attends a press conference in Suzuka in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 31, 2022, as he joins fourth-tier Suzuka Point Getters. (Pool photo)

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48-year-old Nakayama to continue playing

Undated photo shows former Japan striker Masashi Nakayama. The 48-year-old Nakayama will continue playing at fourth-tier Japan Football League club Azul Claro Numazu for the 2016 season, a source close to the matter said on Dec. 10, 2015. Nakayama returned to action in September after a three-year absence from the game. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Leicester City's Okazaki plays in preseason match

Japanese footballer Shinji Okazaki (L) of Leicester City controls the ball during his new Premier League club's preseason match against fourth-tier Mansfield Town in Mansfield, England, on July 25, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former soccer star Nakayama back as active player

Retired former Japan striker Masashi Nakayama, shown in this undated photo, aims to return to the pitch for the first time in three years. The Japan Football League announced on Sept. 14, 2015, that the 47-year-old has joined Azul Claro Numazu of the fourth-tier soccer league. He holds the all-time J-League top flight record of 157 goals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo