Passion knows no age… Former Japanese player Kazuyoshi Miura is a perfect example of this. The interested party, which blew out 56 candles in February, has not yet decided to retire and will continue its march for a few more months.
Oliverense, a second-division Portuguese club, has already announced on social networks that an agreement has been reached with the player to extend it for one season. The striker, who made three appearances for the club after being loaned out by Yokohama FC last February, will therefore remain in Portugal next season.
Miura, with her little gray hair, wants to keep playing until she’s 60 years old. “There will be times when I won’t be in the matches, but I want to stay motivated and do my best where I can,” he recently told Nikkan Sports daily.
Known as “King Kazuo” in his country, Miura is one of the few players to have played on four different continents. The world class player made his debut in 1986 with Brazilian club Santos and has also played in Japan, Italy, Croatia and Australia.
One of the most popular soccer players in Asia in the 1990s, he helped put Japanese soccer on the map when the Japan Professional League was launched in 1993.
After making his first professional dribbling in Brazil, Miura joined the Japanese Championship in 1990. He was left out of selection when the “Samurai Blue” first took part in the final stage of the World Cup in 1998, despite having scored 55 goals in 89 A match for the team.
