Kazuyoshi Miura

Personal information
Date of birth 26 February 1967 (age 59)
Place of birth Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team Fukushima United
(on loan from Yokohama FC)
Number 11
Youth career
1982 Shizuoka Gakuen High School
1982–1986 Juventus-SP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986 Santos 2 (0)
1986 Palmeiras 25 (2)
1986 Matsubara 5 (1)
1987 CRB 4 (0)
1987–1988 XV de Jaú 25 (2)
1988–1989 Coritiba 21 (2)
1989–1990 Santos 11 (3)
1990–1998 Verdy Kawasaki[a] 192 (100)
1994–1995 → Genoa (loan) 21 (1)
1999 Dinamo Zagreb 12 (0)
1999–2000 Kyoto Purple Sanga 41 (21)
2001–2005 Vissel Kobe 103 (24)
2005– Yokohama FC 278 (27)
2005 → Sydney FC (loan) 4 (2)
2022 → Suzuka Point Getters (loan) 18 (2)
2023–2024 → Oliveirense (loan) 8 (0)
2024–2025 → Atletico Suzuka (loan) 18 (0)
2026– → Fukushima United (loan) 0 (0)
International career
1990–2000 Japan 89 (55)
2012 Japan (futsal) 6 (1)

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.

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.