The world's oldest professional football is poised to be in FIFA 21 when it is released in October. Kazuyoshi Miura, nicknamed 'King Kazu', is now 53 years of age but still plying his trade with Yokohama FC in his native Japan. Having signed a new one-year contract in January this year, Miura is in his 35th season as a professional footballer and looks set to be in the new FIFA.
Miura, nicknamed King Kazu, was one of the first superstars of Japanese football when the J- League launched back in 1993 and he joined Yokohama FC in 2005 after four years with Vissel Kobe. The striker's professional debut came way back in 1986 with Brazilian side Santos and he was the first player from Japan to win the coveted Asian Footballer of the Year prize in 1992.
King Kazu is also the oldest player to score a goal in Japanese football at the age of 50. He found the back of the net in a J2 League game against Thespa Kusatsu in March 2017, per BBC. For reference, the oldest goal scorer in Premier League history is Teddy Sheringham for West Ham at the age of 40. King Kazu's last start for Yokohama FC came back in April 2019 against Avispa Fukuoka at the age of 52 and to have the fitness and drive to continue playing after nearly 35 years is a remarkable achievement in itself. If you need Buy FIFA 21 Points Account, you can visit our site 5mmo.com.
He played for Verdy Kawasaki from 1990 to 1998 and made 192 appearances for the club, finding the net 100 times. One of his other longest stints came when he turned out for Vissel Kobe from 2001 to 2005, making 103 appearances and notching 24 goals. Incredibly, he's the only player from the FIFA 96 game to still be playing professionally and fans will now finally get to play with the record-breaker 25 years on.
Even better is the fact that he and fellow Japanese legend Shunsuke Nakamura, best known for being a free-kick king with Celtic and still going strong aged 42, play in the same Yokohama side and so you can play with the two cult heroes.
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