He played at Santos in the 1980s alongside Dunga, Sampaio and Socrates and yet Kazuyoshi Miura is still active. At 55 – and soon to be 56 – “King Kazu”, a professional for 37 years, joins the Oliveirense club (Portuguese D2) on loan from Yokohama (Japan).
The company that owns Yokohama FC acquired a majority stake in the club from Oliveirense in November. “Even though it’s a new place, I’m going to work hard to show everyone the type of game I’m known for”confessed, in a press release published by the Asian club, the former Japanese international (89 caps, 55 goals between 1990 and 2000).