Kazuyoshi Miura, the Japanese forward considered the oldest active professional footballer in the world, returned to competition with Fukushima United, ending a nearly two-year absence. The striker continues to defy time, and at 58 years and 346 days, he played in an official match again — he started in his team's 1-4 defeat against Ventforet Kofu in a game counting for the Japanese second division (J2 League). Miura's return to the pitch took place this Saturday, but his participation was brief: coach Shuhei Terada included him in the starting eleven but substituted him just 19 minutes into the match — Hiroki Higuchi, who replaced him, would ironically be the one to score the consolation goal. In the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons, Kazuyoshi Miura represented Oliveirense — the last game he played for the Liga 2 team, against Leixões, in 2024, ended in defeat (1-3).
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