Japan football legend ‘King Kazu’, 59, finds the net again as Fukushima United run riot (VIDEO)
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TOKYO, July 27 — The 59-year-old former Japan striker Kazuyoshi Miura scored his first competitive goal in almost four years when his Fukushima United side strolled to a 7-0 win...
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In his 41st professional season, the grey-haired veteran nicknamed “King Kazu” netted Japan third division side Fukushima’s fifth in an Emperor’s Cup qualifier against Iwaki Furukawa FC, his first goal since November 2022.
Miura latched on to a 52nd-minute cross by Takatora Einaga inside the box to slot home, rolling back the years to beat two defenders to the ball.
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