{"id":560245,"date":"2026-07-26T11:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/560245\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:39:10","slug":"japan-football-great-king-kazu-miura-59-scores-first-competitive-goal-in-four-years-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/560245\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan football great \u2018King Kazu\u2019 Miura, 59, scores first competitive goal in four years | Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Japanese football icon Kazuyoshi Miura scored his first competitive goal \u2060in nearly four years on Saturday, finding the net at the age of \u206059 as \u2060Fukushima \u200bUnited thrashed Iwaki Furukawa 7-0 to advance in the Emperor\u2019s Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Miura, affectionately known \u2060as \u201cKing Kazu\u201d, struck in the 52nd minute to put Fukushima 5-0 ahead, capping a trademark \u2060run into the box by meeting a teammate\u2019s \u200bcutback with a first-time \u200cfinish at 59 \u200cyears and 149 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The goal sparked celebrations among teammates \u200con the pitch and the bench before the veteran forward was substituted three minutes later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">It was Miura\u2019s first competitive goal since November 2022, when he scored for Suzuka PG, now Atletico Suzuka, in \u200ca Japan Football League defeat by FC Osaka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The former Japan international is preparing for \u200ba remarkable 42nd season as a professional after extending his loan spell with third-tier Fukushima United until June 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Miura joined the club from Yokohama FC in \u2060December and will remain with Fukushima after making six \u200bappearances \u200bduring a shortened 2026 \u200bcampaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">With Japan\u2019s professional leagues set to switch \u200bfrom a \u200cspring-to-autumn schedule to \u200ban \u200bautumn-to-spring calendar, Miura will enter his 60s still playing professionally, adding another chapter to one of football\u2019s most enduring careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japanese football icon Kazuyoshi Miura scored his first competitive goal \u2060in nearly four years on Saturday, finding the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-560245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}