In Japan's fourth-division Suzuka scorer vs Ai Takata recently, Chira Miura scored a goal from the point to set another record for the oldest goal in a professional league at the age of 55 years and 246 days.
Seeing the 55-year-old repeat the celebratory move "Kazu Dance" that began when he scored a goal at the age of 16, it felt as if his eyes had traveled back in time.
Born in February 1967, Chira Miura is a generation of Chinese internationals such as Jia Xiuquan, Liu Haiguang and Gao Hongbo, who once competed with our ancient star Gu Guangming, and when Chinese football has gone through three or four generations of football people, Miura Chira is still running on the pitch and dancing samba dance.
In 1982, at the age of 15, Chira Miura traveled to Brazil alone to learn his beloved football. At the same time, a manga called "Football Boy" began to be released in Japan, and characters from books such as Tsubasa Oku, Genzo Wakabayashi, and Kojiro Hinata began to become idols in the hearts of Japanese teenagers. Like the boy in the manga, Chira Miura fought hard for his beloved football, and he moved to several Brazilian clubs, becoming the only Japanese player to play in a professional club team in Brazil and succeed.
In 1990, at the age of 23, Chira Miura returned and became the top scorer in the Japanese league, winning the Japanese league championship for four consecutive years, and also became the samba prince in the hearts of Japanese fans, and the big air wing in reality. As a result, Japanese football began to learn from Brazilian football with determination.
In 1992, Miura Chira won the first footballer after the establishment of the Japanese J-League reform, and that year, in the East Asian Final Four held in Beijing, Miura led the Japanese team against Chinese internationals such as Jia Xiuquan, Gao Hongbo and Gu Guangming, and finally won the championship. From that time on, Chinese fans first recognized Miura Chira; It was from that time that the strength of the Japanese team began to surpass the Chinese team. After that, Miura Chira landed in the Serie A league known as the Little World Cup, becoming the first person in Japanese football in Europe, at that time the Apennines were the center of world football, and Miura Chira, who joined Genoa, was also considered to be the first promoter of Japanese football into the world's mainstream football circle.
Fast forward 30 years, from 1992 to 2022, Japan from the beginning of only Miura Chira alone to play in Europe, to this year with 451 players playing in Europe, that is, in these 20 years, Japanese football has entered the ranks of the world's powerhouses, and the Chinese team has become a third-rate team in Asia. Watching Chira Miura still running happily on the football field at 55 years and 246 days, I understood what love of football is. In most countries around the world, 55 years old has entered the retirement age of manual workers, and in such an intense sport as football, Miura's continued struggle must not be supported by money or fame, but only true love. The love of Big Sky Wing for football in "Football Boy" really exists in reality.
In 1991, Liu Haiguang, once the "top center in Asia", retired (28 years old);
In 1994, Jia Xiuquan, the former "No. 1 central defender in Asia", retired (aged 31);
In 1998, the former "national team top scorer" Gao Hongbo retired (32 years old);
In 2003, he retired (aged 32), who was once the "No. 1 fast horse in China";
In 2006, Fan Zhiyi, the former first Asian footballer in China, retired (aged 37);
In 2009, former Bundesliga super scorer Xie Hui retired (34 years old);
In 2011, Li Jinyu, the former A A goalscorer Wang "Golden-winged Dapeng" retired (34 years old);
In 2012, Li Tie, the former first Chinese back, retired (35 years old);
In 2015, Shao Jiayi, who was once China's first gold left-footer, retired (35 years old);
In 2016, Sun Jihai, the former "Asia's No. 1 right-back", retired (39 years old);
In 2017, Qu Bo, a wind-chasing teenager who once competed with Messi, retired (36 years old);
In 2019, Cao Yang, a former generalist Hui teenager in the middle and back field, retired (38 years old);
In 2020, Chen Tao, a former representative of the platinum generation, and Zhou Haibin, a star of hope, retired (35 years old);
In 2021, national football midfielder Wang Dong, who once contributed to the midfielder's own goal, retired (40 years old);
In 2022, Huang Bowen, once the youngest scorer in the Chinese league, retired (35 years old).
In 2022, the eternal "Big Sky Tsubasa" Chira Miura scored a goal against Ai Takata (55 years and 246 days).
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