The 53-year-old Hassan Miura has already made two starters in the Japan League Cup this season, although a 1966 veteran from Mongolia this month broke Miura's record of the oldest professional player in international football. But today in a match in the 18th round of the J-League in Japan, Miura Chira still set more world records!
A few hours before the match, Yokohama FC Club announced the starting list before the match, and Miura Chira was impressively listed! As a result, he also became the oldest player to play in the J-League, after this record was held by Masashi Nakayama (45 years, 2 months and 1 day), Miura Chiryo directly expanded the record to 53 years, 6 months and 28 days! It's been 13 years since his last appearance in the J-League, when he also played for Yokohama FC, only to be relegated in 2007.
Before the game, when the players of the two sides met in the preparation area, the 39-year-old "youngster" Nakamura Ken of the opponent Kawasaki Forwards just saw Miura, and bowed to him respectfully and hugged him. This scene is a rare clip in world professional football, and Miura Chira's starting teammates, as well as Junsuke Nakamura after the 70s, Daisuke Matsui after the 80s, and Yokohama FC's post-90s and post-00s teammates. Yokohama FC's starting lineup directly set a world record, that is, the starting 11 people covered 5 generations of players from the 60s to the post-00s, and the youngest starter was central defender Yuki Kobayashi, who was born in 2000 and was 33 years younger than Miura! This record was set by Miura and his teammates, and he has three other world records.
First, Miura became the oldest player to start a professional league game in the world, which is what the Mongolian league's 66-year-old uncle needed to work hard to catch up; second, Miura became the oldest captain in the global professional league because he wore the captain's armband when he played; third, Miura chira at least played the first half, becoming the first professional player to play at least half a game at the age of 53, which is particularly prominent, because Miura at least proved that his physical condition was not to be abused.
Robert Baggio, born in 1967, is Miura's most famous star of the same age, but Baggio has been retired for more than a decade. Miura became the oldest goal scorer in the J-League on 15 March 2009 at the age of 42 years and 16 days. Miura wasn't substituted until the 56th minute of the match, which is truly remarkable for a 53-year-old veteran to be able to play in asia's top flight for almost an hour. The topic of nationality is on the side, and Miura's professional perseverance and attitude alone are enough for all those who love the sport to give a thumbs up.
The 53-year-old Miura Chira played 56 minutes in the J-League, an experience he alone in global football can experience. Needless to say, Dong Fangzhuo, a 35-year-old player who has been retired for a long time, and Chen Tao, who has just retired, have long been left behind by Miura Zhiliang.