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mo4ch:>Half a century no out: 51yo Japan legend Miura signs record-breaking deal at Yokohama FC | Mo4ch News

Japanese footballer Kazuyoshi Miura, the oldest professional player in the sport's history, is showing no signs of slowing down as he signs a new contract to remain with the J2 League side past his 52nd birthday.In 2005, when Yokohama FC signed then 38-year-old Miura, conventional wisdom suggests that the club were hoping to squeeze the last remains from the Japanese's career before the player was to ease into a well-earned retirement.READ MORE: 'It's disgusting, he doesn't give a damn!' - English football reacts as Leeds boss admits 'Spygate'13 seasons and 270 appearances later, Miura is going down in the record books as the game's eldest statesman but his final chapter appears far from being written as he will play at least one more season in Japan's second division. Incredibly, he will be 52 before the season reaches its conclusion."I will not waste it for one minute, one second," he said of the new deal. "I think that I want t…