Kazuyoshi Miura
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King Kazu left Japan at 15 for Brazil, turned professional with Santos and came home as the face of the new J.League in 1993. A loan to Genoa made him the first Japanese player in Serie A. Born in 1967, he was still registered as a player in 2026, on loan at Fukushima United, a career length that has become its own lesson in how long a professional can keep going.
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