Meet Kazuyoshi Miura. He is almost 55 years old. Most people in an everyday job would be looking towards retirement by that age, and almost every footballer will long since have hung up their boots. But even now, Miura continues to tick along as the oldest professional footballer the world has ever seen.

He may have been born two full years before the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 and begun his professional football career in the same year as the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, but Japanese legend Miura is set to play on for at least another year after finding himself a new club.

The 54-year-old has left Yokohama FC following their relegation to the J2 League in order to join the magnificently named Suzuki Point Getters on loan, who just so happen to be coached by his older brother, 56-year-old Yasutoshi Miura.

The younger Miura has spent the past 16 years of his career playing for Yokohama, celebrating both his 40th and 50th birthday with the club.

Relegated from the J1 League after finishing bottom of the table in 2021, Yokohama were keen to keep "King Kazu" on board for another year as they prepare for life in the second tier.

However, after mustering just one minute of first-team action in the league last season, the venerated striker would prefer to drop down a further two divisions in order to join his brother's team, who play in the Japan Football League (fourth tier).