Japanese striker Kazuyoshi “Kazu” Miura, 14 days after his 50th birthday, scored for Yokohama FC in a 1-0 J-League 2 win over Thespa Kusatsu on Sunday, surpassing the feat ofStanley Matthews, who scored his last professional goal at age 50 and five days in 1965 for Stoke City.

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