YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - One of the longest careers in soccer has been extended after 50-year-old striker Kazuyoshi Miura renewed his contract with second-division J-League club Yokohama FC on Thursday. Yokohama announced that Miura had renewed his contract for the 2018 season -- which will take him into his 33rd professional season -- on Thursday. Miura played in 12 league games last year and scored one goal, breaking his own record as the J-League's oldest scorer. (Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP)

Miura joined Yokohama FC in 2005 and became the oldest player to appear in a professional match at the age of 50 years and seven days last March, catching global media attention by surpassing England legend Stanley Matthews' longevity record.
The world's oldest professional football player, 51-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura ("King Kazu"), has extended his contract with Yokohama FC, to take him into his 33rd professional season.