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Atsuhiro Miura
三浦 淳寛
Personal information
Full name Atsuhiro Miura
Date of birth (1974-07-24) 24 July 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Oita, Oita, Japan
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1992 Kunimi High School
1993 Aoyama Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Yokohama Flügels 145 (22)
1999–2000 Yokohama F. Marinos 55 (7)
2001–2004 Tokyo Verdy 79 (10)
2005–2007 Vissel Kobe 76 (21)
2007–2010 Yokohama FC 72 (5)
Total 427 (65)
National team
2000 Japan Olympic (O.P.) 3 (0)
1999–2005 Japan 25 (1)
Teams managed
2020–2022 Vissel Kobe
Honours
Representing  Japan
Men's football
AFC Asian Cup
Winner 2000 Lebanon
Winner 2004 China
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2001 Japan–South Korea
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Atsuhiro Miura (三浦 淳寛, Miura Atsuhiro, born 24 July 1974) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

He is not related to fellow footballer and who is also from Japan Kazuyoshi Miura.

Club career

Miura was born in Oita on 24 July 1974. After dropped out from Aoyama Gakuin University, he joined Yokohama Flügels in 1994. He became a regular player in 1995 and he mainly played as left midfielder. The club won the champions at 1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 1998, the club won Emperor's Cup. However the club was disbanded end of 1998 season due to financial strain, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos. He moved to Tokyo Verdy in 2001. However his opportunity to play decreased behind Takahito Soma while Miura was away from the club for Japan national team. He moved to Vissel Kobe in 2005. Although he served as captain, his opportunity to play decreased in 2007. In August 2007, he moved to Yokohama FC was founded by Yokohama Flügels supporters. He retired end of 2010 season.

National team career

On 6 June 1999, Miura debuted for Japan national team against Peru. He also played at 1999 Copa America. In September 2000, he was elected Japan for Japan U-23 national team as over age for 2000 Summer Olympics. In October, he played at 2000 Asian Cup and Japan won the champions. In 2001, he played at 2001 Confederations Cup and Japan won the 2nd place. In 2003, he was elected Japan for the first time in 2 years. Although he played as left side-back, there were few opportunity to play behind Alessandro Santos. He was also elected Japan for 2004 Asian Cup won the champions and 2005 Confederations Cup. However he did not play in the match at both competition. He played 25 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2005.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1994 Yokohama Flügels J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 51 6 2 1 - 53 7
1996 30 3 2 0 14 0 46 3
1997 32 3 5 2 10 1 47 6
1998 32 10 5 0 3 2 40 12
1999 Yokohama F. Marinos J1 League 29 2 3 0 6 0 38 2
2000 26 5 1 0 3 0 30 5
2001 Tokyo Verdy J1 League 22 3 0 0 2 0 24 3
2002 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
2003 26 2 3 0 4 1 33 3
2004 23 4 1 0 0 0 24 4
2005 Vissel Kobe J1 League 25 6 2 0 0 0 27 6
2006 J2 League 46 15 0 0 - 46 15
2007 J1 League 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2007 Yokohama FC J1 League 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
2008 J2 League 37 2 2 0 - 39 2
2009 24 3 1 0 - 25 3
2010 2 0 0 0 - 2 0
Total 427 65 25 3 43 4 495 72

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1999 5 1
2000 8 0
2001 3 0
2002 0 0
2003 1 0
2004 6 0
2005 2 0
Total 25 1
  • 2000 Asian Cup (champions)
  • 2001 Confederations Cup
  • 2004 Asian Cup (champions)
  • 2005 Confederations Cup

Honors and awards

Yokohama Flugels

  • Emperor's Cup: 1998
  • Asian Cup Winner's Cup: 1995
  • Asian Super Cup: 1995

Tokyo Verdy

Japan

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