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This is an updated list of foreign players who have played for football clubs in the J.League (1993–present), including division levels J1 League, J2 League, J3 League, Japan Football League (1992-1998 (old JFL), 1999-present (new JFL)), Japanese Regional Leagues and Japan Soccer League (as of late 1960s into early 1990s) both junior careers and senior careers.
This is a list of foreign players in Major League Soccer.The following players: Have played at least one MLS regular season game. Players who were signed by MLS clubs, but only played in playoff games, U.S. Open Cup games, or did not play in any competitive games at all, are not included.
2.37 Japan. 2.38 Jamaica. 2.39 Kenya. 2.40 Luxembourg. ... This is a list of current Major League Soccer players who have been capped at least once by their ...
Kazuyoshi "Kazu" Miura (三浦 知良, Miura Kazuyoshi, born 26 February 1967), nicknamed King Kazu, [2] is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Japan Football League club Atletico Suzuka, on loan from J2 League club Yokohama FC. [3] [4] [5] He is the world's oldest active player to play and score in a professional ...
Before the inception of the J.League, the highest level of club football was the Japan Soccer League (JSL), which consisted of amateur clubs. [2] [3] Despite being well-attended during the boom of the late 1960s and early 1970s (when Japan's national team won the Olympic bronze medal at the 1968 games in Mexico), the JSL went into decline in the 1980s, in general line with the deteriorating ...
The J1 League (Japanese: J1リーグ, Hepburn: Jē-wan Rīgu), a.k.a. the J.League or the Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 明治安田J1リーグ, Hepburn: Meiji Yasuda Jē-wan Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, [2] is the top level of the Japan Professional Football League (日本プロサッカーリーグ, Nihon Puro Sakkā Rīgu) system.
Kimura was drafted by Colorado Rapids in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft, [5] and in doing so became first Japanese-born player in the history of Major League Soccer. [6] He was a bit-part player for much of his first two seasons, playing four games in his rookie season, and featuring in 18 games in 2008, 17 as a starter.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2022 Miki Yamane ( 山根 視来 , Yamane Miki , born 22 December 1993) is a Japanese professional footballer [ 2 ] who plays as a right back and currently play for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy .