is a former

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ese

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player and manager and currently first-team coach of

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club

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for 2023.

Playing career

Miura was born in

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on August 12, 1970. After graduating from

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, he joined

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in 1993. He played many matches as offensive midfielder and forward from first season. The club won the champions 1995 J1 League. However his opportunity to play decreased in 1998 and he moved to

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in 1999. In October 1999, he moved to

and the club won the champions 1999 J1 League. In 2001, he moved to

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. He played many matches as defensive midfielder. The club won the champions 2004 J.League Cup first major title in the club history. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2005 and he retired end of 2006 season.

Coaching career

After retirement, Miura started coaching career at

in 2007. From 2009, he coached at

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(2009–12),

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(2013-14) and

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(2015). In 2016, he signed with

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club AC Nagano Parceiro and became a manager. He managed the club and finished at 3rd place in 2016 season. In 2017, he moved to

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club Albirex Niigata. Although he managed in 10 games, the club won only one game. He was sacked in May 2017 when the club was at 17th place of 18 clubs. In 2018, he signed with

club

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and served as assistant coach under manager

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. In 2019, he moved to J3 club

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and became a manager.

Club statistics

Managerial statistics

Update; ''December 31, 2018''

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* * * 1970 births Living people University of Tsukuba alumni Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese footballers J1 League players Yokohama F. Marinos players Kyoto Sanga FC players Júbilo Iwata players FC Tokyo players Japanese football managers J1 League managers J2 League managers J3 League managers AC Nagano Parceiro managers Albirex Niigata managers SC Sagamihara managers Association football midfielders {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub