Atsuhiro Miura

is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team. He used his name "三浦 淳宏" until 2009. 

Biography
Miura was born in Oita on July 24, 1974. After dropped out from Aoyama Gakuin University, he joined J1 League club 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 which was founded by Yokohama Flügels supporters. He retired end of 2010 season.

On June 6, 1999, Miura debuted for the Japan national team against Peru. He also played at 1999 Copa América. In September 2000, he was selected Japan for the Japan U-23 national team as over aged player 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 selected 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 selected Japan for 2004 Asian Cup which 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.

In 2018, Miura signed with Vissel Kobe and became a sporting director. In September 2020, he became a manager as Thorsten Fink successor.

Statistics

|-
|1994||rowspan="5"|Yokohama Flügels||rowspan="5"|J1 League||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
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|1995||51||6||2||1||colspan="2"|-||53||7
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|1996||30||3||2||0||14||0||46||3
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|1997||32||3||5||2||10||1||47||6
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|1998||32||10||5||0||3||2||40||12
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|1999||rowspan="2"|Yokohama F. Marinos||rowspan="2"|J1 League||29||2||3||0||6||0||38||2
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|2000||26||5||1||0||3||0||30||5
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|2001||rowspan="4"|Tokyo Verdy||rowspan="4"|J1 League||22||3||0||0||2||0||24||3
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|2002||8||1||0||0||0||0||8||1
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|2003||26||2||3||0||4||1||33||3
|-
|2004||23||4||1||0||0||0||24||4
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|2005||rowspan="3"|Vissel Kobe||J1 League||25||6||2||0||0||0||27||6
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|2006||J2 League||46||15||0||0||colspan="2"|-||46||15
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|2007||J1 League||5||0||0||0||1||0||6||0
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|2007||rowspan="4"|Yokohama FC||J1 League||9||0||1||0||0||0||10||0
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|2008||rowspan="3"|J2 League||37||2||2||0||colspan="2"|-||39||2
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|2009||24||3||1||0||colspan="2"|-||25||3
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|2010||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0
427||65||25||3||43||4||495||72
427||65||25||3||43||4||495||72
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1999||5||1
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|2000||8||0
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|2001||3||0
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|2002||0||0
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|2003||1||0
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|2004||6||0
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|2005||2||0
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!Total||25||1
|}

References

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Category:1974 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Oita Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:Japanese football managers
Category:J1 League players
Category:J2 League players
Category:Yokohama Flügels players
Category:Yokohama F. Marinos players
Category:Tokyo Verdy players
Category:Vissel Kobe players
Category:Yokohama FC players
Category:2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Category:2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players
Category:Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:2000 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:AFC Asian Cup-winning players