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Dino Zoff OMRI (pronounced [ˈdiːno dˈdzɔf]; born 28 February 1942) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he is the oldest ever winner of the World Cup, which he lifted as captain of the Italy national team in the 1982 tournament, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 13 days. [3]
Milla returned to the 1994 FIFA World Cup at the age of 42, being the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup until the 2014 tournament when Colombia's Faryd Mondragón entered in a group stage match versus Japan when 43 years and 3 days old. Mondragon's record in turn was beaten by Essam El Hadary in 2018. [29]
Miura holds the records for being the oldest active goalscorer in the J-League, [10] the footballer with the world's longest professional career, [11] and, as of 2025, is the oldest professional footballer in the world at 57. [12] He also holds the unique distinction of having played professional football in five separate decades (1980s–2020s ...
Gary Player: 73 years 2009 Gymnastics: Oksana Chusovitina: 49 years, 230 days Active Ice hockey: Gordie Howe (one-off) 69 years, 276 days 1997 Jaromír Jágr [11] 52 years, 355 days Active International Darts: John Magowan: 72 years 2013 Lacrosse: John Tavares: 47 years 2015 Mixed Martial Arts: John Williams: 70 years, 139 days 2010 Rugby ...
Oldest player to feature at a FIFA World Cup Final Dino Zoff, 40 years 133 days, 11 July 1982, 3–1 vs. West Germany [3] Youngest player to feature at a FIFA World Cup Final Giuseppe Bergomi, 18 years 201 days, 11 July 1982, 3–1 vs. West Germany [3] Oldest player to feature at the UEFA European Championship
The oldest professional soccer player has decided he’s not old enough to call it quits just yet. Striker Kazuyoshi Miura, who is 56, has signed a new loan deal in Portugal, the second-tier club ...
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
In the same match, 42-year-old Roger Milla scored the only goal for Cameroon, becoming the oldest player ever to score in a World Cup match. Hristo Stoichkov shared the Golden Boot as the joint top goal scorer in the tournament with Oleg Salenko (six goals), as well as earning the Bronze Ball award. He led Bulgaria to a shock 2–1 win over ...