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On 7 March 2020, Guinness World Records named Bahader the oldest active football player at 74 years and 125 days. [2] He broke Israeli goalkeeper Isaak Hayik's record, who had become the oldest on 5 April 2019 at the age of 73.
In the 2018 World Cup, at the age of 45 years and 161 days, he became the oldest player in history to play in a World Cup match. [ 5 ] After his retirement, he was very close to being the goalkeeping coach of Étoile Sahel of Tunisia, to be part of the technical staff under the leadership of Jorvan Vieira after agreeing to sign the contract ...
Gary Player: 73 years 2009 Gymnastics: Oksana Chusovitina: 49 years, 231 days Active Ice hockey: Gordie Howe (one-off) 69 years, 276 days 1997 Jaromír Jágr [11] 52 years, 356 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 ...
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]
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 ...
In the 20th century, FIFA allowed a player to play for any national team, as long as the player held nationality of that country. In 2004, in reaction to the growing trend towards naturalisation of foreign players in some countries, FIFA implemented a significant new ruling that requires a player to demonstrate a "clear connection" to any country they wish to represent. [9]
FIFA published a new database Thursday of clubs serving bans on registering new players that included some top African teams, six in Saudi Arabia and five in the top league of Argentina. The ...
Luka Modric became the oldest player in Real Madrid’s history while also delivering the game-winning assist in a 2-1 victory at Celta Vigo in La Liga on Saturday. At 39 years, 40 days old, the ...