The Qatar World Cup2022 Soccer starts and most fill their conversations with memories of other World Cup events. Among these memories usually appear the youngest and oldest players to participate in a World Cup. Here are the answers.
The youngest soccer player of history in playing a World Cup match is Norman Whitesidethat with 17 years and 42 days have a few minutes in the duel against 1982 Yugoslaviain championship played in Spain. The international with Northern Ireland team He played 5 games in that tournament and 3 more in the 1986addition total 8 matches globalists. A figure clearly conditioned by it early retirement at age 26 due to serious injury.
The last World Cup played so far, Russia2018had the privilege of seeing the oldest international to play a match in the World Cup, which was Essam El-Hadary, with 45 years and 161 days against Saudi Arabia. The goalkeeper surpassed the record broken by the Colombian in 2014 Farid Mondragonposition partner.
The player youngest in the final is Pelewith a huge 17 years and 249 days against Sweden in 1958. The record is even more amazing in a qualifying matchsince the Togolese Souleymane Mamam juice with 13 years and 310 days against Zambia in 2001.
Finally, the Italian Dino Zoff He became the oldest footballer to play in a final, incl 40 years and 133 days against West Germany in 1982, in a championship with many historical records.
Source: La Verdad
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