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American football: Manfred Burgsmüller [1] 52 years, 182 days 2002 Association football: Ezzeldin Bahader (one-off) [2] 74 years, 348 days 2020 Kazuyoshi Miura (continuous) 57 years, 350 days Active Australian rules football: Sampson Hosking : 48 years, 159 days (interchange only) 1936 Wally Watts : 44 years, 49 days 1916 Auto racing (Rallying)
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]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Croatian footballer (born 1985) Luka Modrić Modrić in 2021 Personal information Full name Luka Modrić Date of birth (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 39) Place of birth Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Position(s) Midfielder Team information Current team ...
American football player, coach and official [266] Francisco Varallo: 1910–2010: 100: Argentine association football player, last surviving participant of the 1930 FIFA World Cup [267] Jacqueline Vaudecrane: 1913–2018: 104: French figure skater and coach [268] Otto von Müller: 1875–1976: 100: German Olympic tennis player [269] Whitey Von ...
The game is played using a spherical ball of 68–70 cm (27–28 in) circumference, [95] known as the football (or soccer ball). Two teams of eleven players each compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under the bar), thereby scoring a goal.
The players know that there is a lesser chance of being signed if they are, for example, 23 years old as opposed to 17 years old as there would be less time for the club to develop the player. Age fabrication also allows an older player to enter in youth competitions.
Appearances made in youth football are not deemed to be official. War-time results are also excluded if they were later regarded as unofficial by the relevant Football Association(s); if they were included, Billy Meredith would be the first ever player to have played in 1,000 official matches, [1] and Stanley Matthews would also make the list. [2]
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.