User:WilliamF1two/Oldest and Youngest Players

FIFA World Cup

 * Roger Milla (Cameroon, 1994) and Faryd Mondragón (Colombia, 2014) were both named in squads aged 42, and Mondragón became the oldest ever when appearing in the latter competition. His appearance was actually three days after his 43rd birthday. Essam El Hadary (Egypt smashed this record in 2018, playing at the age of 45 years and 161 days.
 * Edu was named in the Brazil squad in 1966 aged just 16, but didn't play. Walter Brom (Poland, 1938), Pelé (Brazil, 1958), Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland, 1982), Ronaldo (Brazil, 1994), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon, 1998), Femi Opabunmi (Nigeria, 2002) and Theo Walcott (England, 2006) were all included aged 17, and the youngest of these to play was Whiteside at 17 years and 41 days.
 * The oldest player has represented the champions on two occasions: Nílton Santos for Brazil in 1962 and Dino Zoff for Italy in 1982.
 * The youngest player has represented the champion on three occasions, all for Brazil: Pelé in 1958, Marco Antônio in 1970 and Ronaldo in 1994.
 * The youngest player has represented the hosts just once: Francisco Javier Cruz for Mexico in 1986. The oldest player has never represented the hosts.
 * The oldest and youngest player have represented the same team only once: Djalma Santos and Edu for Brazil in 1966.
 * The largest gap between the oldest and youngest player was the 25 years between Roger Milla of Cameroon and Ronaldo of Brazil in 1994, until this was broken by the 26 years between Essam El Hadary of Egypt and Daniel Arzani of Australia in 2018.
 * England has had the oldest player the most times, with three: Stanley Matthews in 1954, Peter Shilton in 1990 and David James in 2010.
 * Brazil has had the youngest player the most times, with five: Carvalho Leite in 1930, Pelé in 1958, Edu in 1966, Marco Antônio in 1970 and Ronaldo in 1994. With Nílton Santos and Djalma Santos the oldest players in 1962 and 1966 respectively, they also have the most "extreme" players overall, with seven. Additionally, Nílton Santos and Djalma Santos, and latterly Edu and Marco Antônio, made them the only team to have had either the oldest or youngest player in consecutive tournaments.
 * The only tournament featuring no teenagers was 1986, when the youngest player was Mexico's Francisco Javier Cruz at 20.

UEFA European Championship

 * Andrei Bărbulescu was named in the Romania squad in 1960 aged 43, but didn't play. Gábor Király became the oldest ever to play when appearing for Hungary in 2016 aged 40 years and 75 days. This record was broken by Pepe when he appeared for Portugal in 2024 aged 41 years and 113 days.
 * Enzo Scifo (Belgium, 1984), Igor Akinfeev (Russia, 2004), Jetro Willems (Netherlands, 2012) and Marcus Rashford (England, 2016) were all named in squads aged 18, and the youngest of these to play was Willems at 18 years and 71 days. Willems's record was broken twice at UEFA Euro 2020 (held in 2021), first by England's Jude Bellingham, aged 17 years and 349 days, and six days later by Kacper Kozłowski of Poland, who played aged 17 years and 246 days. The record was broken again in 2024, when Lamine Yamal appeared for Spain aged 16 years and 338 days.
 * The youngest player has represented the champions just once: Lothar Matthäus for West Germany in 1980. The oldest player has never represented the champions.
 * The oldest player has represented the hosts on two occasions: Dino Zoff for Italy in 1980 and Pascal Zuberbühler for Switzerland in 2008. Switzerland also had the youngest player, Eren Derdiyok, in 2008, making this the only time that the youngest player has represented the hosts, and the only time the oldest and youngest player have represented the same team.
 * The largest gap between the oldest and youngest player was the 24 years between Andrei Bărbulescu of Romania and Johann Windisch of Austria in 1960, until this was bettered by the 25 years between Pepe of Portugal and Lamine Yamal of Spain in 2024.
 * Hungary (Imre Rapp in 1972 and Gábor Király in 2016), Netherlands (Jan Jongbloed in 1976 and Maarten Stekelenburg in 2020), Portugal (Vítor Damas in 1984 and Pepe in 2024), Scotland (Henry Smith in 1992 and Jim Leighton in 1996) and Switzerland (Jörg Stiel in 2004 and Pascal Zuberbühler in 2008) have each had the oldest player on two occasions. Scotland and Switzerland are the only two to have done so in consecutive tournaments.
 * Soviet Union/Russia (Nikolai Smolnikov in 1968, Anatoly Baidachny in 1972 and Igor Akinfeev in 2004) and West Germany/Germany (Uli Stielike in 1976, Lothar Matthäus in 1980 and Christian Wörns in 1992) have each had the youngest player three times. Smolnikov and Baidachny, and latterly Stielike and Matthäus, make them the only two to have done so in consecutive tournaments.
 * Switzerland (with Stiel and Zuberbühler as oldest players and Raphaël Wicky in 1996 and Eren Derdiyok in 2008 as youngest players), Soviet Union/Russia (with Smolnikov, Baidachny and Akinfeev as youngest players and Lev Yashin in 1964 as an oldest player) and West Germany/Germany (with Stielike, Matthäus and Wörns as youngest players and Matthäus also being oldest player in 2000) have all had "extreme" players a record four times.
 * Two tournaments have featured no teenagers, and on both occasions the youngest player was West German or German: 1976, when it was Uli Stielike at 21, and 1992 when it was Christian Wörns at 20.
 * Lothar Matthäus achieved the unusual feat of being the youngest player, for West Germany in 1980 and the oldest player, for Germany in 2000.

Copa América
Not including the South American Championship (1916–1967)


 * Carlos Trucco (Bolivia, 1997), Juan Carlos Bazalar (Peru, 2007) and Marcelo Elizaga (Ecuador, 2011) were all named in squads aged 39, and the oldest of these to play was Trucco at 39 years and 321 days.
 * Johnnier Montaño became the youngest ever to play when appearing for Colombia in 1999 aged 16 years and 169 days.
 * The youngest player has represented the champions once: Juan Ferrari for Uruguay in 1983. The oldest player has never represented the champions.
 * The oldest player has represented the hosts once: Carlos Trucco for Bolivia in 1997.
 * The youngest player has represented the hosts once: Christian Pulisic for the United States at the Copa América Centenario in 2016.
 * The oldest and youngest player have represented the same team on two occasions: Juan Carlos Bazalar and Damián Ismodes for Peru in 2007, and Eiji Kawashima and Takefusa Kubo for Japan in 2019.
 * The largest gap between the oldest and youngest player was the 22 years between Carlos Trucco of Bolivia and Paul Cominges of Peru in 1997.
 * Bolivia has had the oldest player the most times, with four: Mario Rojas in 1975, Ricardo Fontana in 1989, and Carlos Trucco in 1995 and 1997. Trucco is one of two players to have been the oldest player in consecutive tournaments, the other being Justo Villar of Paraguay in 2015 and at the Copa América Centenario in 2016. These are the only two occasions a team has had the oldest player in consecutive tournaments.
 * Uruguay has had the youngest player the most times, also with four: Freddy Clavijo in 1979, Juan Ferrari in 1983, Rubén Olivera in 2001 and Cristian Rodríguez in 2004. Clavijo and Ferrari, and latterly Olivera and Rodríguez, make them the only team to have done so in consecutive tournaments.
 * Peru have the most "extreme" players overall, with six: Héctor Chumpitaz, Jorge Hirano and Juan Carlos Bazalar as oldest players in 1979, 1991 and 2007 respectively, and Juan Reynoso, Paul Cominges and Damián Ismodes as youngest players in 1987, 1997 and 2007 respectively.
 * Every Copa América tournament has featured at least one player aged 18 or younger.

CONCACAF Gold Cup
Not including the CCCF Championship (1941–1961), North American Nations Cup (1947–1991) or CONCACAF Championship (1963–1989)


 * 1. Noel Valladares was named in the provisional Honduras squad in 2015 aged 38, but was replaced by Orlin Vallecillo prior to the tournament.
 * 2. Ismael Díaz (Panama) and Roberto Louima (Haiti) were named in provisional squads in 2015 aged 18, but were replaced prior to the tournament.


 * Jocelyn Angloma became the oldest ever to play when appearing for Guadeloupe in 2007 aged 41 years and 318 days.
 * Alphonso Davies became the youngest ever to play when appearing for Canada in 2017 aged 16 years and 247 days.
 * The oldest player has represented the champions once: Fernando Clavijo for the United States in 1991.
 * The youngest player has also represented the champions once: Emilio Mora for Mexico in 1998.
 * The oldest player has represented the hosts on eight occasions, six of which were for the United States: Fernando Clavijo in 1991 and 1993, Thomas Dooley in 1996 and 1998, Marcus Hahnemann in 2011, and Tim Howard in 2017. The other two were Lars Hirschfeld for Canada in 2015 and Álvaro Saborío for Costa Rica in 2019. The United States's six mean they have had the oldest player the most times. With Clavijo and Dooley, they are the only team to do so consecutively, which they achieved over four successive tournaments. No team has ever had the youngest player in consecutive tournaments.
 * Another United States player, Juan Agudelo, is the only youngest player to represent the hosts, doing so in 2011. This means the United States also have the most "extreme" players overall, with seven. With Hahnemann, this is also one of only two occasions on which the oldest and youngest player have represented the same team, the other being David Nakhid and Derek King for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
 * Canada has had the youngest player the most times, with four: Carlo Marini in 1991, Jaime Peters in 2005, Samuel Piette in 2013 and Alphonso Davies in 2017.
 * The largest gap between the oldest and youngest player was the 24 years between Jocelyn Angloma of Guadeloupe and Peterson Occénat of Haiti in 2007.
 * Every CONCACAF Gold Cup tournament has featured at least one teenager.
 * Twins Jorge and Julio Dely Valdés achieved the unusual feat of being the joint oldest players when the represented Panama in 2005.

Combined

 * Lev Yashin (Soviet Union, 1964 and 1970), Jan Jongbloed (Netherlands, 1976 and 1978), Dino Zoff (Italy, 1980 and 1982) and Jim Leighton (Scotland, 1996 and 1998) were all the oldest player at a European Championship and a World Cup. No player has ever been the youngest player in both competitions.
 * Ronaldo (Brazil, 1994 and 1995) is the only player to be the youngest player at a World Cup and a Copa América. No player has ever been the oldest player in both competitions.
 * No player has ever been the youngest or oldest player at both a World Cup and a CONCACAF Gold Cup.