essam el - hadary was the oldest player to have played in a world cup.
essam el - hadary was the oldest player to have played in a world cup.
who is the oldest player to have played in a world cup?
essam el - hadary
bullet::::- oleg salenko of russia became the first player to score 5 goals in a single world cup finals game in his country's group stage win over cameroon. cameroon's roger milla also scored a goal in the same game, becoming the oldest player to score a goal in a world cup. at 42, he was also the oldest player to appear in a world cup, a record held until 2014, when faryd mondragón (43 years, 3 days) of colombia broke the record in their game against japan at the 2014 fifa world cup. in turn, goalkeeper essam el hadary (45 years, 161 days) of egypt would surpass mondragón against saudi arabia, in the volgograd arena, volgograd, russia, on 25 june 2018. hoewever, milla remains to be the oldest outfield player to perform in the world cup.
1994 fifa world cup
along with carlos valderrama, the country's most capped player, mondragón is the only colombian to have participated in five fifa world cup qualification campaigns. in 2010, he was recalled to the colombian squad at the age of 39 after a five-year absence from international football. in 2014, he was named in colombia's squad for the 2014 fifa world cup, making him the oldest player at the tournament, and in world cup history, at the age of 43, and the only squad member at the 1994 fifa world cup. he is also the only player to have participated in 6 different world cup qualifying campaigns since 1993. by coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute of the final group game against japan on 24 june 2014, he became the oldest player ever to play in a world cup game at the age of 43 years and 3 days old, surpassing the record set by roger milla for cameroon at the 1994 world cup. mondragón gave a very emotional interview afterwards, expressing his gratitude to have been given the opportunity to represent colombia one last time at a world cup. his record for oldest player in world cup history was broken four years later at the 2018 world cup by 45-year-old egyptian goalkeeper essam el-hadary.
faryd mondragón