Every team's oldest EURO appearance-maker and scorer
lunedì 1 gennaio 2024
Intro articolo
Who are the oldest players to have played and scored for the EURO 2024 contenders at a EURO finals?
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Corpo articolo
Goalkeeper Gábor Király holds the record as the oldest player to have featured in a EURO finals match, appearing for Hungary aged 40 years 86 days against Belgium in 2016.
UEFA.com discovers each EURO 2024 nation's oldest appearance-maker and scorer.
Albania
Oldest player: Ansi Agolli, 33 years 252 days (vs Romania, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Armando Sadiku, 25 years 23 days (vs Romania, EURO 2016)
Austria
Oldest player: Ivica Vastic, 38 years 257 days (vs Poland, EURO 2008)
Oldest scorer: Ivica Vastic, 38 years 257 days (vs Poland, EURO 2008)
Belgium
Oldest player: Lorenzo Staelens, 36 years 50 days (vs Türkiye, EURO 2000)
Oldest scorer: Julien Cools, 33 years 123 days (vs Spain, EURO '80)
Croatia
Oldest player: Niko Kovač, 36 years 249 days (vs Türkiye, EURO 2008)
Oldest scorer: Luka Modrić, 35 years 286 days (vs Scotland, EURO 2020)
Czechia
Oldest player: Tomáš Rosický, 35 years 257 days (vs Croatia, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Jan Koller, 35 years 77 days (vs Turkey, EURO 2008)
Denmark
Oldest player: Morten Olsen, 38 years 308 days (vs Italy, EURO '88)
Oldest scorer: Martin Braithwaite, 30 years 21 days (vs Wales, EURO 2020)
England
Oldest player: Peter Shilton, 38 years 271 days (vs Netherlands, EURO '88)
Oldest scorer: Trevor Brooking, 31 years 260 days (vs Spain, EURO '80)
France
Oldest player: Lilian Thuram, 36 years 164 days (vs Netherlands, EURO 2008)
Oldest scorer: Laurent Blanc, 34 years 205 days (vs Denmark, EURO 2000)
Georgia
Oldest player: N/A
Oldest scorer: N/A
Germany
Oldest player: Lothar Matthäus, 39 years 91 days (vs Portugal, EURO 2000)
Oldest scorer: Miroslav Klose, 34 years 13 days (vs Greece, EURO 2012)
Hungary
Oldest player: Gábor Király, 40 years 86 days (vs Belgium, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Zoltán Gera, 37 yeara 61 days (vs Portugal, EURO 2016)
Italy
Oldest player: Gianluigi Buffon, 38 years 156 days (vs Germany, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Christian Panucci, 35 years 62 days (vs Romania, EURO 2008)
Netherlands
Oldest player: Maarten Stekelenburg, aged 38 years 278 days (vs Czechia, EURO 2020)
Oldest scorer: Giovanni van Bronckhorst, 33 years 125 days (vs Italy, EURO 2008)
Poland
Oldest player: Jacek Bąk, 35 years 80 days (vs Austria, EURO 2008)
Oldest scorer: Robert Lewandowski, 32 years 306 days (vs Sweden, EURO 2020)
Portugal
Oldest player: Pepe, 38 years 121 days (vs Belgium, EURO 2020)
Oldest scorer: Cristiano Ronaldo, 36 years 138 days (vs France, EURO 2020)
Romania
Oldest player: Lucian Sanmartean, 36 years 98 days (vs Albania, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Dorinel Munteanu, 31 years 361 days (vs England, EURO 2000)
Scotland
Oldest player: David Marshall, 36 years 109 days (vs Croatia, EURO 2020)
Oldest scorer: Ally McCoist, aged 33 years 268 days (vs Switzerland, EURO '96)
Serbia
Oldest player: Dragan Stojković, 35 years 114 days (vs Netherlands, EURO 2000)
Oldest scorer: Ljubinko Drulović, 31 years 276 days (vs Slovenia, EURO 2000)
Slovakia
Oldest player: Peter Pekarík, aged 34 years 236 days (vs Spain, EURO 2020)
Oldest scorer (for Czechoslovakia): Ladislav Pavlovič, 34 years 92 days (vs France, EURO '60)
Oldest scorer (for Slovakia): Marek Hamšík, 28 years and 324 days (vs Russia, EURO 2016)
Slovenia
Oldest player: Darko Milanič, 32 years 183 days (vs Spain, EURO 2000)
Oldest scorer: Zlatko Zahovič, 29 years 138 days (vs Spain, EURO 2000)
Spain
Oldest player: Aritz Aduriz, 35 years 137 days (vs Italy, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: César Azpilicueta, 31 years 304 days (vs Croatia, EURO 2020)
Switzerland
Oldest player: Pascal Zuberbühler, 37 years 159 days (vs Portugal, EURO 2008)
Oldest scorer: Mario Gavranović, 31 years 216 days (vs France, EURO 2020)
Türkiye
Oldest player: Burak Yılmaz, 35 years 340 days (vs Switzerland, EURO 2020)
Oldest scorer: Burak Yılmaz, 30 years 342 days (vs Czech Republic, EURO 2016)
Ukraine
Oldest player: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, 37 years 83 days (vs Poland, EURO 2016)
Oldest scorer: Andriy Shevchenko, 35 years 256 days (vs Sweden, EURO 2012)