A staggering 24 years and 42 days separated Cameroon team-mates Roger Milla and Rigobert Song at USA 1994. It remains the biggest age gap between team-mates in World Cup history. The 42-year-old became the first outfield player in his 40s to go to a World Cup. The 17-year-old was a shock inclusion at the urging of Milla. “I was in disbelief when I made the squad,” said Song. “I’d watched the 1990 World Cup huddled round a black-and-white television. I was in awe of Roger Milla. He created complete euphoria in Cameroon.
“Not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that, only four years later, I’d be his team-mate at a World Cup! I was only 17 and he was Roger Milla!” ‘The Old Lion’ added: “It’s a record I am proud of. We showed that Cameroon is a land populated with talent and that we don’t have a generational gap.”
Sources: FIFA Official
