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Oldest players to make a World Cup appearance

1st) Essam El Hadary – 45 years and 161 days 2nd) Faryd Mondragon – 43 years and 3 days 3rd) Roger Milla – 42 years and 39 days 4th) Pat Jennings – 41 years and 0 days 5th) Peter Shilton – 40 years and 292 days 6th) Dino Zoff – 40 years and 133 days 7th) Ali Boumnijel – 40 years and 71 days 8th) Jim Leighton – 39 years and 334 days 9th) David James – 39 years and 330 days 10th) Atiba Hutchinson – 39 years and 296 days 11th) Pepe – 39 years 287 days 12th) Angel Labruna – 39 years and 260 days 13th) Joseph-Antoine Bell – 39 years and 259 days 14th) Dani Alves – 39 years and 213 days 15th) Stanley Matthews – 39 years and 145 days 16th) Rafa Marquez – 39 years and 139 days 17th) Sergey Ignashevich – 38 years and 358 days 18th) Jan Heintze – 38 years and 293 days 19th) David Seaman – 38 years and 275 days 20th) Damas – 38 years and 246 days

Egypt goalkeeper 45 years and 161 days Saudi Arabia 2-1 Egypt Russia 2018 | Group stage 1st World Cup 1st World Cup appearance

Colombia goalkeeper 43 years and 3 days Japan 1-4 Colombia Brazil 2014 | Group stage 3rd World Cup 4th World Cup appearance

Cameroon forward 42 years and 39 days Russia 6-1 Cameroon USA 1994 | Group stage 3rd World Cup 10th World Cup appearance

Northern Ireland goalkeeper 41 years and 0 days Northern Ireland 0-3 Brazil Mexico 1986 | Group stage 2nd World Cup 7th World Cup appearance

England goalkeeper 40 years and 292 days Italy 2-1 England Italy 1990 | Third-place play-off 3rd World Cup 17th World Cup appearance

Italy goalkeeper 40 years and 133 days Italy 3-1 West Germany Spain 1982 | Final 4th World Cup 17th World Cup appearance

40 years and 71 days Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia Germany 2006 | Group stage 3rd World Cup 6th World Cup appearance

Scotland goalkeeper 39 years and 334 days Scotland 0-3 Morocco France 1998 | Group stage 4th World Cup 9th World Cup appearance

England goalkeeper 39 years and 330 days Germany 4-1 England South Africa 2010 | Last 16 3rd World Cup 3rd World Cup appearance

Canada midfielder 39 years and 296 days Canada 1-2 Morocco Qatar 2022 | Group stage 1st World Cup 3rd World Cup appearance

Portugal centre-back 39 years 287 days Morocco 1-0 Portugal Qatar 2022 | Quarter-finals 4th World Cup 12th World Cup appearance

39 years and 260 days Czechoslovakia 6-1 Argentina Sweden 1958 | Group stage 1st World Cup 2nd World Cup appearance

Cameroon goalkeeper 39 years 259 days Brazil 3-0 Cameroon USA 1994 | Group stage 3rd World Cup 2nd World Cup appearance

Brazil right-back 39 years 213 days Brazil 4-1 Korea Republic Qatar 2022 | Last 16 3rd World Cup 11th World Cup appearance

England winger 39 years 145 days Uruguay 4-2 England Switzerland 1954 | Quarter-finals 2nd World Cup 3rd World Cup appearance

Mexico defensive midfielder 39 years 139 days Brazil 2-0 Mexico Russia 2018 | Last 16 5th World Cup 19th World Cup appearance

Russia centre-back 38 years and 358 days Russia 2-2 Croatia (3-4 PSO) Russia 2018 | Quarter-finals 2nd World Cup 8th World Cup appearance

Denmark left-back 38 years and 293 days Denmark 1-1 Senegal Korea/Japan 2002 | Group stage 2nd World Cup 7th World Cup appearance

England goalkeeper 38 years and 275 days England 1-2 Brazil Korea/Japan 2002 | Quarter-finals 3rd World Cup 9th World Cup appearance

Portugal goalkeeper 38 years and 246 days Portugal 1-3 Morocco Mexico 1986 | Group stage 1st World Cup 2nd World Cup appearance

Sources: FIFA Official

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