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Oldest surviving World Cup-winning players

Dino Sani – 94 years old Pepe – 91 years old Moacir – 90 years old Mazzola – 87 years old Terry Paine – 86 years old Amarildo – 86 years old Mengalvio – 86 years old Gerson – 85 years old Geoff Hurst – 84 years old Dino Zoff – 84 years old Ian Callaghan – 84 years old Wilson Piazza – 83 years old Wolfgang Overath – 82 years old Sepp Maier – 82 years old Roberto Miranda – 82 years old Gunter Netzer – 81 years old Herbert Wimmer – 81 years old Jairzinho – 81 years old Jupp Heynckes – 81 years old Rivellino – 80 years old Updated on 11 June 2026.

Date of birth: 23 May 1932 Brazil midfielder 26 years old at Sweden 1958 0 goals in 2 appearances

Date of birth: 25 February 1935 Brazil winger 23 years old at Sweden 1958 0 appearances 27 years old at Chile 1962 0 appearances

Date of birth: 18 May 1936 Brazil midfielder 22 years old at Sweden 1958 0 appearances

Date of birth: 24 July 1938 Brazil forward 19 years old at Sweden 1958 2 goals in 3 appearances

Date of birth: 23 March 1939 England forward 27 years old at England 1966 0 goals in 1 appearance

Date of birth: 29 Jun 1939 Brazil forward 22 years old at Chile 1962 3 goals in 4 appearances

Date of birth: 17 December 1939 Brazil midfielder 22 years old at Chile 1962 0 goals in 0 appearances

Date of birth: 11 Jan 1941 Brazil midfielder 29 years old at Mexico 1970 1 goal in 4 appearances

Date of birth: 8 December 1941 England forward 24 years old at England 1966 4 goals in 3 appearances

Date of birth: 28 February 1942 Italy goalkeeper 40 years old at Spain 1982 2 clean sheets in 7 appearances

Date of birth: 10 April 1942 England midfielder 24 years old at England 1966 0 goals in 1 appearance

Date of birth: 25 February 1943 Brazil centre-back and midfielder 27 years old at Mexico 1970 0 goals in 6 appearances

Date of birth: 29 September 1943 West Germany attacking midfielder 30 years old at Germany 1974 2 goals in 7 appearances

Date of birth: 28 Feb 1944 West Germany goalkeeper 30 years old at Germany 1974 4 clean sheets in 7 appearances

Date of birth: 31 Jul 1944 Brazil forward 25 years old at Mexico 1970 0 goals in 2 appearances

Date of birth: 14 September 1944 West Germany attacking midfielder 29 years old at Germany 1974 0 goals in 1 appearance

Date of birth: 9 Nov 1944 West Germany midfielder 29 years old at Germany 1974 0 goals in 2 appearances

Date of birth: 25 Dec 1944 Brazil right-winger 25 years old at Mexico 1970 7 goals in 6 appearances

Date of birth: 9 May 1945 West Germany forward 29 years old at Germany 1974 0 goals in 2 appearances

Date of birth: 1 Jan 1946 Brazil attacking midfielder or left-winger 24 years old at Mexico 1970 3 goals in 5 appearances

Uruguay – 0 survivors from 22 players in 1930 Italy – 0 survivors from 22 players in 1934 Italy – 0 survivors from 22 players in 1938 Uruguay – 0 survivors from 22 players in 1950 West Germany – 0 survivors from 22 players in 1954 Brazil – 4 survivors from 22 players in 1958 Brazil – 3 survivors from 22 players in 1962 England – 3 survivors from 22 players in 1966 Brazil – 15 survivors from 22 players in 1970 West Germany – 15 survivors from 22 players in 1974 Argentina – 18 survivors from 22 players in 1978 Italy – 20 survivors from 22 players in 1982 Argentina – 19 survivors from 22 players in 1986 West Germany – 20 survivors from 22 players in 1990 Brazil – 22 survivors from 22 players in 1994 France – 22 survivors from 22 players in 1998 Brazil – 23 survivors from 23 players in 2002 Italy – 23 survivors from 23 players in 2006 Spain – 23 survivors from 23 players in 2010 Germany – 23 survivors from 23 players in 2014 France – 23 survivors from 23 players in 2018 Argentina – 26 survivors from 26 players in 2022

Uruguay’s 1930 squad Angel Melogno (1945), Alvaro Gestido (1957), Jose Andrade (1957), Hector Castro (1960), Pedro Petrone (1964), Hector Scarone (1967), Jose Nasazzi (1968), Victoriano Iriarte (1968), Domingo Tejera (1969), Enrique Ballestrero (1969), Pedro Cea (1970), Lorenzo Fernandez (1973), Juan Anselmo (1975), Conduelo Piriz (1976), Juan Carlos Calvo (1977), Pablo Dorado (1978), Carlos Riolfo (1978), Santos Urdinaran (1979), Miguel Cappuccini (1980), Zoilo Saldombide (1981), Ernesto Mascheroni (1984), Emilio Recoba (1992).

Italy’s 1934 squad Umberto Caligaris (1940), Attilio Ferraris (1947), Gianpiero Combi (1956), Enrique Guaita (1959), Armando Castellazzi (1968), Anfilogino Guarisi (1974), Virginio Rosetta (1975), Giuseppe Cavanna (1976), Luigi Bertolini (1977), Mario Varglien (1978), Luigi Allemandi (1978), Giuseppe Meazza (1979), Eraldo Monzeglio (1981), Giovanni Ferrari (1982), Luis Monti (1983), Raimundo Orsi (1986), Pietro Arcari (1988), Mario Pizziolo (1990), Angelo Schiavio (1990), Attilio Demaria (1990), Felice Borel (1993), Guido Masetti (1993).

Italy’s 1938 squad Pietro Serantoni (1964), Bruno Chizzo (1969), Amedeo Biavati (1979), Giuseppe Meazza (1979), Michele Andreolo (1981), Eraldo Monzeglio (1981), Giovanni Ferrari (1982), Aldo Donati (1984), Alfredo Foni (1985), Renato Olmi (1985), Gino Colaussi (1991), Pietro Ferraris (1991), Mario Genta (1993), Ugo Locatelli (1993), Guido Masetti (1993), Sergio Bertoni (1995), Carlo Ceresoli (1995), Silvio Piola (1996), Piero Pasinati (2000), Aldo Olivieri (2001), Mario Perazzolo (2001), Pietro Rava (2006).

Uruguay’s 1950 squad Washington Ortuno (1973), Ernesto Vidal (1974), Ruben Moran (1978), Matias Gonzalez (1984), Victor Rodriguez Andrade (1985), Schubert Gambetta (1991), Obdulio Varela (1996), Juan Burgueno (1997), William Martinez (1997), Julio Cesar Britos (1998), Hector Vilches (1998), Carlos Romero (1999), Rodolfo Pini (2000), Luis Rijo (2001), Julio Perez (2002), Eusebio Tejera (2002), Juan Schiaffino (2002), Roque Maspoli (2004), Oscar Miguez (2006), Juan Carlos Gonzalez (2010), Anibal Paz (2013), Alcides Ghiggia (2015).

West Germany’s 1954 squad Richard Herrmann (1962), Werner Kohlmeyer (1974), Fritz Laband (1982), Toni Turek (1984), Karl Mai (1993), Heinz Kubsch (1993), Paul Mebus (1993), Max Morlock (1994), Karl-Heinz Metzner (1994), Werner Liebrich (1995), Bernhard Klodt (1996), Josef Posipal (1997), Hans Bauer (1997), Fritz Walter (2002), Helmut Rahn (2003), Heinz Kwiatkowski (2008), Alfred Pfaff (2008), Herbert Erhard (2010), Ulrich Biesinger (2011), Ottmar Walter (2013), Hans Schafer (2017), Horst Eckel (2021).

Brazil’s 1958 squad Zozimo (1977), Garrincha (1983), Oreco (1985), Castilho (1987), Didi (2001), Vava (2002), Dida (2002), Mauro (2002), Joel (2003), Orlando (2010), Djalma Santos (2013), De Sordi (2013), Gilmar (2013), Nilton Santos (2013), Bellini (2014), Zito (2015), Pele (2022), Zagallo (2024).

Brazil’s 1962 squad Zozimo (1977), Garrincha (1983), Castilho (1987), Jurandir (1996), Didi (2001), Vava (2002), Mauro (2002), Zequinha (2009), Djalma Santos (2013), Gilmar (2013), Nilton Santos (2013), Bellini (2014), Zito (2015), Coutinho (2019), Altair (2019), Jair Marinho (2020), Pele (2022), Zagallo (2024), Jair da Costa (2025).

England’s 1966 squad Bobby Moore (1993), Alan Ball (2007), John Connelly (2012), Ron Springett (2015), Gerry Byrne (2015), Jimmy Armfield (2018), Ray Wilson (2018), Gordon Banks (2019), Martin Peters (2019), Peter Bonetti (2020), Norman Hunter (2020), Jack Charlton (2020), Nobby Stiles (2020), Jimmy Greaves (2021), Roger Hunt (2021), Ron Flowers (2021), George Cohen (2022), Bobby Charlton (2023), George Eastham (2024).

Brazil’s 1970 squad Everaldo (1974), Fontana (1980), Felix (2012), Joel Camargo (2014), Carlos Alberto (2016), Pele (2022), Brito (2026).

West Germany’s 1974 squad Heinz Flohe (2013), Gerd Muller (2021), Jurgen Grabowski (2022), Horst-Dieter Hottges (2023), Franz Beckenbauer (2024), Bernd Holzenbein (2024), Dieter Herzog (2025).

Argentina’s 1978 squad Ruben Galvan (2018), Rene Houseman (2018), Leopoldo Luque (2021), Luis Galvan (2025).

Italy’s 1982 squad Gaetano Scirea (1989), Paolo Rossi (2020).

Argentina’s 1986 squad Jose Luis Cuciuffo (2004), Jose Luis Brown (2019), Diego Maradona (2020).

West Germany’s 1990 squad Andreas Brehme (2024), Frank Mill (2025).

Sources: FIFA Official

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