Players and ages

[Superdaz]

this shouldnt take long to find out, who are the oldest and youngest players in the world cup?

[Looney]

What this world cup or of all time? All time I think youngest is Pele and oldest is Roger Miller

[red5]

Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland is the youngest at 17years

Roger Millar of Cameroon is the oldest at 42 years

....I think

:)

[Azerkid]

there is also this guy by the name Mark Hughes from Northern Ireland whos 38 plays for Blackburn i think but im not sure if the played in a W C

[Sergei]

This seasons world cup has a player from russia from is 38 - a goal keeper
and there is a young player from nigeria who is 17.

Mark Hughes is welsh, lol, like they are going to the world cup :D

[Azerkid]

:D

[ronie]

pele is the youngest. he scored and played when he was 17

[Roberto Abrego]

the youngest one is Norman Whiteside
he played the World Cup with 17 years


the older one is Roger Milla with 42 years



Pat Jennings Northern Ireland GK was also very old he turn 41 when he played against Brazil at Mexico 86'

[ItalianBoy]

I read that in the Guiness Book of Records. This Irish kid is the youngest and Miller I think is the oldest.
Thought I do recall a play in WC 94 that was like 40 something? Or aybe that was Milla. Plus Milla is one of the best!

[Salva BraLaz]

The youngest has to be Brazilian. It is either Pele or Ronaldo ( I think he kicked the ball once or twice even though not playing much in USA 94). Most probably it is Pele. The oldest is already mentioned, Roger Milla (42).

[ItalianBoy]

Why it HAS to be Brazilian? Its not. Check it in any Gbook.

[mark16]

Originally posted by Azerkid
there is also this guy by the name Mark Hughes from Northern Ireland whos 38 plays for Blackburn i think but im not sure if the played in a W C
MARK HUGHES IS FROM WALES,AND IS NOW THE CURRENT MANAGER OF WALES

[JD]

Norman whiteside was the youngest
Roger Miller was the oldest scorer in a 6-1 defeat by Russia and Oleg Salenko scored 5 goals (he may be the only player to do that - Juste Fontaine possibly?)

[zaccus]

pele(17) was the youngest to score (followed by OWEN(18)) but to play was Norman Whiteside (17), oldest to score was milla @ 42

[phat]

Originally posted by JD
Norman whiteside was the youngest
Roger Miller was the oldest scorer in a 6-1 defeat by Russia and Oleg Salenko scored 5 goals (he may be the only player to do that - Juste Fontaine possibly?)

Roger Milla was the oldest scorer AND player in WC history. Juste Fontaine scored 13 goals in the 1958 WC but he never scored 5 in one game. Oleg Salenko is the only player to do so in WC 94.

Norman Whiteside is the youngest player to play in the world cup. I think it was 1982 in spain.