41 year old Ildefons Lima is in the Andorra squad for a friendly against Ireland tonight. He made his Andorra debut in 1997. Looking to become only the second player to play international football in four decades, after...... ?
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Originally posted by jwdd27 View PostThomas Vermaelen comes on as sub for Belgium. now at Vissel Kobe in the J League, only 35.
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Only 15 years younger than the league's oldest player, Kaz Miura, who turned out for Yokohama earlier this year.
The J League has a definite geriatric bent.
Shun Nakamura is about to turn 43 and Shinji Ono is 41 1/2.
At 37, Andres Iniesta is only the tenth oldest player to have made an appearance this season.
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Feel like this is perhaps worthy of inclusion in this thread rather than the transfers thread as I presumed he'd retired a while ago... Lukas Podolski has signed for Górnik Zabrze, which by my reckoning will be the first time he's actually played in the country of his birth. He's actually only 36 – felt like he'd be older when I checked.
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James Hanson has signed for Farsley Celtic following his release by Grimsby. Still only 33, apparently wanted a club closer to his home as he reckoned long drives weren't helping his injury problems.
Also handy to pick up a few shifts at the Co-op, I would have thought.
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Watching Trnava vs Mosta in the European Conference, and Michael Mifsud, once of Coventry is playing for the Maltese visitors, aged 40. I saw him play for Malta in Slovakia 6 years ago. His international record is remarkable ; 143 appearances between 2000 and last year, and 42 goals.
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Originally posted by Jobi1 View PostFeel like this is perhaps worthy of inclusion in this thread rather than the transfers thread as I presumed he'd retired a while ago... Lukas Podolski has signed for Górnik Zabrze, which by my reckoning will be the first time he's actually played in the country of his birth. He's actually only 36 – felt like he'd be older when I checked.
A promise to his grandma & an unprecedented welcome - Lukas Podolski finally makes his dream move
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Originally posted by Antepli Ejderha View PostThat's a great piece, the contrast to Klose is also interesting.
"Klose didn't speak Polish" could - could - be misunderstood as "Klose couldn't speak Polish". He can and does speak Polish. Podolski reckons they used to converse in Polish when they played together up front.
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Mentioned this in the matchgoing thread, as one for Bolton, Leeds, Pompey and Carlisle fans ; Lubomir Michalik is still playing for Sered in the top tier of Slovak football. He'll be 39 in August.
Sered played in Zilina today, and Lubo was left on the bench. I feel they may need him on the pitch to organise the defence as the season goes on.
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Thread perennial Kevin Ellison, 42, scored the winner for Newport at Oldham yesterday. I think he's got "last league goal scored by a player born in the 1970s" sewn up, although it's unclear if Dannie Bulman (a month older) is still at Crawley.
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