IFFHS EURO STATISTICS 5-6 : OLDEST AND YOUNGEST PLAYERS

• Apr 16, 2021
• History Statistics

Picture : Ricardo Carvalho and Jetro Willems hold the Records until now as the Oldest and Youngest EURO Players.

Oldest champion: Ricardo Carvalho

At the last Euro, the Portuguese defender Ricardo Carvalho became the oldest champion in the history of competition. His exact age on the day the title award was 38 years 53 days.
So far, 11 players have been in the champion squads aged 33 or older.

	OLDEST CHAMPIONS
	Player	Country	Age (Y-D)	Edition
1	Ricardo Carvalho	Portugal	38-053	2016
2	Bernard Lama	France	37-086	2000
3	Arnold Mühren	Netherlands	37-054	1988
4	Andrés Palop	Spain	34-251	2008
5	Laurent Blanc	France	34-226	2000
6	Andreas Köpke	Germany	34-110	1996
7	Ivo Viktor	Czechoslovakia	34-030	1976
8	Eduardo	Portugal	33-295	2016
9	Stefan Kuntz	Germany	33-244	1996
	Antonios Nikopolidis	Greece	33-172	2004
	Pepe	Portugal	33-135	2016

Youngest player (final stages):  Jetro Willems

So far, not a single player under the age of 18 has appeared in the final stages of the Euro. The youngest at the moment is the Dutchman Jetro Willems who has played on Euro 2012 at the age of 18 years 71 days.
In total, 9 players took part in the final stage matches at the age of 18.

	YOUNGEST PLAYERS	(ONLY FINALS)
	Player	Country	Age (Y-D)	Game	Date
1	Jetro Willems	Netherlands	18-071	Denmark (0:1)	09/06/2012
2	Enzo Scifo	Belgium	18-115	Yugoslavia (2:0)	13/06/1984
3	Valeri Bojinov	Bulgaria	18-128	Italy (1:2)	22/06/2004
4	Johan Vonlanthen	Switzerland	18-137	England (0:3)	17/06/2004
5	Marcus Rashford	England	18-229	Wales (2:1)	16/06/2016
6	Wayne Rooney	England	18-233	France (1:2)	13/06/2004
7	Renato Sanches	Portugal	18-301	Iceland (1:1)	14/06/2016
8	Emre Mor	Turkey	18-324	Croatia (0:1)	12/06/2016
9	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	England	18-301	France (1:1)	11/06/2012