MARC PUJOL IN HISTORY
Marc Pujol beat Stanley Matthews’s record!
Andorran midfielder Marc Pujol scored a goal (PICTURE) on 13 October in a friendly vs Andorra (2-0) at the age of 42 years 53 days.
In doing so, he broke the ancient European record for national teams, which was held by Stanley Matthews (a goal for England against Northern Ireland in 1956 at 41 years 248 days).
So far, only they two have scored after turning 40. They will probably soon be joined by Cristiano Ronaldo, whose 40th birthday is inexorably approaching.
| EUROPEAN | NATIONAL | TEAMS | OLDEST | SCORERS | |
| Player | Country | Age | Date | Game | |
| 1 | Marc Pujol | Andorra | 42-053 | 13/10/2024 | San Marino 2-0 |
| 2 | Stanley Matthews | England | 41-248 | 06/10/1956 | Northern Ireland 1-1 |
| 3 | Baqtïyar Bayseyitov | Kazakhstan | 39-311 | 03/07/1992 | Libya 1-0 |
| 4 | Morten Olsen | Denmark | 39-308 | 18/06/1989 | Brazil 4-0 |
| 5 | Roy Chipolina | Gibraltar | 39-303 | 19/11/2022 | Andorra 1-0 |
| 6 | Pepe | Portugal | 39-283 | 06/12/2022 | Switzerland 6-1 |
| 7 | Jari Litmanen | Finland | 39-270 | 17/11/2010 | San Marino 8-0 |
| 8 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 39-250 | 12/10/2024 | Poland 3-1 |
| 9 | Michael Mifsud | Malta | 39-208 | 11/11/2020 | Liechtenstein 3-0 |
| 10 | Luka Modrić | Croatia | 38-365 | 08/09/2024 | Poland 1-0 |
| 11 | Mímis Domázos | Greece | 38-294 | 11/11/1980 | Australia 3-3 |
| 12 | Archibald Goodall | Ireland | 38-282 | 28/03/1903 | Wales 2-0 |
| 13 | Ivica Vastić | Austria | 38-257 | 12/06/2008 | Poland 1-1 |
| 14 | Márcio Vieira | Andorra | 38-249 | 16/06/2023 | Switzerland 1-2 |
| 15 | Jan Heintze | Denmark | 38-243 | 17/04/2002 | Israel 3-1 |
| 16 | Billy Meredith | Wales | 38-230 | 17/03/1913 | England 3-4 |
| 17 | Edin Džeko | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 38-208 | 11/10/2024 | Germany 1-2 |
| 18 | Vitālijs Astafjevs | Latvia | 38-159 | 09/09/2009 | Switzerland 2-2 |
| 19 | Abe Lenstra | Netherlands | 38-143 | 19/04/1959 | Belgium 2-2 |
| 20 | Billy Lacey | Rep. of Ireland | 38-141 | 12/02/1928 | Belgium 4-2 |
| 21 | Lothar Matthäus | Germany | 38-129 | 28/07/1999 | New Zealand 2-0 |
| 22 | Jurijs Ševļakovs | Latvia | 38-096 | 30/04/1997 | Belarus 2-0 |
| 23 | Milivoje Novaković | Slovenia | 38-023 | 10/06/2017 | Malta 2-0 |
| 24 | Lee Casciaro | Gibraltar | 38-016 | 15/10/2019 | Georgia 2-3 |
| 25 | Gunnar Gren | Sweden | 37-360 | 26/10/1958 | Denmark 4-4 |
| 26 | Goran Pandev | North Macedonia | 37-321 | 13/06/2021 | Austria 1-3 |
| 27 | Konstantin Vassiljev | Estonia | 37-297 | 09/06/2022 | Malta 2-1 |
| 28 | José Fonte | Portugal | 37-291 | 09/10/2021 | Qatar 3-0 |
| 29 | Eiður Guðjohnsen | Iceland | 37-265 | 06/06/2016 | Liechtenstein 4-0 |
| 30 | Ragnar Larsen | Norway | 37-231 | 26/08/1962 | Finland 2-1 |
| 31 | Faas Wilkes | Netherlands | 37-188 | 19/04/1961 | Mexico 1-2 |
| 32 | Olivier Giroud | France | 37-178 | 26/03/2024 | Chile 3-2 |
| 33 | Johnny Giles | Rep. of Ireland | 37-152 | 05/04/1978 | Turkey 4-2 |
| 34 | Óscar Sonejee | Andorra | 37-141 | 14/08/2013 | Moldova 1-1 |
| 35 | Juraj Kucka | Slovakia | 37-104 | 09/06/2024 | Wales 4-0 |
| 36 | Steve Davis | Northern Ireland | 37-083 | 25/03/2022 | Luxembourg 3-1 |
| 37 | Ildefons Lima | Andorra | 37-074 | 22/02/2017 | San Marino 2-0 |
| 38 | Wilfried Van Moer | Belgium | 37-058 | 28/04/1982 | Bulgaria 2-1 |
| 39 | Anders Svensson | Sweden | 37-051 | 06/09/2013 | Rep. of Ireland 2-1 |
| 40 | John Aldridge | Rep. of Ireland | 37-023 | 11/10/1995 | Latvia 2-1 |