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Keeper Verlinden sets new mark

Tuesday, December 9, 2003

Club Brugge KV's Dany Verlinden tonight became the oldest player in UEFA Champions League history.

Debut in 1992
At 40 years, three months and 24 days, the Brugge goalkeeper surpassed by a week the record set by the former Olympiacos CFP player, Tasos Mitropoulos, against Rosenborg BK six years ago. Verlinden made his Champions League debut on the first-ever matchday on 25 November 1992, a 1-0 home victory against PFC CSKA Moskva.

Oldest players in the UEFA Champions League:

Player:Age (years,
months, days):		Match:
Dany Verlinden40y 3m 24dAFC Ajax
v
ClubBruggeKV
(9 Dec 2003)
Tasos Mitropoulos40y 3m 17dOlympiacos CFP
v
Rosenborg BK
(10 Dec 1997)
Donato40y 1m 20dFC Basel
v
RC Deportivo La Coruña
(19 Feb 2003)
John Lukic39y 10m 6dS.S. Lazio
v
Arsenal FC
(17 Oct 2000)
Michel Preud'homme39y 9m 11dSL Benfica
v
HJK Helsinki
(4 Nov 1998)
David Seaman39y 5m 20dArsenal FC
v
AS Roma
(11 Mar 2003)
Jan Heintze39y 2m 5dBV Borussia Dortmund
v
PSV Eindhoven
(22 Oct 2002)
Stanislav Cherchesov39y 1m 0dLiverpool FC
v
FC Spartak Moskva
(2 Oct 2002)
Lothar Matthäus38y 11m 16dFC Bayern München
v
Real Madrid CF
(8 Mar 2000)
Jean-Luc Ettori38y 8m 29dAC Milan
v
AS Monaco FC
(27 April 1994)

N.B. The side each player represented is shown in bold.

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