Every team's oldest EURO appearance-maker
Monday 3 August 2020
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Who are the oldest players to have represented their nations at a EURO finals?
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Lothar Matthäus holds the record for the oldest player to have featured in a EURO finals match, appearing for Germany aged 39 years and 91 days against Portugal in 2000.
UEFA.com discovers each EURO 2020 nation's oldest appearance-maker.
Austria
Ivica Vastić, 38 years and 257 days (vs Poland, EURO 2008)
Belgium
Lorenzo Staelens, 36 years and 50 days (vs Turkey, EURO 2000)
Croatia
Niko Kovač, 36 years and 249 days (vs Turkey, EURO 2008)
Czech Republic
Tomáš Rosický, 35 years and 257 days (vs Croatia, EURO 2016)
Denmark
Morten Olsen, 38 years and 308 days (vs Italy, EURO 1988)
England
Peter Shilton, 38 years and 271 days (vs Netherlands, EURO 1988)
Finland
Finland will make their debut at EURO 2020.
France
Lilian Thuram, 36 years and 164 days (vs Netherlands, EURO 2008)
Germany
Lothar Matthäus, 39 years and 91 days (vs Portugal, EURO 2000)
Italy
Gianluigi Buffon, 38 years and 156 days (vs Germany, EURO 2016)
Netherlands
Edwin van der Sar, 37 years and 236 days (vs Russia, EURO 2008)
Poland
Jacek Bąk, 35 years and 80 days (vs Austria, EURO 2008)
Portugal
Ricardo Carvalho, 38 years and 35 days (vs Hungary, EURO 2016)
Russia
Sergei Ignashevich, 36 years and 342 days (vs Wales, EURO 2016)
Spain
Aritz Aduriz, 35 years and 137 days (vs Italy, EURO 2016)
Sweden
Henrik Larsson, 36 years and 272 days (vs Russia, EURO 2008)
Switzerland
Pascal Zuberbühler, 37 years and 159 days (vs Portugal, EURO 2008)
Turkey
Rüştü Reçber, 35 years and 46 days (vs Germany, EURO 2008)
Ukraine
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, 37 years and 83 days (vs Poland, EURO 2016)
Wales
James Collins, 32 years and 318 days (vs Portugal, EURO 2016)
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