World Cup: Egypt Goalkeeper El-Hadary Becomes Oldest Player In World Cup History

Essam El-Hadary

As much as you hate to see matches that are ultimately meaningless in the World Cup, they can bring some phenomenal moments. Egypt gave us one of those moments by starting 45-year-old goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary in between the pipes against Saudi Arabia. At 45 years and 161 days, El-Hadary is making his 153rd appearance for Egypt, and he's the oldest player to ever play in the World Cup.

El-Hadary made his full international debut aged 23 back in 1996. He has won four African Cup of Nations titles with Egypt since making his debut for the country.

Despite both nations' elimination from the 2018 World Cup tournament, Egypt were defeated  2 - 1 by Saudi Araba.







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