The former Egyptian star, goalkeeper Issam Al -Hadary, has a historical number in the World Cup, as the largest player participates in the World Cup throughout his history, at the age of 45 and 161 days, during the last version 2018 in Russia.
During a few days, the 22nd edition of the World Cup, which will be hosted by Qatar, will start from November 20 to December 18, on 8 different stadiums, as the first Arab country to host the largest championship in the world of football.
The goalkeepers took control of the list of the largest players participating in the history of the players Cup with the presence of 4 goalkeepers in the first 5 positions of the list.
In the following report, we review the list of the largest players participating in the history of the World Cup:
1 – Issam Al -Hadary
The World Cup in Russia 2018 witnessed the Egyptian goalkeeper Issam Al -Hadary investigating a historic number, after he became the largest player participating in the World Cup, at the age of 45 years and 161 days, when the den of the Pharaohs team during the confrontation of Saudi Arabia, in the third confrontations of the group stage of the championship.
Al -Hadary played 159 games with the Egyptian team, winning the African Nations Cup on four different occasions.
2 – Farid Mondragon
The Colombian goalkeeper is the second largest participant throughout the history of the World Cup, at the age
Mondragon participated in the last 5 minutes of facing Japan, in the 2014 World Cup, to become the largest player in the World Cup history.
3 – Roger Mila
The former Cameroonian striker fought Russia in the 1994 World Cup in the United States of America, to become the largest player at the age 6-1.
4 -Bat Jeninsal
The North Irish goalkeeper participated with his country in the face of Brazil, in the 1986 edition, to become the largest player at the age of 41, which is his last match at the international level, which he lost 3-0.
5 -Peter Shelton
The former English goalkeeper played his last match in his country’s shirt against Italy in the third place match in the 1990 version, at the age of 40 and 292 days.
Shelton has played with the three lions team 125 games throughout his international career, which was the most famous against Argentina, when his nets shook the late Argentine legend Diego Armando Maradona, a hand -touch goal in the World Cup in 1986..
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