00:00And I want to talk to you about one of the most on topics that we're going to bring here
00:05in the oldest goal scorers in World Cup history.
00:10That's right. On time, my friend.
00:13Let's pull this to your screens real quick and you'll see some very familiar names.
00:19And hopefully, hopefully we don't know, maybe Messi decides to come back for yet another World Cup to join this
00:26list.
00:27Take a look, my friend.
00:30On top of this list, the one and only Roger Mila from Cameroon that scored at 42 years and 39
00:38days, my friend.
00:39This is really, really impressive.
00:42In 1994, here in the United States, in the group state, he scored in Russia 3-1 over Cameroon.
00:49And the final score, unfortunately, was 6-1.
00:51But that lonely goal was Roger Mila and makes him the oldest player to ever score in a World Cup.
00:57After him, Pepe, the United States Stadium with 39 years and 283 days.
01:06Pretty up there if you ask me.
01:08Qatar on the round of 16 when Portugal scored 2-0.
01:13And then the end of the game was 6-1.
01:16From there, the one and only Lionel Messi, the Argentina, scoring today in 363 days.
01:25My friend, he most likely going to push this a little bit more and become 40 during the competition.
01:30So he will be 40 and become, no, 39, 39, not 40.
01:35After that, Ronaldo is scoring at 37 years and 292 days on the last World Cup.
01:41So if we see Ronaldo score, he will probably leap very high on this list.
01:46Because right now, Ronaldo is almost 41 years old.
01:50So he will get there in first or second place.
01:52Just stopping Pepe.
01:55Gunnar Grimm from Sweden continues the list.
01:58Cuauhtémoc Blanco.
02:00A los 37 años and a half, pretty much.
02:04South Africa 2010 in the group stage.
02:07France beat...
02:08Mexico beat France 2-0.
02:10And that's one of the greatest victories of the Mexican teams.
02:14Felipe Baloy from Panama.
02:16Also at 37 years old.
02:18What legends of the game, my friends.
02:20Marco Arnotovic, not so well-known, pero ahà está.
02:25Right here on the 2026 World Cup.
02:27Obdulio Varela de Uruguay.
02:30In 1954, 36 years old.
02:34Black and white picture and all my friends.
02:36That is Martin Palermo.
02:39Another surprising name in the list.
02:40South Africa 2010.
02:42When he was right there being coached by the one and only Diego Armando Maradona.
02:46The excitement of that World Cup was palpable for Argentina.
02:50George Bregi.
02:52Ramin Rasean.
02:54Oliver Giroud.
02:55That had not such a great time here in Los Angeles with Latin Nation Football Club.
03:02With the LAFC.
03:04But there we go, my friends.
03:06Miroslav Klose.
03:07Another of the top scorers of the World Cup.
03:10Right there in this list.
03:12A lot of big names.
03:14She's telling us that back in the day,
03:17around 30 years old, players were done.
03:20They were like ready for retirement.
03:21Maybe they'll push it to 32, 33.
03:23But in the last 20 years, we have seen the longevity of these athletes grow and grow to the point
03:29that we see superstars,
03:30hitting 40, and still performing at the highest level.
03:33We saw that the average of the World Cup, the average age of the teams,
03:37is skewing a little higher than we expected.
03:40Although the young ones are taking over,
03:43there's still these selected players over 35 that are really skewing data towards the older side, my friends.
03:50And it is one of the beautiful things of the World Cup.
03:52And it is one of the most important things of the World Cup.
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