World Cup 2022: World Cup guide on Squad Age, Oldest and Youngest Players, Most Caps

Today
we
shall
dive
into
the
World
Cup
squads
based
on
a
certain
array
of
things.
We
shall
look
into
the
Age
slabs
of
all
the
teams,
and
have
a
look
at
the
top
10
capped
players
in
the
tournament.

Without
further
adieu,
let’s
have
a
look
–

World
Cup
2022
Most
Capped
Players:

Cristiano
Ronaldo
currently
sits
with
the
most
international
caps
for
his
country
coming
to
the
World
Cup.
The
Portuguese
legend
has
191
appearances
to
his
name.
His
arch-nemesis
Lionel
Messi
sits
4th
on
the
list
with
165
caps.

1.
Cristiano
Ronaldo
(Portugal)
–
191
caps

2.
Andres
Guardado
(Mexico)
–
178
caps

3.
Hassan
Al-Haydos
(Qatar)
–
169
caps

4.
Lionel
Messi
(Argentina)
–
165
caps

5.
Diego
Godin
(Uruguay)
–
159
caps

6.
Celso
Borges
(Costa
Rica)
–
155
caps

6.
Luka
Modric
(Croatia)
–
155
caps

7.
Bryan
Ruiz
(Costa
Rica)
–
146
caps

8.
Jan
Vertonghen
(Belgium)
–
141
caps

9.
Sergio
Busquets
(Spain)
–
139
caps

10.
Hugo
Lloris
(France)
–
139
caps

There
are
15
players
across
all
the
32
squads
who
are
yet
to
play
for
their
national
team.

The
Age
Old
System:

With
the
squads
going
for
personnel
with
a
mixture
of
experience
and
youth,
there
are
some
widening
data
regarding
the
mean
age
of
all
the
squads.
Because
one
or
two
aged
players
(Aged
35
and
above)
don’t
help
the
mean
statistics,
hence
we
have
gone
with
a
median
age
of
all
the
squads-

Top
5
Oldest
Median
Age
Squad:

Iran
have
the
oldest
median
age
along
with
Belgium.
Brazil
follows
them,
just
ahead
of
Argentina.

1.
Iran,
Belgium
(Median
Age:
29)

2.
Brazil
(Median
Age:
28.5)

3.
Tunisia,
Saudi
Arabia,
Argentina
(Median
Age:
28)

4.
South
Korea,
Costa
Rica,
Australia
(Median
Age:
27.5)

5.
Cameroon
(Median
Age:
27)

Top
5
Youngest
Squad:
(Median
Age)

Ghana
have
the
youngest
median
age
squad
with
just
23.5
years.

1.
Ghana
(Median
Age:
23.5)

2.
USA,
Ecuador
(Median
Age:
24)

3.
Wales,
France
(Median
Age:
25)

4.
Spain,
Canada
(Median
Age:
25.5)

5.
Qatar,
Morocco,
Denmark
(Median
Age:
26)

In
terms
of
the
more
generalised
mean
age
count,
Ghana
are
the
youngest
with
24
years
while
Iran
and
Mexico
stand
oldest
with
28
years.

Oldest
Player
and
Manager
in
World
Cup
2022:

• Mexico’s
  reserve
  goalkeeper
  Alfredo
  Talavera
  is
  the
  oldest
  player
  in
  the
  squad
  at
  age
  of
  40
  years.
• Netherlands
  manager
  Louis
  van
  Gaal
  is
  the
  oldest
  of
  the
  gaffers
  at
  the
  age
  of
  71
  years.

Youngest
Player
and
Manager
in
the
World
Cup
2022:

• Germany’s
  Yousssoufa
  Moukoko
  is
  the
  youngest
  player
  at
  the
  age
  of
  18
  years.
• Argentina
  boss
  Lionel
  Scaloni
  is
  the
  youngest
  manager
  at
  just
  44
  years
  of
  age.