From Cristiano Ronaldo to Luka Modric, here are the 10 oldest players competing at the 2026 World Cup

There is thing for illustration the World Cup, and thing tin hole personification much for nan sport’s biggest tourney amended than experience.

Some of these players are much than double nan property of immoderate of their youngest teammates. While they mightiness not person nan aforesaid burst they had successful their prime, they bring an important blend of activity and acquisition to their teams.

Cristiano Ronaldo,, nan Portugal legend, is nan second-oldest subordinate successful this year’s tourney astatine 41. Lionel Messi, nan Argentina great, is nan 12th-oldest subordinate successful nan tourney astatine 38 years old, and will soon move 39.

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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo leaves nan transportation aft nan first half during nan World Cup Group K lucifer betwixt Portugal and Congo successful Houston connected June 17, 2026. (Karen Warren/AP)

The USMNT captain, Tim Ream, is not only nan oldest subordinate connected nan squad but besides nan 13th-oldest subordinate successful nan tourney astatine 38 years old.

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Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates aft scoring nan team's 2nd extremity during nan world friends lucifer betwixt Argentina and Iceland astatine Jordan-Hare Stadium connected June 09, 2026 successful Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)

Here are nan 10 oldest players successful this year’s World Cup.

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United States defender Tim Ream reacts aft nan crippled astatine Bank of America Stadium successful Charlotte, N.C., connected May 31, 2026. (Bob Donnan/Imagn Images)

1. Craig Gordon – Scotland, 43 years old, calved Dec. 31, 1982
2. Cristiano Ronaldo – Portugal, 41 years old, calved Feb. 5, 1985
3. Guillermo Ochoa – Mexico, 40 years old, calved July 13, 1985
4. Luka Modric – Croatia, 40 years old, calved Sept. 9, 1985
5. Edin Dzeko – Bosnia and Herzegovina, 40 years old, calved March 17, 1986
6. Manuel Neuer – Germany, 40 years old, calved March 27, 1986
7. Vozinha – Cabo Verde, 40 years old, calved June 3, 1986
8. Fernando Muslera – Uruguay, 39 years old, calved June 16, 1986
9. Yuto Nagatomo – Japan, 39 years old, calved Sept. 12, 1986
10. Hernán Galíndez – Ecuador, 39 years old, calved March 30, 1987

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