Saturday, June 7, 2008

Age-Analysis of Euro 2008 Players



Players 35 and Older

Czech Republic
MF - Tomáš Galásek (35)
FW - Jan Koller (35)
GK - Jaromír Blažek (35)

Switzerland
GK - Pascal Zuberbühler (37)

Turkey
GK - Rüştü Reçber (35)

Austria
DF - Martin Hiden (35)
MF - Ivica Vastić (38)

Germany
GK - Jens Lehmann (38)
FW - Oliver Neuville (35)

Poland
DF - Jacek Bąk - (35)

France
MF - Claude Makélélé (35)
DF - Lilian Thuram (36)
GK - Grégory Coupet (35)

Italy
DF - Christian Panucci (35)

Netherlands
GK - Edwin van der Sar (37)
GK - Henk Timmer (36)

Greece
GK - Antonios Nikopolidis (36)

Sweden
MF - Niclas Alexandersson (36)
FW - Henrik Larsson (36)


Players 21 and Under

Czech Republic
FW - Martin Fenin (21)

Portugal
GK - Rui Patrício (20)
MF - João Moutinho (21)
FW - Nani (21)

Switzerland
FW - Eren Derdiyok (19)
DF - Johan Djourou (21)
MF - Gelson Fernandes (21)

Turkey
MF - Arda Turan (21)
MF - Colin Kazim-Richards (21)

Austria
DF - Sebastian Prödl (20)
FW - Martin Harnik (21)
FW - Erwin Hoffer (21)

Croatia
MF - Ivan Rakitić (20)

Poland
MF - Michał Pazdan (20)
DF - Adam Kokoszka (21)

France
FW - Karim Benzema (20)
MF - Samir Nasri (20)

Romania
DF - Ştefan Radu (21)

Spain
MF - Cesc Fàbregas (21)


Youngest/Oldest Players by Position:

GK
Youngest: Rui Patricio - Portugal (20)
Oldest: Jens Lehmann - Germany (38)

DF
Youngest: Sebastian Prödl - Austria (20)
Oldest: Lillian Thuram - France (36)

MF
Youngest: Michał Pazdan - Poland (20)
Oldest: Ivica Vastić - Austria (38)

FW
Youngest: Eren Derdiyok - Switzerland (19)
Oldest: Henrik Larsson - Sweden (36)


Number of Players 30 and Older on each Squad:


Italy (13), Greece (9), Sweden (9), Czech Republic (8), Croatia (7), Austria (6), France (6), Netherlands (6), Portugal (6), Germany (5), Poland (5), Spain (5), Switzerland (5), Turkey (4), Romania (3), Russia (3)

Average Age by Nation:
29.16 - Sweden
29.12 - Italy
29.07 - Germany
28.74 - Czech Republic
28.18 - Netherlands
27.94 - France
27.50 - Croatia
26.99 - Poland
26.84 - Portugal
26.80 - Romania
26.79 - Turkey
26.43 - Austria
26.43 - Spain
26.40 - Switzerland
26.15 - Russia

More Euro 2008 Posts:
Foreign-born Players on Euro 2008 squads
Former 'Team of the Tournament' Players returning to Euro 2008
Premiership Players on Euro 2008 squads
La Liga Players on Euro 2008 squads
Serie A Players on Euro 2008 squads
Bundesliga Players on Euro 2008 squads
Club Breakdown of Euro 2008 squads
Tallest and Shortest Players on Euro 2008 squads
Euro 2008 Head Coach Look-a-likes

1 comment:

  1. It was good to see Ivica Vastic score last night - and so thank you for confirming that he is indeed one of the only two players at Euro 08 who are born in the 1960s (and so are also the only two older than me)

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