The player who played World Cup when he was really too old for it was Pele. Pele is one of the greatest soccer players in the history of the sport. He was 37 when he retired from playing.
Brian Lima 36 years old he played for Western Samoa
The world cup is 79 years old, it started in the year 1930 and was played in Uruguay. The idea of the world cup is to bring countries who only qualify for the world cup to find out which country is the best in the world.
Diego Maradona, born October 30, 1960, was 25 years old when he played at the 1986 World Cup.
The oldest player in the World Cup was Roger Milla who was 42 years old. Dino Zoff is the oldest captain at 40 years to lift the World Cup.
Roger Milla was 38 when he played in the 1990 World Cup.
England the final was in the old Wembley
The oldest player in FIFA world cup 2010 is English player David James at 39 years old 321 days.
The oldest player and captain to lift the world cup OS the Italian Dino Zoff who was 40 years old in 1982.
It was the 17 year old Pele in 1958 world cup in Sweden.
He was 33 years roughly.
The oldest player in a world cup, was the Cameroon striker Roger Milla who was 42 years in 1994 . But the oldest captain to play in a world cup and win the world cup is Dino Zoff of Italy in 1982.
Faryd Mondragon is the oldest player. He is 43 years old.