World Cup 2018: Quirky Facts about the players in the competition

#2 The oldest player

Leading own country to World Cup after 28 years

Former Cameroon and Monaco striker, Roger Milla is the player you'll all remember when you try to recollect memories of the oldest players to play in FIFA World Cups. Who can forget that goal against Russia when he also became the oldest goalscorer in World Cup history, a record still unbroken?

However, this was way back in 1994. Former Colombian goalkeeper, Faryd Mondragon - aged 43 years and 3 days - became the oldest player ever to make a FIFA World Cup appearance in 2014, where he broke Milla's record by almost 10 months.

But it looks like the record will be broken yet again this time. Essam El-Hadary, the goalkeeper for Egypt and Saudi club Al-Taawoun, is currently aged 45 years and 5 months and is Egypt's No. 1 goalkeeping choice, which means he will feature as the World Cup's all-time oldest goalkeeper. He's also Egypt's captain.