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Man plays professional football match aged 73, sets world record
short by Anmol Sharma / on Sunday, 7 April, 2019
Iraq-born Israeli goalkeeper Isaak Hayik has set Guinness World Record as the oldest person to play a professional football match. Hayik, aged 73, set the record by playing as a goalkeeper for Israeli team Ironi Or Yehuda on Friday, overtaking Uruguay's Robert Carmona, who held the previous record (53 years). "I'm ready for another game," Hayik said after the match.
read more at Reuters