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The captain of the Real Betis Joaquin Sanchez He will be forty years old on July 21 and after signing for one more year with the Verdiblanca entity, next season he will be the oldest player in La Liga Santander, but it also enters the top five of active players worldwide.
Withdrawal of Nino Elche, is the one that has caused the Puerto de Santa María player to be the oldest player in LaLiga next season, and the Brazilian Vitorino Hilton, who played for Montpelier, make him the second in Europe, behind the Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffón that at 43 he plays for Juventus and there is even talk of a possible signing for Barcelona.
A world level, the oldest active player is Kazuyoshi Miura He is 54 years old and continues to play as a forward for Yokohama. He is followed by the Italian goalkeeper and then by his compatriot and teammate and former Celtic player Shunsuke Nakamura (42). The fourth position is occupied by an exbetic, Ricardo Oliveira that with 41 years is still active in the Coritiba of Serie A in Brazil. The ranking of the five oldest in the world is closed by the Argentine Maxi Rodriguez that he was born the same year as Joaquín but in January. The Betis midfielder who will return to play in the European competition with Betis next season is the sixth in the world.
Joaquín adds another milestone to his career, hoping to be able to climb positions also in that ranking after having become the player who more official matches He has played with the Heliópolis team and the second in LaLiga.
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