IFFHS EURO STATISTICS 16 - THE OLDEST GOAL SCORERS
Posted on May 10, 2021 | History Statistics Category
Picture : Ivica Vastic holds the Euro Record !
Oldest goal-scorer (final stages): Ivica Vastić
Ivica Vastić (Сroatia) holds the Euro record for the age in which he managed to score a goal - 38 years 257 days.
Seven players have scored in European Championship finals at the age of 35 and above.
Bernd Hölzenbein (Germany) is the oldest goal-scorer of a final game (30 years 103 days, vs Czechoslovakia, 1976).
Michel Platini (France) is the oldest hat-trick scorer at Euro finals (28 years 364 days, vs Yugoslavia, 1984).
| OLDEST GOAL-SCORERS | (FINAL STAGES) | ||||
| Player | Country | Age (Y-D) | Game | Date | |
| 1 | Ivica Vastić | Austria | 38-257 | Poland (1:1) | 12/06/2008 |
| 2 | Zoltán Gera | Hungary | 37-061 | Portugal (3:3) | 22/06/2016 |
| 3 | Gareth McAuley | Northern Ireland | 36-194 | Ukraine (2:0) | 16/06/2016 |
| 4 | Andriy Shevchenko | Ukraine | 35-256 | Sweden (2:1) | 11/06/2012 |
| 5 | Giorgios Karagounis | Greece | 35-102 | Russia (1:0) | 16/06/2012 |
| 6 | Jan Koller | Czech Republic | 35-077 | Turkey (2:3) | 15/06/2008 |
| 7 | Christian Panucci | Italy | 35-062 | Romania (1:1) | 13/06/2008 |