Keeper Verlinden sets new mark
Tuesday, 09 December 2003
Club Brugge KV captain Dany Verlinden has become the oldest player in UEFA
Champions League history following the start of the Belgian club's Group
H match against AFC Ajax.

Debut in 1992
At 40 years, three months and 24 days, the Brugge goalkeeper surpassed by
a week the record set by the former Olympiacos CFP player, Tasos Mitropoulos
, against Rosenborg BK six years ago. Verlinden made his Champions League
debut on the first-ever matchday on 25 November 1992, a 1-0 home victory
against PFC CSKA Moskva.

Oldest players in the UEFA Champions League:
Player:           Age (years,months, days):       Match:
Dany Verlinden       40y 3m 24d            AFC Ajax v ClubBruggeKV*
                                               (9 Dec 2003)
Tasos Mitropoulos    40y 3m 17d            Olympiacos CFP* v Rosenborg BK
                                               (10 Dec 1997)
Donato               40y 1m 20d            FC Basel v RC Deportivo La Coruna*
                                               (19 Feb 2003)
John Lukic           39y 10m 6d            S.S. Lazio v Arsenal FC*
                                               (17 Oct 2000)
Michel Preud'homme   39y 9m 11d            SL Benfica* v HJK Helsinki
                                               (4 Nov 1998)
David Seaman         39y 5m 20d            Arsenal FC* v AS Roma
                                               (11 Mar 2003)
Jan Heintze          39y 2m 5d             BV Borussia Dortmund v PSV Eindhoven*
                                               (22 Oct 2002)
Stanislav Cherchesov 39y 1m 0d             Liverpool FC v FC Spartak Moskva*
                                               (2 Oct 2002)
Lothar Matthaus      38y 11m 16d           FC Bayern München* v Real Madrid CF
                                               (8 Mar 2000)
Jean-Luc Ettori      38y 8m 29d            AC Milan v AS Monaco FC*
                                               (27 April 1994)




--
FROM 219.224.177.94