IFFHS EURO STATISTICS 40 - THE OLDEST GOAL SCORER


Picture : Finland's Legend Jari Litmanen.


Oldest goal-scorer (including qualification): Jari Litmanen

Finland striker Jari Litmanen is the oldest goal-scorer in European championship history, including qualifiers and final tournaments. In 2010, he scored a goal in the qualifying match against San Marino at the age of 39 years 270 days.
4 players in the history of the competition have scored goals aged 37 and over. Two of them did it in the final stage (Ivica Vastić and Zoltán Gera).

 OLDEST GOAL-SCORERS(INCLUDINGQUALIFICATION)  
      
 PlayerCountryAge (Y-D)GameDate
1Jari Litmanen                 Finland 39-270    San Marino (8:0)  17/11/2010
2Ivica VastićAustria 38-257Poland (1:1)12/06/2008
3Lee Casciaro                  Gibraltar38-016    Georgia (2:3)15/10/2019
4Zoltán GeraHungary 37-061Portugal (3:3)22/06/2016