Youngest players at the World Cup 2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 19, 2024
As of November 2022, Northern Ireland's Norman Whiteside was the youngest player to ever play in a World Cup, aged 17 years and 40 days when he played against Yugoslavia in 1982. The youngest player at the 2022 World Cup, Germany's Youssoufa Moukoko, turned 18 on the day the tournament kicked off.

Youngest players in FIFA World Cup history as of November 2022

CharacteristicAge at first game
Norman Whiteside
(Northern Ireland, 1982)		 17 years, 40 days
Samuel Eto'o
(Cameroon, 1998)		 17 years, 98 days
Femi Opabunmi
(Nigeria, 2002)		 17 years, 100 days
Salomon Olembé
(Cameroon, 1998)		 17 years, 184 days
Pelé
(Brazil, 1958)		 17 years, 234 days
Bartholomew Ogbeche
(Nigeria, 2002)		 17 years, 244 days
Rigobert Song
(Cameroon, 1994)		 17 years, 353 days
Youssoufa Moukoko
(Germany, 2022)		 18 years, 3 days
Garang Kuol
(Australia, 2022)		 18 years, 69 days
Gavi
(Spain, 2022)		 18 years, 110 days
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November 2022

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as of November 25, 2022

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Figures represent the age of each player at the time of their first game at the tournament.

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