7 players who attended EURO 2004 are still playing

Cristiano Ronaldo, Gianluigi Buffon, Lukas Podolski, Zlatan Ibrahimovic … are players who have attended EURO 2004. After 17 years, they still continue to play despite age problems.

Cristiano Ronaldo. At the time of EURO 2004 took place, Ronaldo was 19 years old and still wearing the MU shirt Since then, “CR7” has respectively joined Real Madrid and Juventus. This year is 36 years old, but he is still an irreplaceable pillar in the Portuguese club and national team. Photo: Getty. Valeri Bojinov. At Euro 2004, Bojinov was the youngest player in the tournament. When he was substituted for Dimitar Berbatov in the match against Italy in the group stage, he was only 18 years old. Currently, the 35-year-old striker is joining Levski Sofia club. In that tournament, Bulgaria was not allowed to participate. Photo: Twitter. Arjen Robben. When playing at EURO 2004, Robben along with John Heitinga and Wesley Sneijder were 3 young talents in the Netherlands national team shirt. This year 37 years old, but the former Real Madrid player is still playing for Groningen club. Unfortunately, he said goodbye to the national team in 2017. Photo: Getty. Joaquin. Before attending Euro 2004 with Spain, Joaquin participated in the 2002 World Cup. Although he is 39 years old, he still plays for Real Betis club and has 30 appearances in the last season. . The period as a midfielder in 1981 with the World Cup lasted from 2002-2007. Photo: Getty. Lukas Podolski. Podolski is one of two young talents to join the German squad for Euro 2004 along with Bastian Schweinsteiger. In 2017, the former Arsenal player officially retired from international football. He is currently playing for Turkish club Antalyaspor. Photo: Getty. Gianluigi Buffon. Buffon’s time with the Italian national team was from 1997 to 2018 and he made 176 appearances. Although 43 years old, “Spider-Man” is still on the payroll of Juventus, one of the biggest clubs in the world today. Photo: Getty. Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Despite frequent injuries, Ibrahimovic still had 17 goals and 3 assists in 27 games last season and made a great contribution to helping AC Milan win Serie A runners-up. Return to the Swedish national team. The 39-year-old striker’s first major tournament at the national team level was in the 2002 World Cup. Unfortunately, due to not recovering from injury, he was not called up to EURO 2020. Photo: Getty.