Ezzeldin Bahader (pictured) has successfully registered with the Egyptian Football Association after a lifetime of playing the sport at an amateur level.
The father of four and grandfather of six is now training with third-tier Egyptian club October 6, who accepted him last month in January after his applications to other teams failed.
Mr Bahader had dreamed of becoming a professional striker when he was younger, but instead had a long career as a civil engineering consultant and later a land cultivation expert.
To break the Guinness World Record – currently held by a 74-year-old – Mr Bahader needs to play two 90-minute matches which he now hopes to do in March.
“For me, it is not just being the oldest player,” he told ESPN. “I want to be the oldest player, who also plays well. If I only achieve the title of the oldest player, by entering the [Guinness] World Records, but did not play well, I will not realise my plan. It will be the end of it for me.”
We wish him luck in both endeavours then.
