Appearing Defending FC Porto, Pepe Breaks The Record Of Being The Oldest Player In The Champions League

FC Porto player, Pepe. (Photo: Twitter/@FCPorto)

JAKARTA - FC Porto player, Pepe, set a record when appearing to defend his team against Royal dayerp in the Champions League group stage.

FC Porto had Antwerp's meeting on the third matchday of Group H of the 2023/2024 Champions League. In the match at the Bosuil Stadium, Thursday, October 26, FC Porto won 4-1.

Coach Sergio Conceicao, fielded Pepe as a starter in this match. The former Real Madrid player had a duet with David Carmo at the heart of the club's defense nicknamed Dragoes.

His appearance made Pepe stunned as the oldest player to appear in the Champions League. This record made by Pepe was more impressive because in this match the player also made an assist for Porto's third goal scored by Evanilson.

Reporting from the Sport Bible, while appearing to defend FC Porto against 40-year-old and 241-day-old Royalikarp Pepe.

Before recording the oldest player, the man whose full name is Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira was also one of the young players who appeared. He first played in Europe's most prestigious inter-club competition in September 2004, at that time he was 19 years old.

Pepe became a mainstay player for Porto in the first period. After that, his name became increasingly known when he joined Real Madrid and presented three Champions League titles while playing there.

The victory at home to this opponent also made Pepe and his friends maintain hope to be able to move to the knockout stages. Porto, who collected six points in the second position, is three points adrift of the leader of the standings, Barcelona.