Hungarian star goalkeeper congratulated Portuguese Pepe for breaking his late record

In the 1990s and the early 2000s, goalkeeper Gábor Király was the most famous Hungarian footballer, even though the Hungarian team did not score too many goals and was not too successful. Király was 40 years old in his last match in the 2016 UEFA European Football Championships.

Gábor Király’s last match is probably not something Hungarians gladly think back on. At the Euro 2016, the Hungarian team led by Balázs Dzsudzsák miraculously won its group (Portugal, Iceland, Austria). However, in the first match of the knockout phase, Király and Dzsudzsák’s team faced Belgium, who killed all our hopes with four goals.

That match was Gábor Király’s last one in the Hungarian national team, and by being 40 years and 86 days old, he became the oldest player ever in the UEFA European Football Championships.

Pepe takes on the lead

Portugal’s star centre-back, Pepe, broke that record yesterday by being 41 years and 113 days old, Telex wrote. Furthermore, Portugal has two more matches in the Euro 2024 with Pepe. They could defeat Czechia in the 92nd minute. Thus, they have favourable odds to emerge from their group. Therefore, the new European football championships’ age record will exceed 41 years and 113 days soon.

Pepe celebrating yesterday after scoring Portugal’s second goal against Czechia. Source: Instagram

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Anyway, Gábor Király did not forget to congratulate him on his official Instagram page. He wrote:

“Congratulations to Pepe on being the oldest player ever in the history of the European Championship! Big respect and all the best!”

Here is his post:

 

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