With average ages of 26 each, England and France are among the youngest teams at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, second only to Nigeria’s squad which has an average age of 25.9.
Despite their low average age, France do not lag behind in experience, however, with six players having played more than 40 international games each. England, on the other hand, have just one player with the experience of more than 40 international caps.
Australia’s Daniel Arzani is the youngest player in the tournament and the only one to have been born in 1999. Egypt’s Essam El-Hadary is the oldest with his age of 45.
There are just seven teenagers in the tournament this summer, while El-Hadary is the only player above 40