England arrive in Russia this summer with a largely inexperienced squad, with only three players over the age of 30.
Gary Cahill, Ashley Young and Jamie Vardy are the oldest heads in Gareth Southgate’s squad, which has an average age of just 26.
We’ve taken a look way beyond that, looking at the oldest outfield players to ever feature at a World Cup.
In 1981, Clavijo chose to give up the regular game and turn his attention to the American Indoor Soccer League. He spent just one further season of his career playing the outdoor game, favouring the variation under a roof.
He was without a club after the Indoor League disbanded in 1992 but still made up part of the US national team for their home World Cup in 1994, playing in three of their four games, ending with a 1-0 defeat to Brazil – Clavijo’s final ever appearance on a football field, aged 38 years, five months and 11 days.