Gareth Barry, at 39 is at West Brom and has played more times in the Premier League than anyone else 680 apps with 53 for England.He has played with Aston Villa, Manchester City and Everton, as well as the Baggies.
Kenny Miller, at 40 years old, is still with Partick Thistle has played 670 times between 1998 and 2020, starting with Wolves, Derby and then Thistle.
Some of football's overseas' players have longevity:
Buffon, that Juve and Italian keeper, now with PSG is 41 years old. Goalies have longer life? In defence Dani Alves, a right back, is 37 made his mark with PSG and has gone to Sao Paulo, in Brazil.
Ashley Cole, at 37, is at LA Galaxy, the American Soccer League graveyard.
Lucio who played in the Brazilian 2002 World Cup winning team, once with Inter, is with Brasiliense at 41.
Daniele De Rossi, 37, played with AC Roma between 2001-19, was in the Italian World Cup 2006 squad and is playing with Boca at the moment.
Hernandez Xavi, 38, is player-managing Al Sadd in Doha having just stopped playing at Barcelona in 505 apps between 1997-2020. A long career.
Ya Ya Toure, 37, began in Beveren in 2001 and moved through Donetsk, Olympiacos, Monaco, Barcelona, Man City (230 apps), Olympiacos, Qingdao Huanghai and made 101 apps for the Ivory Coast from 2004.
Pascal Chimbonda, at 41, is at Ashton Town....where? Manchester area-North-west Counties Div 1.
He began at Le Havre in 1998 and then Bastia, Wigan (cultural shock), Tottenham twice around 2006-9, Sunderland, Blackburn Rovers, QPR 2011, Doncaster R, Market Drayton, Arles-Avignon, Washington (Tyne and Wear) and Ashton. His TOTAL CAREER GOALS = 16 in around 450 apps.
Frank Ribery, a wonderful footballer, is 37 and spent his main career at Bayern Munich (273 apps) 2007-19 and is now with Fiorentina. He played with Boulonge, Ales, Brest, Metz, Galatasaray and with France 2006-14.
and finally Zlatan.... at 37 is with LA Galaxy, his career stretching from 1998-2018, starting in Malmo and ending "possibly" in AC Milan. Overall club: 591 apps 391 goals. though I read somewhere that he has over 500.
For Sweden: 2001-16 116 caps/62 goals. Mostly with PSG and a little with Man U.
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