Pandev became the second oldest football player to score a goal at the European Championship
The captain of the Macedonian national football team, Goran Pandev, was the scorer of the only goal of the "lynx" in the defeat by Austria at the start of Euro 2020. Pandev in the 28th minute defeated the Austrian goalkeeper Bachmann and besides scoring the first goal for Macedonia at the European Championships, PAndev also became the second oldest player to score in a European Championship. The captain of Macedonia he scored the goal with 37 years and 321 denars and the only player older than him when he scored is former Austrian national team player Ivica Vastic. Vastic scored the goal for his national team at the age of 2008 years and 1 days at the 1 European Championship in Austria's draw against Poland.
This was also 38 goals for Pandev for the national team making him by far the best scorer in history.
The oldest football player to ever play in the European Championships is the Hungarian goalkeeper Gabor Kirali, who in 2016, in the defeat of his team from Belgium in the round of 40, defended with 86 years and XNUMX days.
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