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title: 2018 FIFA World Cup squads text: and was replaced by Adama Mbengue on 17 June. Of the seven teenagers in the competition, Australia's Daniel Arzani is the youngest at as of the first day of the tournament, and Nigeria's Francis Uzoho is the youngest goalkeeper. At , Egypt's Essam El-Hadary is the oldest player and oldest captain, as well as the oldest player to ever be named to a FIFA World Cup squad. Mexico's Rafael Márquez is the oldest outfield player at 39. The youngest captain is England's Harry Kane at 24 years of age. The average age of all 736 players – almost 28 years title: 2014 FIFA World Cup awards text: outstanding young player at the FIFA World Cup. Players must be at most 21 years old to receive the award; for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, they must be born on or after 1 January 1993. On 11 July 2014, the FIFA Technical Study Group announced the three-player shortlist for the Young Player award. The FIFA Fair Play Award is given to the team with the tournament’s best disciplinary record. Only teams that reach the knockout phase are eligible. The Budweiser Man of the Match was given to the best player of each match. It was decided by popular voting title: Fernando García (footballer) text: Fernando García (footballer) Fernando Rafael García López (born 21 July 1987) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a striker for Alianza Atlético in the Peruvian First Division. García made his professional debut for Juan Aurich in June 2001, aged just 13 (one month before turning 14). This was the world record until Bolivian footballer Mauricio Baldivieso made his debut at age 12. Though according to The Guardian, sources comparing the ages Baldivieso and García are all but verifiable. Fifa lists the, then, 13-year-old Souleymane Mamam as the youngest-ever player in a World Cup qualifying match, supposedly 13 years and title: Julian Green text: in Brazil. He was named to the final 23-man squad on 22 May. On July 1, Green became the youngest player in U.S. history to score in the World Cup, scoring with a volley in the 107th minute with his first touch of the ball, less than two minutes into his debut game against Belgium in the round of 16. With the goal, he became the youngest player to score at that World Cup. Julian Green Julian Wesley Green (born June 6, 1995) is a professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Greuther Fürth, title: FIFA World Cup awards text: Podolski. The award is given to the best player in the tournament who is at most 21 years old. For the 2018 World Cup, this meant that the player had to have been born on or after 1 January 1997. The election took place on FIFA's official World Cup website with the help of The FIFA Technical Study Group. FIFA organised a survey on the Internet for users to choose the "best young player" of the World Cup, between 1958 and 2002, named the best young player of each tournament. With 61% of the overall vote, the winner was Pelé,