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Egyptian club sign 75-year-old player, invite Guinness to register world record as oldest footballer

Age is just a number and one side is ready to enter the history books with their latest signing

Third-division Egyptian club 6th October have confirmed the signing of Ezz El-Din Bahader, who has put pen to paper at the ripe old age of 75.

Should he take to the pitch, he stands to become the oldest professional footballer ever with the current record held by Isaak Hayik.

Hayik played for Israeli fourth-tier side Ironi Or Yehuda in April 2019 at the age of 73 with Bahader now set to replace him with the Egypt Football Association (EFA) eager to put his name in the record books.