Who is the youngest player to debut in a world cup?
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Norman Whiteside\nby 3 days
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Tough question. I'm going to guess... youngest team has to be 1958 Brazil. Oldest team might be 1982 Italy. Hope I'm close.
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Gerard Muller is the top scorer in World Cup history with 14 goals. Salenko of Russia scored 5 goals in a match during the  1994 World Cup. Guillermo Stabile of Argentina was the first player to ever record a hat trick (1930 World Cup). Hakan Sukur of Turkey scored the fastest goal in World Cup history in  2002 when he scored 11 seconds into the match against South Korea. Lothar Matthaus of Germany / West Germany has the most appearances by a player in the World Cup with 25. Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland was the youngest player (17 years old) to ever step on the field in World Cup (1982). Pelé of Brazil was also the youngest player to score in a World Cup (1958) match.    Pelé  also was the youngest player to ever win a World Cup (1958). Roger Milla of Cameroon was the oldest (42 years, 39 days) player to play in a World Cup (1994). Milla also scored a goal in that match against Russia. The first player to ever be ejected from a World Cup match was Galindo of Peru in     1930.
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Miroslav Klose, Germany, 4 Goals.
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I don´t know,\n\nI have a hunch it was Ronaldo in 1994 in the United States, even though he didn´t play one single match.  He was 17 at the time.  But Pelé could also be the record holder, because in 1958, in Brazil´s first championhip run, he was a starter and won the world cup in Sweden against the hosts, when he wa also 17.
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pretty bad....more 6-7 weeks I think...I'm not sure if he'll make it to the world cup...\nBut he's a young lad...he'll have more oportunities
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The best youngest player of all time is PELE.
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Miroslav Klose from Germany
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nuri sahin-turkish national youth team.. he plays for b. dortmund... he was the player of last youth world cup
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Theodore Walcott (born March 16, 1989 in Stanmore, London) is an English footballer who currently plays for Arsenal, having signed there from Southampton on January 20, 2006. He is a member of the England 2006 World Cup squad and the youngest ever England player, despite never having played a first-team game in the Barclays Premiership. Walcott is of Barbadian descent via his paternal grandparents. He is currently dating Melanie Slade and has been doing so since he was 15.
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Diego Armando Maradona was born in 1960 and made a debut appearances at 1982 World Cup in Spain. So practically he was played his first World Cup at the age of 22.
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He was 17 yr and 10 month old in 1994 world cup.\n\nHe has enjoyed success at the international level, winning the 1994 and 2002 World Cups with the Brazilian national team.  \n\nIn 1993, at the age of 16, Ronaldo already had scored 59 goals in 57 matches for Brazil's under-17 squad. By 1994 he had joined the national senior squad, and was selected for the 1994 World Cup in the United States. He did not actually play in the tournament, as he served as an understudy to the duo of forwards Romário and Bebeto.
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(m)\n\nGerard Muller is the top scorer in World Cup history with 14 goals. Salenko of Russia scored 5 goals in a match during the 1994 World Cup. Guillermo Stabile of Argentina was the first player to ever record a hat trick (1930 World Cup). Hakan Sukur of Turkey scored the fastest goal in World Cup history in 2002 when he scored 11 seconds into the match against South Korea. Lothar Matthaus of Germany / West Germany has the most appearances by a player in the World Cup with 25. Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland was the youngest player (17 years old) to ever step on the field in World Cup (1982). Pelé of Brazil was also the youngest player to score in a World Cup (1958) match. Pelé also was the youngest player to ever win a World Cup (1958). Roger Milla of Cameroon was the oldest (42 years, 39 days) player to play in a World Cup (1994). Milla also scored a goal in that match against Russia. The first player to ever be ejected from a World Cup match was Galindo of Peru in 1930.
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The youngest ever player was Norman Whiteside of Northern Ireland who was 17 years & 42 days when he played against Yugoslavia on 17/06/1982.
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Twin brothers Philipp and David DEGEN of Switzerland who were born on 15 February 1983 and play as defender and forward respectively for their national team.\n\nThey will be one of only five sets of twins to participate in a FIFA World Cup, joining the\n\nRene and Willy VAN DE KERKHOF (Netherlands --  1974), \nHossam and IbrahimHASSAN (Egypt -- 1990),\nFrank and Ronald DE BOER (Netherlands  --  1998) and \nMichal  and Marcin ZEWLAKOW (Poland  --  2002) brothers on the all-time list. \n\n10 points please\n.
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Pelé was the youngest player to play in a World Cup final at 17 years and 239 days old, in Gothenburg, June 19 1958. \nHe is also the youngest player to score in a World Cup final at 17 years old.
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FIFA has a new award for best young player in the tournament.  They define young as U21.  I will adhere to this definition -- therefore, Ronaldinho, Gerrard, Robinho, Kaka, Tevez, etc. are not "young"\n\nI am a huge Rooney fan, but the best U21 player in the world is by far Leo Messi.  C. Ronaldo, Podolski, and Sergio Aguero (if he makes the Argentina squad) can be world stars, but this really isn't even close.  A lot of young Argentines have been called the next Maradona, but at this tournament, this kid Messi will show that he is the next Maradona.