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Soccer News of Wednesday, 29 May 2002

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WC 2002: information on players, managers and referees

- World Cup 2002: miscellaneous: on players, managers and referees

Average age of the World Cup 2002 participants: 26,9
The youngest team at the World Cup 2002: Nigeria 23.4 (average age)
The oldest team at the World Cup 2002: Belgium 28.9 (average age)
The youngest player at the World Cup 2002: Femi Opabunmi, Nigeria: 17 years, 2 months, 29 days
The oldest player at the World Cup 2002: Jan Heintze, Denmark: 38 years, 9 months, 8 days
The tallest team: Germany -184,8
The shortest team: Mexico -176,7
The shortest player at the World Cup: Mohammed Al-Shalkhub, Saudi Arabia: 163
The tallest players at the World Cup 2002: Jin Jiang, China: 198
The lightest player at the World Cup: DaMarcus Beasley, USA: 57 kg
The heaviest player at the World Cup: Neill Quinne, Ireland: 100 kg
The youngest manager at the World Cup 2002: Srecko Catanec (Slovenia manager) 39 years, 5 months, 15 days
The oldest manager at the World Cup 2002: Cesare Maldini (Paraguay manager) 70 years, 7 months, 28 days
The oldest referee: Angel Sanchez (Argentina) 45 years, 2 months, 4 days
The youngest referee: Mark Schild (Australia) 29 years 7 months, 26 days