Yesterday it was reported that the coach of the Romanian national team, Mircea Lucescu, became the oldest coach at the international level in football history.
For the match against Canada (0:3), the former coach of Dynamo and Shakhtar led his national team at the age of 80 years, 1 month, and 7 days, surpassing the achievement of the Uruguayan coach Roque Maspoli in the 1997 match against Ecuador (80 years, 1 month, and 4 days).
However, as reported by the Telegram channel "Bombardir," this is still not a record, as in 2018, the last match of the German Otto Pfister as head of the Afghanistan national team was played at the age of 80 years, 4 months, and 3 days.
So for now:
1. Otto Pfister — 29,343 days;
2. Mircea Lucescu — 29,259 days;
3. Roque Maspoli — 29,255 days.
But Lucescu has every chance to become number 1, as his contract with the Romanian national team runs until the 2026 World Cup.