Pepe grew to become the oldest participant to take part in a European Championship at 41 years and 113 days outdated, surpassing Hungary’s Gábor Király. He achieved this milestone throughout Portugal’s 2–1 win over the Czech Republic of their opening match.
Spain’s Lamine Yamal just lately grew to become the youngest participant to participate within the event, simply days earlier than Pepe set the report because the oldest participant on the European Championship.
Pepe, initially from Brazil, made his debut for Portugal on the age of 24 beneath coach Luiz Felipe Scolari in November 2007 enjoying for Actual Madrid.
Since then, he has earned 138 caps for Portugal, scoring eight targets and receiving 25 yellow playing cards. His solely pink card got here in Portugal’s opening match towards Germany on the 2014 World Cup.
Pepe has featured in 20 matches throughout 5 European Championships, a feat surpassed solely by his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo, 39, made his European Championship debut in 2004, the place Portugal reached the ultimate, and just lately grew to become the primary participant to look in six European Championships.
