Beijing time reported on January 20 that with the development of sports science, the retirement age of players seems to be getting late. Nowadays, in the five major leagues in Europe, there are also a large number of "elderly" players playing football. This season, there are many players over the age of 36 who have played more than 1,000 minutes in Europe's five major leagues.
According to western media statistics, among the players over 36 years old, the most playing time this season is Lille's Fonte, 38 years old he has played 29 games this season, playing 2610 minutes.
In second place is Villarreal centre-back Albiol, who has played 25 games for 2,145 minutes at the age of 36.
In third place was Fonte's teammate Irmaz, who played 25 games and finished third in 1955 minutes.
Fourth is 37-year-old Thiago Silva, who played 24 times this season for 1852 minutes. Fifth is Nice's Dante, 38, who played 21 games and 1844 minutes.
Sixth is Cristiano Ronaldo, who has played 21 times this season for 1730 minutes.
Seventh was Modric, who played 22 times and had 1728 minutes.
Eighth is the 38-year-old Quagliarella, the Sampdoria player who played 22 times and had 1279 minutes.
The ninth is Makoto Hasebe of Eintracht Frankfurt, who played 17 times and played 1213 minutes at the age of 37.
Tenth was Navas of Sevilla, who played 15 times and had 1162 minutes.
Eleventh is Jorge Molina, 39, who played 20 times for Granada, 1,062 minutes.
Twelfth is Cadiz striker Negredo, who has played 21 times this season for 1,016 minutes.