Everyone gets up every day and looks in the mirror, have they ever wanted to return to the age of 18, nostalgic for their once green and handsome face.
Recently, the goalkeeper of the South Sudan U20 youth team in Africa caught fire in world football, and the 18-year-old has his face engraved with the traces of time.
The goalkeeper's name is Goodwill Yoosuk Simon Sabio, and official information shows that he was born on July 23, 2004, which means that he is only 18 years old.
Sabio's photo caused a wave of complaints from fans around the world:
"Born in 2004?? Isn't it 2004 BC? ”
"Is 2004 already 50 years ago? Time flies! ”
"He was born with a grandfather's face."
When it comes to the aging of African players, many Chinese Super League fans should immediately have the face of Cameroonian foreign player Basogo, who was only 21 years old when he joined Henan Jianye, and his face is no less traced than Sabio.
Mainland player Kim Tae-yeon is also known for his old looks, so he has the nickname "Uncle Kim", and many fans will use his U60 meme to satirize the Football Association's U23 policy. The most embarrassing thing is that Kim Tae-yeon is 5 months younger than the Korean actress Kim Tae-yeon of the same name, but the two look like father and daughter.
Africa is home to unsolved age cases, most notably NBA star Mutombo. Official information shows that Uncle Mu was born in 1966, and he retired in 2009 at the age of 43, but there are many rumors that Uncle Mu's real age when he retired was more than 50 years old, because even Uncle Mu could not determine how old he was, and the tradition of their African hometown was to plant a tree in front of the house every birthday to record his age, but Uncle Mu's tree was secretly cut down later, and his age could not be verified.
Sabio and Bassogo, also from Africa, may have a similar story to Uncle Mu. This is like some "longevity villages" on the mainland, where the management of household registration information is often not perfect.
The aging of an African player may be that he himself does not know how old he is, or it may be the hardship of life. Mainland football is different, although some players cannot be seen on their faces, their real age is much older than what is written in the data.
Recently, Shandong Taishan player Wu Xinghan was caught in an extramarital affair scandal over his age, and it was discovered that he had probably been playing under the name of his cousin, whose real name is Liu Peng, who is two years older than his cousin Wu Xinghan. Coincidentally, Wu Xinghan's head coach, Hao Wei, was also involved in the scandal of beating his mother-in-law for more than two decades, and the authorities found that his birthdays were used in every year between 1973 and 1977, and the number of movements and the length of time span were amazing.