In another competition, it would be probably irrelevant, however, in a tournament like the European Championship, the seemingly banal data, the smallest detail could mean a lot.As expected, most of the players are from the Top 5 European leagues. Still, it’s staggering that the English Premier League has 96 players representing various national teams compared to only 29 La Liga’s, per The Athletic. Bundesliga have 75, Serie A 91 and, surprisingly enough, the Turkish Super League is the next with 24.When it comes to clubs, the most represented are last year’s Champions League finalists, Manchester City and Inter Milan, with 13 players, respectively, one more than this season’s UCL champion Real Madrid (12).Clubs with the most players at Euro 2024:- Manchester City: 13- Inter Milan: 13- Barcelona: 12- Real Madrid: 12- Paris Saint-Germain: 12- Bayern: 11- Leipzig: 11- Arsenal: 10- Bayer Leverkusen: 10. pic.twitter.com/UYKes5pbse— Madrid Universal (@MadridUniversal) June 10, 2024 In major tournaments like this one, experience also plays a big role, and when it comes specifically to age, the oldest team at the European Championship is Scotland with an average of 28,3 years. Germany is only slightly younger (28,2), followed by Poland (27,8), Denmark, Croatia and Switzerland (all 27,7). On the other hand, Czech Republic (25,3) is the youngest, with just two players at the age of 30 or older. When it comes to players, Spain’s Lamine Yamal will become the youngest player in the history of the European Championship with just 16 years, as his 17th birthday is the day before the final on July 14.On the other hand, Portugal’s veteran Pepe, who is 41, is about to make another major tournament appearance.Historical night in Champions League 🏆✨👦🏻 Lamine Yamal, youngest player in a UCL knockout game with 16 years, 223 days. 👴🏻 Pepe, oldest outfield starter in a UCL knockout game with 40 years and 360 days.Lamine, born 2 years after Pepe played his first UCL KO game. pic.twitter.com/1K2EQrTSzk— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 22, 2024 Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic will be able to rely on experience the most, whose 26-man squad has an average of 45 appearances for the national team. Luka Modric leads the way with an impressive 175 appearances, followed by Ivan Perisic with 131, while Domagoj Vida (105) and Mateo Kovacic (101) also have a three-digit number of matches.##NAJAVA_MECA_8154653##Croatia is followed by Portugal (43,5), whose most capped players are Cristiano Ronaldo (207), Pepe (137) and Rui Patricio (108). The aforementioned Ronaldo showed in the recently ended season – he confirmed once again last night – that he is not yet for scrap metal. He is already the top scorer in European championships (14 goals), and if he scores a goal in Germany, he will become the oldest scorer in history. And although he arrives at the tournament as the player with by far the most goals in the history of national football (130 goals), the Al-Nassr striker does not have the best average of goals per match for the national team. I know I don’t have much time left in football, every year after 35 is a giftAmong the participants of the upcoming European Championship, Romelu Lukaku averages the most goals per game (0.74), followed by Niklas Fullkrug and Harry Kane (0.69), and ahead of Ronaldo (0.63) is Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic (0,64). His team is also the tallest, with an average height of 1,86m.When it comes to managers, two Germans are on the opposite ends of the list – Austria’s Ralf Rangnick is the oldest at 65, while Die Mannschaft’s Julian Nagelsmann is the youngest at 36.
