Sierra Leone’s Kei Kamara recently made a return to international football at the age of 40, but who are the other African stars who have played on into their fifth decade?
Born on 1 September 1984, Kei Kamara played at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations for Sierra Leone and is still representing his nation having turned 40
It means Kamara will not grace the African game's biggest stage as a 41-year-old veteran, but other continental legends have managed to make an impression after entering their fifth decade - includingBorn on 20 May 1952, Roger Milla remains the oldest player to score at a World Cup after his strike against Russia at USA '94
Having played in three warm-up matches and made an appearance off the bench against Brazil, he became the tournament’s oldest ever player and goalscorer when he netted in the 6-1 defeat by Russia aged 42 years and 39 days. Born on 16 August 1963, Kalusha Bwalya was president of the Football Association of Zambia when the team won the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
With the game goalless, Bwalya, by then 41, subbed himself on in the 68th minute and tucked away a trademark free-kick in injury time to secure a He returned in 1992 and came within a whisker of helping Zimbabwe reach the 1994 World Cup, losing a winner-takes-all qualifier to Cameroon.
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