CLAUDIO BRAVO He became the oldest player to play a match in the entire history of the Copa América. The Chilean goalkeeper He was a starter in the goalless draw against Peru at the age of 41 years, 2 months and 2 days and in this way pulverized the record that the Bolivian goalkeeper had (born in Argentine) Carlos Trucco since the 1997 edition.
On that occasion, he cut short the Green’s defeat 3-1 against Brazil in the final of the tournament in La Paz at 39 years, 10 months and 18 days.
For its part, Paolo Guerrero, who entered Peru, placed second at 40 years, 5 months and 2 days.
Furthermore, the trans-Andean goalkeeper is competing for the seventh time America Cup (2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021 and 2024) mark that places it in the second line of most editions contested with Héctor Scarone, Milton Melgar, Carlos Borja and Lionel Messi already one of the Uruguayan’s record Roman Angel and the Ecuadorian Alex Aguinaga.
MORE EDITIONS
| # | PLAYER | COUNTRY | EDITIONS | DETAIL |
| 1 | Roman Angel | Uruguay | 8 | 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1926 |
| 2 | Alex Aguinaga | Ecuador | 8 | 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004 |
| 3 | Hector Scarone | Uruguay | 7 | 1917, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1929 |
| 4 | Milton Melgar | Bolivia | 7 | 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 |
| 5 | Carlos Borja | Bolivia | 7 | 1979, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1983 |
| 6 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 7 | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2024 |
| 7 | Claudio Bravo | Chili | 7 | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024 |
COVER PHOTO: AFP
