74-year-old Egyptian set to become the world's oldest professional football player

W/S Ezz al-Din Bahader hitting ball and crowd cheering, Cairo
M/S Ezz al-Din Bahader hitting ball and crowd cheering
M/S Ezz al-Din Bahader being greeted by other players of 6th October club
M/S Ezz al-Din Bahader posing for photo
M/S Ezz al-Din Bahader and other player
M/S Ezz al-Din Bahader being greeted by other players of 6th October club
M/S Ezz al-Din taking off hoodie
M/S Ezz al-Din Bahader and other players
M/S Ezz al-Din Bahader wearing hoodie
SOT, Ezz al-Din Bahader, World's oldest professional football player (Arabic): "I loved the ball all my life and practicing it since then, so what is the problem to do so as long as I have the ability. I found players all over the world playing at this age and entering the Guinness records, and I can compete with them, so what is the problem with that? This is one of the reasons that made me think about it."
M/S Football club 6th of October officially unveiling Ezz al-Din Bahader *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Ezz al-Din Bahader, World's oldest professional football player (Arabic): "For me, there is a personal motivation, which is my desire to play football professionally, and the title itself is an attractive title especially that I have the ability to compete with the winners of this title before."
M/S Ezz al-Din Bahader's jersey being unveiled *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Ahmed Abdel-Ghani, Coach of 6th of October Football club (Arabic): "Honestly, the point behind this [initiative] is to break a new record and not to play or practice football [professionally], because it is very difficult for him [Ezz al-Din Bahader] to practice football [professionally] considering that football has evolved a lot in the last years and at this age it would be very difficult for him."
W/S Press briefing *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Ahmed Abdel-Ghani, Coach of 6th of October Football club (Arabic): "When I accepted this initiative, I was motivated by the fact that the previous Guinness record was broken by an Israeli player, and why not I help an Egyptian national to break the record of the Israeli, and I can do that."
W/S Players on football field
W/S Players on football field
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Seventy-four-year-old Egyptian Ezz al-Din Bahader has vowed to set a new Guinness world record as the oldest professional player in the world, a title currently held by an Israeli, Isaak Hayik.
Footage filmed on Friday in Cairo shows Bahader being greeted by players of 6th October club, a Third-tier club he joined recently. He is later officially unveiled as the newest addition to the club.
The coach of 6th of October Football club stressed that the club's motivation was not to sign in a professional football player but to set a new record.
"Honestly, the point behind this [initiative] is to break a new record and not to play or practice football [professionally]."
He added, "When I accepted this initiative, I was motivated by the fact that the previous Guinness record was broken by an Israeli player, and why not I help an Egyptian national to break the record of an Israeli."
The oldest active football player registered by Guinness Book of World Records is the Israeli Isaak Hayik, born in 1945.
He played a full Israel Football Association match in April 2019 for Ironi Or Yehuda club as a goalkeeper at the age of 73.