Manchester United football club: Premier League oldest players

Oldest Manchester United players

Below are Manchester United's oldest Premier League players and their age in years and days on the occasion of their most recent actual Premier League appearance, starting or coming on as a substitute.

For each player age is measured in years and days from their date of birth to the day of their most recent Premier League game.

Player Age (Y:d) Age (days) Match
Edwin van der Sar 40:205 14815 22 May 2011
H v Blackpool
Ryan Giggs 40:158 14768 06 May 2014
H v Hull City
Raimond van der Gouw 39:48 14293 11 May 2002
H v Charlton Athletic
Paul Scholes 38:184 14064 19 May 2013
A v West Bromwich Albion
Cristiano Ronaldo 37:273 13788 06 Nov 2022
A v Aston Villa
Laurent Blanc 37:172 13687 11 May 2003
A v Everton
Jonny Evans 37:142 13657 25 May 2025
H v Aston Villa
Bryan Robson 37:116 13631 08 May 1994
H v Coventry City
Andy Goram 37:29 13544 13 May 2001
A v Southampton
Michael Carrick 36:289 13438 13 May 2018
H v Watford
Denis Irwin 36:192 13341 11 May 2002
H v Charlton Athletic
Zlatan Ibrahimović 36:84 13233 26 Dec 2017
H v Burnley
Gary Neville 35:317 13101 01 Jan 2011
A v West Bromwich Albion
Rio Ferdinand 35:185 12969 11 May 2014
A v Southampton
Peter Schmeichel 35:179 12963 16 May 1999
H v Tottenham Hotspur
Henrik Larsson 35:164 12948 03 Mar 2007
A v Liverpool
Steve Bruce 35:107 12891 17 Apr 1996
H v Leeds United
Edinson Cavani 35:97 12881 22 May 2022
A v Crystal Palace
Teddy Sheringham 35:47 12831 19 May 2001
A v Tottenham Hotspur
Ashley Young 34:171 12590 28 Dec 2019
A v Burnley
Brian McClair 34:147 12566 04 May 1998
H v Leeds United
Casemiro 34:83 12502 17 May 2026
H v Nottingham Forest
Ole Gunnar Solskjær 34:75 12494 13 May 2007
H v West Ham United
Roy Keane 34:39 12458 18 Sep 2005
A v Liverpool
Juan Mata 34:23 12442 22 May 2022
A v Crystal Palace
Antonio Valencia 33:280 12334 12 May 2019
H v Cardiff City
Nemanja Matić 33:278 12332 07 May 2022
A v Brighton and Hove Albion
Victor Valdés 33:129 12183 24 May 2015
A v Hull City
Christian Eriksen 33:100 12154 25 May 2025
H v Aston Villa
Harry Maguire 33:79 12133 24 May 2026
A v Brighton and Hove Albion
Patrice Evra 32:361 12049 11 May 2014
A v Southampton
Gary Pallister 32:308 11996 04 May 1998
H v Leeds United
Ronny Johnsen 32:293 11981 30 Mar 2002
A v Leeds United
David De Gea 32:202 11890 28 May 2023
H v Fulham
Nemanja Vidić 32:202 11890 11 May 2014
A v Southampton
David May 32:160 11848 01 Dec 2002
A v Liverpool
Fabien Barthez 31:295 11618 19 Apr 2003
H v Blackburn Rovers
Michael Owen 31:284 11607 24 Sep 2011
A v Stoke City
Robin van Persie 31:284 11607 17 May 2015
H v Arsenal
Paul Parker 31:271 11594 01 Jan 1996
A v Tottenham Hotspur
Bruno Fernandes 31:258 11581 24 May 2026
A v Brighton and Hove Albion
Bastian Schweinsteiger 31:231 11554 20 Mar 2016
A v Manchester City
Wayne Rooney 31:209 11532 21 May 2017
H v Crystal Palace
Mark Hughes 31:194 11517 14 May 1995
A v West Ham United
Wes Brown 31:157 11480 19 Mar 2011
H v Bolton Wanderers
Ricardo 31:110 11433 19 Apr 2003
H v Blackburn Rovers
Dimitar Berbatov 31:96 11419 06 May 2012
H v Swansea City
Odion Ighalo 31:95 11418 19 Sep 2020
H v Crystal Palace
Sergio Romero 31:80 11403 13 May 2018
H v Watford
PARK Ji-sung 31:64 11387 30 Apr 2012
A v Manchester City
Mike Phelan 31:57 11380 20 Nov 1993
H v Wimbledon
Marouane Fellaini 31:30 11353 22 Dec 2018
A v Cardiff City
Raphaël Varane 31:24 11347 19 May 2024
A v Brighton and Hove Albion
Henning Berg 30:359 11317 26 Aug 2000
A v West Ham United
Eric Cantona 30:352 11310 11 May 1997
H v West Ham United
Darren Fletcher 30:328 11286 26 Dec 2014
H v Newcastle United
Luke Shaw 30:316 11274 24 May 2026
A v Brighton and Hove Albion
Victor Lindelöf 30:312 11270 25 May 2025
H v Aston Villa
Wout Weghorst 30:293 11251 28 May 2023
H v Fulham
Mikaël Silvestre 30:260 11218 26 Apr 2008
A v Chelsea
Alexis Sánchez 30:136 11094 05 May 2019
A v Huddersfield Town
Fred 30:83 11041 28 May 2023
H v Fulham
Phil Jones 30:70 11028 02 May 2022
H v Brentford
Dwight Yorke 30:60 11018 02 Jan 2002
H v Newcastle United
Andrew Cole 30:54 11012 08 Dec 2001
H v West Ham United
John O'Shea 30:7 10965 08 May 2011
H v Chelsea
Anders Lindegaard 29:356 10949 05 Apr 2014
A v Newcastle United
Ruud Van Nistelrooy 29:303 10896 01 May 2006
H v Middlesbrough
Owen Hargreaves 29:289 10882 06 Nov 2010
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ander Herrera 29:263 10856 05 May 2019
A v Huddersfield Town
Marcos Rojo 29:234 10827 10 Nov 2019
H v Brighton and Hove Albion
Massimo Taibi 29:226 10819 03 Oct 1999
A v Chelsea
Louis Saha 29:223 10816 19 Mar 2008
H v Bolton Wanderers
Chris Smalling 29:170 10763 12 May 2019
H v Cardiff City
Alex Telles 29:157 10750 22 May 2022
A v Crystal Palace
Matteo Darmian 29:142 10735 24 Apr 2019
H v Manchester City
Jesse Lingard 29:128 10721 23 Apr 2022
A v Arsenal
Nicky Butt 29:100 10693 01 May 2004
A v Blackburn Rovers
Radamel Falcao 29:95 10688 17 May 2015
H v Arsenal
Tomasz Kuszczak 29:54 10647 14 May 2011
A v Blackburn Rovers
Marcel Sabitzer 29:50 10643 07 May 2023
A v West Ham United
André Onana 29:43 10636 16 May 2025
A v Chelsea
Paul Pogba 29:34 10627 19 Apr 2022
A v Liverpool
Jaap Stam 29:32 10625 19 Aug 2001
H v Fulham
Neil Webb 29:23 10616 22 Aug 1992
H v Ipswich Town
Gabriel Heinze 29:23 10616 13 May 2007
H v West Ham United
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 28:343 10570 30 Dec 2017
H v Southampton
Danny Wallace 28:249 10476 26 Sep 1992
H v Queens Park Rangers
Noussair Mazraoui 28:191 10418 24 May 2026
A v Brighton and Hove Albion
William Prunier 28:140 10367 01 Jan 1996
A v Tottenham Hotspur
Lisandro Martínez 28:126 10353 24 May 2026
A v Brighton and Hove Albion
Phil Neville 28:114 10341 15 May 2005
A v Southampton
Mark Bosnich 28:93 10320 15 Apr 2000
H v Sunderland
Daley Blind 28:65 10292 13 May 2018
H v Watford
Juan Sebastian Veron 28:55 10282 03 May 2003
H v Charlton Athletic
Clayton Blackmore 28:45 10272 07 Nov 1992
A v Aston Villa
David Beckham 28:9 10236 11 May 2003
A v Everton
Anthony Martial 28:4 10231 09 Dec 2023
H v AFC Bournemouth
Quinton Fortune 27:359 10221 15 May 2005
A v Southampton
Nani 27:272 10134 16 Aug 2014
H v Swansea City
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