Ruled the football world at a young age, world’s top-5 players who won FIFA World Cup title as youth captain

FIFA World Cup Winner Youngest Captains: Winning the FIFA World Cup is every footballer’s dream, but captaining your team and making it champion at a young age is considered a rare achievement. There have been some young captains in the history of football who left an indelible mark on the world stage with their leadership and brilliant performances. Argentina’s Daniel Passarella, England’s Bobby Moore, Argentina’s Diego Maradona, Brazil’s Carlos Alberto and Italy’s Giuseppe Meazza are among the select players who created history by winning the FIFA World Cup title for their team at a young age.

Daniel Passarella

Born on 25 May 1953 in Buenos Aires, Passarella is the youngest captain to win the FIFA World Cup, having achieved this feat at the age of 25 years and 30 days. On June 25, 1978, under Passarella’s captaincy, Argentina won the title 3–1 against the Netherlands.

bobby moore

Born on 12 April 1941 in Essex, under the captaincy of Bobby, England won their first and only FIFA World Cup title on 30 July 1966. In this match played in London, host England won the trophy by winning 4-2 against West Germany. At that time Bobby was only 25 years and 109 days old.

diego maradona

This legendary Argentinian player was born on 30 October 1960. In the final match played in Mexico City on 29 June 1986, Argentina won 3–2 against West Germany. At that time Maradona was only 25 years and 252 days old.

carlos alberto

Born on July 17, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Alberto lifted the FIFA World Cup trophy as captain at the age of 25 years 339 days. This match was played between Brazil and Italy on 21 June 1970 in Mexico City, in which Brazil won 4–1.

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giuseppe meazza

Meazza, born in Milan on 23 August 1910, is at fifth position in this list, who lifted the FIFA World Cup trophy on 19 June 1938. In this match played in Columbus, Italy won 4-2 against Hungary. At that time Meaja was 27 years 300 days old.

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