Paris Olympics 2024: Complete List of ‘Overage Players’ in Men's Football at Summer Games Including Julian Alvarez, Alexandre Lacazette and Achraf Hakimi
The Olympics generally allows U-23 athletes as squad members, there is a rule allowing three ‘overage’ players. Teams look to take advantage of this rule and pup-in experienced stars to guide them in the Olympic games. Check out the list of such overaged players below.
Paris Olympics 2024 will kick start with football group stage matches starting from July 24. Spain and Argentina teams will be in action on day one, setting the tone for the rest of the tournament. 16 teams, divided into four equal groups will aim for the podium finish. While the Olympics generally allows U-23 athletes as squad members, there is a rule allowing three ‘overage’ players. Interestingly such a rule does not apply to the Women’s category wherein teams are allowed to field their strongest side for the Olympic Games. Teams look to take advantage of this rule and pup-in experienced stars to guide them in the Olympic games. Check out the list of such overaged players below. Most Medals Won By An Athlete in Olympics and Other Major Records in History of Multi-Sport Mega Event Ahead of Paris Olympic Games 2024.
Complete List of ‘Overage Players’ in Men's Football at Paris Olympic 2024
| Sr. Number | Team | Name of Overage Players |
| 1 | Argentina | Julian Alvarez, Nicolas Otamendi and Geronimo Rulli |
| 2 | France | Alexandre Lacazette, Loic Bade and Jean-Phillippe Mateta |
| 3 | Spain | Juan Miranda, Abel Ruiz, and Sergio Gomez |
| 4 | Morocco | Munir El Kajoui, Soufiane Rahimi and Achraf Hakimi |
| 5 | Egypt | Mohammed Elneny and Zizo |
| 6 | USA | Walker Zimmerman, Djordje Mihailovic, and Miles Robinson |
| 7 | Paraguay | Gatito Fernandez and Fabian Balbuena |
| 8 | Dominic Republic | Junior Firpo, Heinze Morschel and Luiyi de Lucas |
| 9 | Guinea | Amadou Diawara, Abdoulaye Toure and Naby Keita |
| 10 | New Zealand | Joe bell, Sarpreet Singh and Michael Boxall |
| 11 | Iraq | Saad Natiq, Aymen Hussein and Ibrahim Bayesh |
| 12 | Israel | Daniel Peretz, Sean Goldberg and Omri Gandelman |
| 13 | Ukraine | Dmytro Kryskiv and Maksym Talovierov |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | Khusniddin Alikulov, Eldor Shomurodov and Oston Urunov |
| 15 | Mali | Demba Diallo and Salam Jiddou |
Many of these established stars have been very successful athletes at the senior and club level, their performances at the Olympics certainly differ while playing with U-23 and upcoming stars of the nation. World Champions Argentina invested at both offensive and defensive ends of the field, while France is going in with an experienced attack with their ‘overage players’ selections. Paris Olympics 2024: All Eyes on LeBron James, Rafael Nadal, Simone Biles, and Other Sports Stars Making Comeback in Summer Olympic Games.
Stacked with young talent Spain is not actually using the ‘overage rule’ to a great extent with 24-year-old Abel Ruiz being their oldest squad member. Morocco is relying on their World Cup experienced players who performed exceptionally in Saudi. While Japan remains the only side without an overage player in the competition.
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