{"id":1142,"date":"2024-01-11T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2024-01-10T14:30:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T14:30:38","slug":"chelsea-thiago-silva-oldest-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/football\/chelsea-thiago-silva-oldest-player\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the oldest players to play in the EFL Cup semifinal is Chelsea&#8217;s defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Football News Update<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chelsea&#8217;s Thiago Silva has etched his name in EFL Cup history, becoming the oldest player to start in a semi-final match. According to Opta, the Brazilian surpassed Ryan Giggs&#8217; record, with Giggs having started for Manchester United against Sunderland at the age of 40 years and 39 days, precisely a decade and two days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silva, who joined Chelsea on August 28, 2020, initially signed a contract until the end of the 2020\/21 season, with an option for another year. Making his debut on September 23, 2020, in a League Cup match against Barnsley, the veteran center-back showcased his enduring prowess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On February 10, 2023, Silva once again committed to Chelsea, extending his contract until the conclusion of the 2023\/24 season. His remarkable longevity and contributions on the field continue to solidify his status as a key figure for the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football News Update Chelsea&#8217;s Thiago Silva has etched his name in EFL Cup history, becoming the oldest player to start in a semi-final match. According to Opta, the Brazilian surpassed Ryan Giggs&#8217; record, with Giggs having started for Manchester United against Sunderland at the age of 40 years and 39 days, precisely a decade and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"Chelsea's Thiago Silva has etched his name in EFL Cup history, becoming the oldest player to start in a semi-final match. ","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[164,456,36,92,457],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-chelsea","tag-efl-cup","tag-football","tag-football-news","tag-silva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}