{"id":1164,"date":"2024-01-12T03:34:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T03:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2024-01-12T03:34:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T03:34:42","slug":"chelsea-thiago-silva-oldest-player-efl-cup-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/football\/chelsea-thiago-silva-oldest-player-efl-cup-semifinal\/","title":{"rendered":"The defender for Chelsea is among the oldest players participating in the EFL Cup semifinal"},"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 veteran center-back Thiago Silva has made history as the oldest player to start in an EFL Cup semi-final, according to Opta. The Brazilian surpassed Ryan Giggs&#8217; record, who previously held the title when he played for Manchester United against Sunderland at the age of 40 years and 39 days, exactly a decade ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thiago Silva joined Chelsea on August 28, 2020, signing a contract until the end of the 2020\/21 season with an option to extend for another year. He made his debut for the club on September 23, 2020, in a third-round League Cup match against Barnsley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Live football scores<\/a> \u2013 Stay updated now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On February 10, 2023, Silva extended his contract once again, securing his presence with Chelsea until the conclusion of the 2023\/24 season. The experienced defender continues to contribute to the team, showcasing his enduring skill and commitment on the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football News Update Chelsea&#8217;s veteran center-back Thiago Silva has made history as the oldest player to start in an EFL Cup semi-final, according to Opta. The Brazilian surpassed Ryan Giggs&#8217; record, who previously held the title when he played for Manchester United against Sunderland at the age of 40 years and 39 days, exactly a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1165,"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 veteran center-back Thiago Silva has made history as the oldest player to start in an EFL Cup semi-final, according to Opta. ","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[36,108,92,62,457,465],"class_list":["post-1164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-football","tag-football-2024","tag-football-news","tag-footballnews","tag-silva","tag-thiago-silva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164","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=1164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}