Age Quote by Marcel Desailly

I could have started playing professional at 16, 17 quite easily. For my position, I was far better than a lot of people around…

— Sol Campbell

I was 15 when I made my debut for the national team.

— Samuel Eto'o

I started playing when I was about 16, and I got picked for the England youth team when I was 17 because I was…

— Fallon Sherrock

It had never been a decision to choose between the French national team or the Senegalese national team because I was growing up in…

— Patrick Vieira

I was 14 when I arrived at Real Sociedad. No team wanted me in France. I trialled for around eight clubs, and then Real came.

— Antoine Griezmann

There is no age at which I exclude players from the national team.

— Hansi Flick

When I went to Real Madrid, I was only 18 or 19 years old. It was my first year as a professional footballer. I…

— Fabinho

When I joined the Australia team, I was 17 or 18.

— Liz Cambage

In Holland you go into amateur teams, come up through the ranks and are generally spotted for senior or professional football. At 16, I…

— Jaap Stam

For me at 16 and 17 years old, I wasn't even playing for the academy teams. I hardly played in the starting XI for…

— Bernardo Silva

You don't want an 18-year-old girl who's very talented thinking: 'I want to play for the first team but I've got to give up…

— Eniola Aluko

I'm 23, and I have played in the Premier League, in La Liga and in Italy.

— Gerard Deulofeu