The Curious Case Of Ageing Stars

As the title suggests, the following list contains some of the best ageing players around the globe.
Kindly excuse me if I forget to include any player(s). Your suggestions are absolutely welcome and it will be of great honour for me and the readers of this article to get to know some of the local legends.
Please note that the list only contains players above 30 years of age.
Starting with England, we have, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, etc.
Spain: Iker cassillas, Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernandez, etc.
France: Patrice Evra, Eric Abidal, etc.
Italy: Gianluigi Buffon, Andrea Pirlo, Francesco Totti, Alessandro Nesta, Christian Abbiati, etc.
Some of the others are: Ryan Giggs, Didier Drogba, Miroslav Klose, Mark Schwarzer, Anders Svensson, Mario Yepes, Javier Zanetti, etc.
Now coming to the point, all these players have had a glittering careers and they are still going strongly for their national teams, clubs or both.
I have heard a lot of people saying that athletes do not last long but this list contains some of the best aged players active at present.
The game of football has been honoured to have such legends still playing. Well not only these, but also the ones who have retired or passed away. #RESPECT.
Whenever these players will hang up their boots, it will be a great loss to the game.
At last I would like to request everyone out there not to compare any of these legends, as it only hampers the spirit of the game.
So just sit back, relax and enjoy the game.
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