Cristiano Ronaldo ya ƙara rubuta sunansa a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa a gasar FIFA World Cup 2026, inda ya zama ɗan wasa na biyu mafi tsufa da ya taɓa zura kwallo a tarihin gasar bayan ya ci kwallo a ragar Uzbekistan yana da shekaru 41 da kwanaki 138. Duk da haka, wani mutum ɗaya har yanzu yana sama da shi — kuma wannan mutumin dan Afirka ne.

Rikodin Milla da ke ƙin fadi

Jarumi na Cameroon Roger Milla yana riƙe da rikodin mafi tsufa da ya taɓa zura kwallo a tarihin Kofin Duniya, bayan ya ci kwallo yana da shekaru 42 da kwanaki 39 a kan Russia a gasar USA 94. Kwallonsa, wanda aka yi murnarsa da rawan sanannensa kusa da tutar kusurwa, ta zo ne a wasan da suka sha kashi da 6-1 wanda ya fitar da Indomitable Lions daga matakin ƙungiyoyi — amma rikodin ya tsaya shekara talatin.

Milla ya riga ya ɗauki zukatan duniya shekara huɗu da suka wuce a Italia 90, inda ya ci kwallaye huɗu yayin da Cameroon ta zama ƙasar Afirka ta farko da ta kai matakin kusa da kusa na Kofin Duniya. Rawan sa na sananne kusa da tutar kusurwa ya zama ɗaya daga cikin murnar da aka fi sani da ita a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa.

Messi ya sauka ƙasa a jerin sunayen

Kwalloyar Ronaldo a kan Uzbekistan ta kuma haifar da wata sakamakon da ba'a zata ba: Lionel Messi ya sauka daga matsayi na uku zuwa na huɗu a cikin jerin sunayen duk lokacin. Messi, wanda ya yi bikin ranar haihuwarsa ta 39 a wannan mako, ya shiga cikin tattaunawar ne bayan ya ci kwallo a kan Austria yana da shekaru 38 da kwanaki 363.

Messi na iya ci gaba da sauka. Dan wasan gaba na Bosnia-Herzegovina Edin Dzeko da dan wasan tsakiya na Croatia Luka Modric, dukkansu suna da shekaru 40, na iya wuce shi da kwallo ɗaya kawai. Kuma dan wasan tsaro na Japan Yuto Nagamoto — watanni tara fiye da Messi — har yanzu bai bayyana a gasar ba.

Shin mai tsaron gida zai iya yin tarihi?

Masu tsaron gida guda shida a gasar FIFA World Cup 2026 sun fi Messi tsufa, ciki har da Bajamushe Manuel Neuer, ɗan Cape Verde Vozinha, da ɗan Uruguay Fernando Muslera. Amma ba mai tsaron gida da ya taɓa ci kwallo a kowane ɗaya daga cikin bugun 22 na gasar tun shekara ta 1930, saboda haka wannan rikodin ya zama mai aminci.

Ɗan Ostiriya Marko Arnautovic, 37, ya kuma shiga jerin mafi kyawun goma bayan ya canza bugun fanariti a ƙarshen wasan a nasarar da suka samu a kan Jordan, inda ya shiga a matsayi na takwas.

Shin rikodin zai fadi a 2030?

Rikodin Milla yana da alama zai ci gaba da tsayawa sai dai Ronaldo ko Messi sun ci gaba da buga ƙwallon ƙafa har zuwa Kofin Duniya na 2030 — gasar da za ta haɗa da wasanni da za a buga a ƙasarsu, inda Portugal da Argentina suke cikin ƙasashen da ke karɓar bakuncin gasar.

Jerin sunayen mafi tsufa na masu zura kwallo goma a tarihin Kofin Duniya, yadda ya ke yanzu, shine kamar haka: Roger Milla (Cameroon, shekaru 42 da kwanaki 39), Ronaldo (Portugal, shekaru 41 da kwanaki 138), Pepe (Portugal, shekaru 39 da kwanaki 283), Messi (Argentina, shekaru 38 da kwanaki 363), Gunnar Gren (Sweden, shekaru 37 da kwanaki 236), Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Mexico, shekaru 37 da kwanaki 151), Felipe Baloy (Panama, shekaru 37 da kwanaki 120), Arnautovic (Austria, shekaru 37 da kwanaki 58), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay, shekaru 36 da kwanaki 279), da Martin Palermo (Argentina, shekaru 36 da kwanaki 227).