The Andorra captain is 43 years old and has the longest streak in the history of the national teams: always on the pitch from 1997 to 2022: “But I’ll stop at the end of the year. What if Zlatan had played here…”
Pride and irony. Ildefons Lima puts it this way: “Mine is the only record that Ibra won’t beat”. And he laughs it. “Ilde” is 43 years old and is the captain of Andorra, where he has played for 24 seasons in a row. “The first time I wore the national team shirt was 1997… and I even scored.” He has fun and enjoys himself. Among the national teams, he is the only active outfield player older than Zlatan. He also played for Triestina for five years, between Serie B and Lega Pro. He answers in Italian, collects shirts, has faced the best players in the world in his career. Except Ibra.
