We are getting closer and closer to enjoying the 2021 UEFA Euro Championship and the best way to look forward to the return of this competition is by knowing the Euro records and every detail that includes history and astonishing statistics. Do you know what captains have won this competition? Which has been the youngest to achieve it and the most veteran? Here we tell you:

The youngest winning captain

Ruud Gullit, 25 years old (the Netherlands, 1988).

The older winning captain

Theodoros Zagorakis, 32 years old (Greece, 2004).

All the EURO-winning captains

1960: Igor Netto (USSR).
1964: Ferran Olivella (Spain).
1968: Giacinto Facchetti (Italy).
1972: Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany).
1976: Anton Ondruš (Czechoslovakia).
1980: Bernard Dietz (West Germany).
1984: Michel Platini (France).
1988: Ruud Gullit (Netherlands).
1992: Lars Olsen (Denmark).
1996: Jürgen Klinsmann (Germany).
2000: Didier Deschamps (France).
2004: Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece).
2008 & 2012: Iker Casillas (Spain).
2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal).

Interesting facts

5 of the last 7 captains had 31 years old.
The positions of the captains that won this tournament were:

• 2 Goalkeepers
• 6 Defenders
• 3 Midfielders
• 4 Forwards