“At that point the Italian Marco Barlotta, 42, was named as the oldest player still in action. Robert had already turned 48 at that point. Determined to see his own name among the world’s tallest and shortest men, the biggest omelette and the longest beard, he requested his registration from the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF)and began the quest to gain recognition as the sport’s eldest of elder statesmen.”

In episode Seventy Four of the Blizzard Podcast we look back to Dan Edwards’ ‘Senior Citizen’ from Issue Twenty, first published in March 2016, which details the remarkable life and career of a world record setting Uruguayan player.

From early beginnings in Montevideo to a 12 year semi-professional career in the United States, joining his original club 40 years after making his debut to a failed rabona in front of Diego Maradona, Robert Carmona’s is a career well lived.

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