It is the Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas.
Steve Sumner
It was the 17 year old Pele in 1958 world cup in Sweden.
It is the West German footballer Franz Beckenbauer, known as the Kaizer.
According to FIFA the youngest player in a world cup game was Mario Mendez of Uruguay, who played at the 1954 tournament at the age of 16 years, 1 month and 5 days. The youngest player in the round of finals was midfielder/striker Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland vs Yugoslavia 1982) at 17 years 41 days. The youngest player to appear in the final game was Pele (Brazil vs Sweden 1958) at 17 years 249 days.
No, because there was no World Cup in 1956.
Tiger Woods
Konishi of Japan is the youngest person to have won a professional tournament, being 8 years and 7 months old when she achieved this feat.
Morgan Pressel was 18 years, 10 months, 9 days old when she won her first tournament in 2007.
Steve Sumner
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I don't think that there was really a youngest player in the World Cup history, but there was a youngest captain which was Fuad Amin of Saudi Arabia. I
There was no World Cup in 1959, but you're probably thinking of Pele who debuted for Brazil in the 1958 World Cup held in Sweden.
Randy Orton
Sachin Tandulker
The youngest leader in world history is Jigme Khesar Namguyel Wangchuck, The king of Bhutan. He is 32 years old and he is the current king of Bhutan. He was sworn in as king after his father died in 2006. He has been the king since then.
Jayalakshmi sarikonda is the youngest Indian archer ever who played world championships and many other international tournament in senior category being a junior still. Hats off to her.
The youngest player to score for Ghana in the FIFA World Cup was Asamoah Gyan, who scored for the team against the Czech Republic in 2006 at the age of 20 years 207 days.