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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.

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that player is Samuel eto of Cameroon

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