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Veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary is \u201ceyeing history\u201d with an Egypt side that is close to qualifying to World Cup, FIFA.com reports<\/a>. \u201cAt the heart of Egypt\u2019s bid to end a lengthy barren run is El Hadary, an age-defying shot-stopper who has so far enjoyed a glittering career but is still hungry for more success \u2014 most notably an elusive World Cup appearance.\u201d El Hadary would be the oldest player to play in the World Cup should Egypt qualify.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary is \u201ceyeing history\u201d with an Egypt side that is close to qualifying to World Cup, FIFA.com reports. \u201cAt the heart of Egypt\u2019s bid to end a lengthy barren run is El Hadary, an age-defying shot-stopper who has so far enjoyed a glittering career but is still hungry for more success […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[72,162],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-641587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-_newspack_sports","tag-enterpriseam","tag-sports","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"1308938f-1237-4fc4-8dcf-01ef2b4bbe40","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[641543],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nFIFA says El Hadary is eyeing history with World Cup qualification close - 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