Eccentric Hungary keeper Kiraly to set Euro record


Football Soccer - Hungary vs Norway- UEFA EURO 2016 play-off - Grupama Arena 15/11/15. Hungary's Gabor Kiraly reacts after Hungary's second goal. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - Hungary's Gabor Kiraly, one of the great goalkeeping eccentrics, is poised to become the oldest player to appear at a European Championship in Tuesday's opening Group F fixture against Austria.

Aged 40 and two months, he will overtake German Lothar Matthaeus's record, set at Euro 2000.

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