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Croatian Luka Modric, captain of Real Madrid, when he entered in the 62nd minute of the match that brought his team together against Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, became the oldest player to ever participate in a Clasico match in the Spanish League..
On the day of the match, Modric turned 39 years and 47 days old, surpassing the previous record of Brazilian Dani Alves, the former Barcelona star..
Modric will have no more good memories of this night than achieving a new record with Real Madrid.
After participating as a starter in the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund, the Croatian came on in the El Clasico match, replacing Aurelian Chomini in the 63rd minute, when Real Madrid was trailing 0-2..
At the age of 39 years and 47 days, Modric surpassed the record set by Dani Alves at the age of 38 years and 318 days..
Behind them are goalkeepers Jose Manuel Pinto (38 years and 159 days) and Paco Puyo (38 years and 28 days), and the legend Alfredo Di Stefano (37 years and 164 days)..