Club World Cup: 25 years apart! Bellingham Jr. sets a huge age difference between Brazilian goalkeeper

In the early morning of June 18, 2025, in a group match in the F World Cup of FIFA Club, Fruminense drew 0-0 with Dortmund at home. This game has become the focus of heated discussion not only because of the content of the game, but also because of the age gap between the three players - Fabio, Thiago Silva and Dortmund's new player Job Bellingham.

Frumenense goalkeeper is 44 years old. He has played professional football since 1997 and has represented the team in 1,375 games. He started in this game. In addition, Brazilian veteran Thiago Silva, who is 40 years old and 268 days old, also started and played all over the game, performing well. England star Job Bellingham, who appeared as a substitute for Dortmund, replaced Pascal Gross in the 59th minute, completing his official debut after joining the game. The age difference between the three is as high as 25 years old, setting the largest age difference since the start of this Club World Cup. Job is currently only 19 years old and 268 days old.

Silva's performance is still amazing despite being over forty years old. He was very focused throughout the game and successfully frozen Dortmund's extremely impactful offensive group. Post-match data showed that the experienced central defender completed 9 one-on-one steals (the most in the game), 7 clearances, 3 key interceptions, and was not broken by his opponent in the entire game. In addition, he also successfully competed for the top 8 times in air confrontation, and failed only 2 times in 10 attempts. On the other side, Job Bellingham, who just joined Dortmund for a transfer fee of 33 million euros, showed good ball control and passing skills in just 30 minutes of playing time. He completed 34 touches in total, with a pass accuracy of up to 93%, but unfortunately failed to create any substantial shots.

It is worth mentioning that neither side failed to score in this game and each scored one point.