Yamal becomes youngest player with 100 appearances in Barcelona FC history
At 17 years and 291 days old Lamine Yamal became the youngest player in FC Barcelona history to play 100 competitive games
- BARCELONA — At 17 years and 291 days old Lamine Yamal became the youngest
player in FC Barcelona history to play 100 competitive games.
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- Yamal achieved the feat in the UEFA Champions League
semifinals first leg against Inter Milan at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
on Thursday (IST). Furthermore, the teenager marked the occasion with a
brilliant goal and hit the woodwork twice in the 3-3 draw against the Italians.
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- "He showed us the way because making it 2-1 was
really important. He's a fantastic player and you see his quality in big games.
It's great to have him here," Barca coach Hansi Flick said of Yamal.
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- The Spaniard has broken his teammate Gavi's record, who
did the same aged 19 years and 29 days. The top 5 is rounded out by Bojan (19
years, 2 months, 24 days), Pedri (20 years, 2 months, 4 days), and Ansu Fati
(20 years, 5 months, 15 days).
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- The milestone came after a game when the blaugranes were
crowned Copa del Rey champions for the 32nd time after the grand final against
Real Madrid at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville (3-2).
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- Last month at just 17 years and 270 days, he became the
second youngest player of all time to score a Champions League goal in the
quarter finals or later, topped only by Bojan (17 years and 217 days), with
Jude Bellingham in third (17 years and 289 days).
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- Yamal marked his Barca debut two years ago on April 29,
2023. The young winger played his first minutes that day in La Liga against
Betis at the Spotify Camp Nou aged 15 years, 9 months, and 16 days old.
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- He has been making history ever since, becoming the
youngest player ever to score in the in the Euros last year at the age of 16
years and 362 days, surpassing the previous record of Switzerland's Johan
Vonlathen who scored in the 2004 edition at the age of 18 years and 141 days.
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- His age of 16 years and 68 days old during the group
stage at Montjuic against Royal Antwerp (5-0) again proved to be a new record,
making him the youngest player to ever debut for FC Barcelona in the Champions
League, surpassing previous holder Ansu Fati.
