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At just 16 years and 57 days old, Lamine Yamal made his debut with the Spanish team by jumping onto the pitch in the 44th minute of the Euro 2024 qualifying match against Georgia in Tbilisi. Spain thrashed the Georgians 7-1 and the young man from FC Barcelona entered due to an injury to Dani Olmobecoming the youngest footballer to play with the Spanish National Team in its entire history and also the youngest to score a goal, reported EFE.
And if that was not enough, Lamine Yamal is the youngest goalscorer in Euro qualifiers. He has surpassed Gareth Bale (17 years and 83 days, Wales), Ben Sahar (17 years and 232 days, Israel) and Wayne Rooney (17 years and 391, England), according to EFE reports.
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Lamine Yamal does not stop surprising and was present on the scoreboard to destroy all the youth records in the Spanish team and also transferred his good moment at FC Barcelona to the national team, making it clear that it was worth all the effort to have him in the team.
Gavi’s record that seemed hard to beatwhen with Luis Enrique as coach he made his debut at the age of 17 years and 62 days in the semifinals of the League of Nations against Italy in October 2021, he was reduced by more than a year by Lamine Yamal at the Boris Paichadze National Stadium.
The entrance of Lamine Yamal and its historical records
Lamine Yamal entered the match for Dani Olmos who was injured after scoring Spain’s third goal, the culé jewel entered with everything after only two minutes of warming up and dazzled those present with his self-confidence and irreverence with the ball at his feet.
Yamal, born in Mataró on July 13, 2007, becomes the youngest player to debut with the Spanish absolute team and did so with number 19 on his back. He surpasses the record of his teammate at Barcelona, Gavi, and the third is, according to data from the Spanish Federation, Ángel Zubieta, aged 17 years and 284 days, although when Spain had two categories, Pedro Regueiro debuted with B at 17 and 161 days.
Two records for Lamine Yamal
At minute 74, Lamine Yamal after a play on the right wing by Nico Williamswho left his rival at speed, the back pass found the arrival of the young wonder who with the inside of his left boot defined with quality and scored the seventh goal of Spain’s triumph.
He became the youngest scorer, also surpassing Gavi who had achieved it with 17 years and 304 daysahead of Ansu Fati who had already achieved it with 17 years and 311 days in a record that had been in force since in 1925, Juan Errazquin had established it with 18 years and 344 days.
With information from EFE
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