UEFA titleholders League’s youthful ever thing songwriters Jude Bellingham on list but is Lamine Yamal next?
Despite being European soccer’s top club competition, there’s noway any deficit of youthful gift in the UEFA titleholders League. This season is no different with the likes of Barcelona’s Yamine Lamal, Antwerp’s George Ilenikhena and Paris Saint- Germain’s Warren Zaire- Emery all playing starring places for their separate clubs. Unlike the ultimate brace, the former is yet to census in the UCL and the France transnational just turned 18 a many days agone . We take a look back at some of the star names to have registered their unseasonable bents by scoring on the international stage before the cut–off age of 18. Peter Ofori- Quaye( 1997) and Martin Klein( 2002) are two aged names which you might find missing in this list but all of the names should be recognizable or at least blasts from colorful histories.
Jamal Musiala( 17 times and 363 days)
Lazio 1- 4 Bayern in 2021 Just about making it onto the list with two days to spare is Bayern Munich Jamal Musiala when he scored in a 4- 1 win away at SS Lazio aged just 17 times and 363 days. The Germany transnational has only just turned 21 now which makes it three times formerly since the former England and Chelsea youth star wrote his name into the titleholders League history books.
Aaron Ramsey( 17 times and 300 days)
Fenerbahce 2- 5 Arsenal in 2008 Over 15 times ago now, Arsenal witnessed Aaron Ramsey grabbing himself a piece of UCL history when he scored in a 5- 2 thrashing of Fenerbahce. still, the Wales transnational wasn’t indeed the youthful– ever club arranger for the Gunners as Cesc Fabregas had beaten him to that title by 83 days.
Jude Bellingham( 17 times and 289 days)
Dortmund 1- 2 City in 2021 One of the foremost of what’s anticipated to be numerous soccer achievements by Jude Bellingham over the course of his career passed back in 2021 when he scored against Manchester City at 17 times and 289 days old for Borussia Dortmund. The England transnational is now shining for Real Madrid on the titleholders League stage but couldn’t stop the German outfit going down 2- 1 to Pep Guardiola’s men.
Warren Zaire- Emery( 17 times and 280 days)
Dortmund 1- 1 PSG in 2023 Kylian Mbappe is the megastar name in French soccer but PSG sympathizers are just as agitated— if not more so— by youthful midfield sensation Warren Zaire- Emery. formerly a France transnational, the midfielder has just turned 18 a many days agone but indented his first UCL thing back in the group stage to secure a 1- 1 draw down at Dortmund which assured that the French titans advanced to the round of 16. Unfortunately for Zaire- Emery, although he beat Mbappe’s record as PSG’s youthful arranger in the titleholders League, his French record lasted little over 30 twinkles as Antwerp’s George Ilenikhena stole in with a late thing to beat Barcelona and rewrite history.
Breel Embolo( 17 times and 263 days)
Basel 4- 0 Ludogorets in 2014 Back in 2014- 15, Breel Embolo was setting Europe alight with Basel and picked Ludogorets of Bulgaria as his first international victims. Now 27 and with AS Monaco after spells with Schalke 04 and Borussia Monchengladbach, the Cameroon- born Switzerland transnational was just 17 times and 263 days back also.
Bojan Krkic( 17 times and 217 days)
Schalke 0- 1 Barcelona in 2008 Many have come near to emulating let alone surpassing much of what Lionel Messi achieved when bursting through the Barcelona ranks but there was a hot moment when it looked as if that special gift might be Bojan Krkic. The sole arranger in a 1- 0 palm over Schalke 04 in 2008 aged just 17 times and 217 days, it sounded as if the one- time Spain transnational was going to conquer the world. sorely, that noway materialized and Bojan retired aged 32 after spells with AS Roma, Stoke megacity, CF Montreal and Vissel Kobe. This record of his actually ended up being one of his major career achievements when it was supposed to be just the launch.
Cesc Fabregas( 17 times and 217 days)
Arsenal 5- 1 Rosenborg in 2004 Another unseasonable La Masia gift was Fabregas who joined Arsenal for his major advance and made himself a part of the regular starting XI aged just 17.
His first titleholders League thing came at 17 times and 217 days— the same as Bojan– and the Spain transnational would go on to captain the Gunners and return to Camp Nou times latterly although he noway won the UCL with any of his clubs.
Mateo Kovacic( 17 times and 215 days)
Dinamo Zagreb 1- 7 Lyon in 2011 Not yet 30 and now with European titleholders Manchester City, Mateo Kovacic burst onto the scene with Dinamo Zagreb and scored in a 7- 1 thrashing by Olympique Lyonnais back in 2011. It was academic back also but the Austria- born Croatia transnational is now a four- time Champons League winner having won three with Real Madrid and one with Chelsea.
Antonio Nusa( 17 times and 149 days)
Porto 0- 4 Club Brugge in 2022 Although a Premier League move finessed Antonio Nusa this once downtime transfer window, the Norway transnational is still one of the youthful titleholders League thing songwriters in history thanks to his trouble in a 4- 0 thrashing of Porto two times agone . It wasn’t a record strike but still to be so high on the list at just 17 times and 149 days remains majorly emotional.
George Ilenikhena( 17 times and 119 days)
Antwerp 3- 2 Barcelona in 2023 Barcelona have featured heavily on this list but they’ve also been scored against by some of the brightest youthful bents in the game and that happed again before this edition when Antwerp’s George Ilenikhena scored a late 3- 2 winner progressed just 17 times and 119 days. Not only did it land him alternate spot, it set a French record just 30 twinkles after Zaire- Emery allowed he’d done so for PSG down at Dortmund.
Ansu Fati( 17 times and 40 days)
Inter 1- 2 Barcelona in 2019 Now with Brighton and Hove Albion after a series of injury issues, it was only five times ago that the Spain transnational was making swells as the youthful titleholders League thing arranger of all- time at the age of 17 times and 40 days in a 2- 1 palm over Inter. It might go on to be Fati’s main heritage with the Catalan titans but that doesn’t take down from the nearly unknown albeit short– lived hype that the Spain transnational generated for thepost-Messi period.
UCL knockout pretensions
Worth mentioning again are three pretensions which not only came in the titleholders League but came during the knockout phase which makes them all the more remarkable.
• Krkic( 17 times and 217 days) Schalke 0- 1 Barcelona in 2008.
• Bellingham( 17 times and 289 days) Dortmund 1- 2 City in 2021.
• Musiala( 17 times and 363 days) Lazio 1- 4 Bayern in 2021.
Lamine Yamal at 16 and 243 days?
Arguably the stylish seeker to beat Fati’s inconceivable record is Barcelona’s rearmost wonderkid Lamine Yamal who’s just 16 times and 243 days coming into the Blaugrana’s round of 16 alternate leg against Napoli. The talented winger only turns 17 in July but formerly has a number of records to his name including the youthful La Liga thing arranger at 16 times and 45 days when he scored against Granada. Lamal has debuted for Spain formerly and overhauled Gavi’s record there so a thing in this edition would see a new record set again just five times after the last bone which took over 20 times to arrive.