Lamine Yamalstarter in the Spanish team’s debut in Germany 2024 against Croatia, leaves his name for posterity with a historic double record in the final phase of a European Championship. At 16 years, 11 months and 2 days, he became the youngest player to debut in this competition -he surpassed the record of the Polish Kacper Kozlowski- and to be a starter, since he kept the record held by the Dutch Jetro Willems.
The previous record for the youngest player in a Euro Cup was set in the 2020 edition, played in 2021, by midfielder Kozlowski, who played a match in La Cartuja, Seville, against the Spanish team at the age of 17 years and 246 days.
Three years later, Lamine Yamal shatters the record and, at 16 years and 338 days, becomes the youngest footballer to make his debut in the history of the Euro Cup, ahead of Kozlowski and England’s Jude Bellingham.
Furthermore, he does so as a starter, also lowering the best mark in that section that he had, At 18 years and 71 days old, Dutch defender Jetro Willems.
Regarding the history of the Spanish team, Yamal considerably lowers that double record, which belonged to Pedri, who made his debut in a European Championship at the age of 18 years and 201 days, also as a starter.
