Lionel Messi’s greatness at Barcelona will maybe by no means be overtaken sooner or later, for the Argentine stood out for the membership and led from the entrance each time he took to the sector for over 15 years.
His story with the primary staff started on the age of 6324 days of age when he made his official debut for the senior setup in La Liga in opposition to Espanyol in Montjuic.
Now, Lamine Yamal turned 6324 days at this time, hours after taking Espanyol aside on the identical venue. Whereas Messi solely made his debut at that age, nevertheless, Yamal is already a seasoned campaigner.
Unreal numbers
Yamal’s debut for Barcelona got here on the tender age of 15 years and 9 months in opposition to Actual Betis, and since then, he has solely obtained higher with each passing recreation and his information and numbers are merely scary.
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Among the many a number of information he has to his title are the all-time youngest goalscorer for Barcelona, the youngest goalscorer in La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Tremendous Cup.
He’s additionally the second-youngest scorer within the UCL and earlier this week turned the youngest participant to attain within the historical past of El Clasico at simply 17 years and 105 days.
On the age at which Messi made his debut, Yamal already has 83 appearances with Barcelona’s first staff during which he has scored 13 targets and supplied 17 assists. He has additionally received the Kopa Trophy and La Liga’s Participant of the Month.
If his exploits on the membership degree will not be sufficient, he’s already a protagonist with the Spanish Nationwide Workforce and helped them to the Euro 2024 title, successful the award for one of the best younger participant within the course of.
He has three targets and eight assists with La Roja and is already an everyday starter underneath Luis de la Fuente.