ANOTHER 'JEWEL' CULÉ COULD HAVE TAKEN THIS BRAND FROM
Lamine Yamal's record in the Champions League that was at risk of being broken in Monaco-Barça
Published:20/09/2024 - 18:57h
Updated:20/09/2024 - 19:44h
Lamine Yamal was on the verge of losing one of his numerous UEFA Champions League records during the match against AS Monaco, being challenged by another promising figure from the Barça youth academy. Who was this player and what was the record at stake? Find out at FCBN
Lamine Yamal was one of the figures for FC Barcelona in the unfortunate defeat against AS Monaco (2-1) on the debut matchday of the UEFA Champions League 2024/25. In this match, the Rocafonda native once again etched his name in the competition's history by becoming the second youngest player to score a goal in any phase of this tournament at just 17 years and 68 days old. The record currently belongs to Ansu Fati, who at the age of 17 years and 40 days, scored a goal against Inter Milan (1-2) in 2019.
Coincidentally, the Spanish-Moroccan winger could have lost some of the records he holds in the UEFA Champions League at the tender age of 17. Which record was at risk? That of being the youngest debutant in the competition's history for FC Barcelona, a milestone he set on September 19, 2023 by starting in the match between the Blaugrana and Antwerp (5-0) at just 16 years and 68 days old.
In that sense, during the clash against Monaco, a player could have taken this record away from him if he had played. Who was this player? It was La Masia product Antonio 'Toni' Fernández, who was 16 years and 66 days old in the encounter against AS Monaco.
If he had played, Fernández would have surpassed Lamine Yamal's record by just a couple of days, becoming the youngest debutant for FC Barcelona in the competition's history. Overall, he would have positioned himself as the second youngest in UEFA Champions League history, surpassed only by Youssoufa Moukoko, who made his debut for Dortmund against Zenit (1-2) on December 8, 2020 at the age of 16 years and 18 days.
| PLAYER | MATCH | DATE | AGE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamine Yamal | FC Barcelona 5-0 Royal Antwerp | 09/19/2023 | 16 years, two months, and six days |
| 2 | Ansu Fati | Borussia Dortmund 0-0 FC Barcelona | 09/17/2019 | 16 years, 10 months, and 17 days |
| 3 | Bojan Krkić | FC Barcelona 3-0 Olympique Lyon | 09/19/2007 | 17 years and 22 days |
| 4 | Gavi | FC Barcelona 0-3 Bayern Munich | 09/14/2021 | 17 years, one month, and nine days |
| 5 | Pau Cubarsí | FC Barcelona 3-1 Napoli | 03/12/2024 | 17 years, one month, and 19 days |
| 6 | Héctor Fort | Royal Antwerp 3-2 FC Barcelona | 12/13/2023 | 17 years, four months, and 11 days |
| 7 | Lionel Messi | Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 FC Barcelona | 12/07/2004 | 17 years, five months, and 13 days |
| 8 | Nano | FC Barcelona 5-0 AIK | 10/27/1999 | 17 years, six months, and seven days |
| 9 | Gerard Deulofeu | FC Barcelona 4-0 BATE Borisov | 12/06/2011 | 17 years, eight months, and 23 days |
| 10 | Marc Guiu | FC Barcelona 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk | 10/25/2023 | 17 years, nine months, and 21 days |
