Lamine Yamal became the youngest player in the history of the Euros

In Berlin, Spain and Croatia began their first group stage match of Euro 2024. This game will certainly go down in tournament history, as Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal appeared in the starting lineup, becoming the youngest player in the history of the European Championships.

At the time he took the field, the young Spaniard was 16 years and 338 days old. The previous record was held by Polish midfielder Kacper Kozłowski, who played in Euro 2020 at the age of 17 years and 246 days.

Earlier, Yamal had already broken all possible age records. In September of last year, he became the youngest player and goal scorer in the history of his national team, scoring against Georgia in a Euro 2024 qualifying match. He has also broken nearly all possible records in Spain's La Liga while playing for Barcelona.