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Lamine Yamal becomes youngest Spain player – and scorer – in rout of Georgia

08-Sep-2023 20:57:11 | The Guardian

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Lamine Yamal crowned becoming the youngest men’s player in Spain’s history by scoring in his country’s 7-1 win against Georgia.

Yamal, aged 16 years and 57 days, came on as a first-half substitute in the Group A Euro 2024 qualifier, to break the record set by Gavi in 2021 when the Barcelona star was aged 17 years and 62 days.