Football won another star, phenomenal! We are talking about Lamine Yamal, who seems to be on the same path as Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. Besides, the 16-year-old footballer who plays for the Spanish national team and qualified his country for the Euro 2024 final, is a teenager, who has set the record as the youngest footballer to play in the European Championship (This was the first fact ).
A super footballer
Yamal looks set to be 'the goat' in football, thanks to his talent, agility and energy on the pitch. He led Spain to the final, 2-1 against France, knocking out the latter and sending Kylian Mbappe home (Kylian can finally get a nose job, yaaay).
So young in age
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Yamal is still in school, as he turns 17 on July 13. So, he will celebrate his birthday during the European Championship. As unimaginable as it may seem to you millennials, he was born in 2007.
15 years old in Barcelona
Yamal was 7 years old when his family moved to Barcelona and he joined the Barcelona team at the age of 15 (not that we want to pressure you, but what did you do when you were 15?).
A symbol in honor of the neighborhood
Yamal is a neighborhood star, and we don't say it for nothing. Every time he scores a goal, he makes the '304' symbol with his hands, which corresponds to the last 3 digits of the number of the neighborhood where he grew up.
He is compared to Messi
In fact, Yamal also likes to be Messi, however, he knows that the Argentine is among the best in history. Lamine has expressed that he is ready to wear the shirt of the legendary football player, but with some modesty.
"Messi is the best player in history. To be compared to him is incredible, but no one can compare to him. I hope to have half the career that Messi had".
However, it seems that coincidence and fate itself has required Messi to 'bless' the rising star. A few days ago, a photo of Messi with baby Yamal went viral.
The photo was taken in December 2007 – when Yamal was almost six months old – as part of a 2008 calendar that SPORT magazine did with UNICEF. It was posted on Instagram by Lamine's father, Mounir Nasroui.
Like Messi, Yamal - who is one of the most talked about footballers of Euro 2024 - was trained as a footballer at the famous La Masia academy, which he joined when he was seven years old.
