It took Lamin Yamal just 10 minutes to score his first career goal at the World Cup. He started the goal streak of the Spanish national football team in a convincing 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia at the 2026 World Cup.
The Barcelona footballer did not play in the first match in the draw (0:0) against Cape Verde Islands, but already in the second match of the World Cup he showed how dangerous he is for the opponents.
In addition to giving the Fury the lead and scoring his first goal of the World Cup, Yamal has now also climbed to the top of the list of youngest goalscorers at the biggest tournament in history.
At 18 years and 343 days, Yamal is the eighth youngest scorer at the World Cup.
Ahead of him are the legendary Pele (who scored his first goal at 17 years and 239 days), Mexican Manuel Rosas (18 years and 93 days), Jamal’s club and national team mate Gavi (18 years and 110 days), Ibrahim Mbaye (18 years and 143 days), Michael Owen (18 years and 190 days), Romanian Nicolae Kovacs (18 years and 197 days) and Russian Dmitry Sichev (18 years and 231 days).
As a reminder, Yamal is the youngest scorer in the history of European championships – he was only 16 years and 362 days old when he scored a goal in the continental championship two years ago.
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