Yamal s rise is as fast as a Rocket: from completing his debut at the age of 15, to making his mark in the 2023-24 season, he became one of the most dazzling new stars in the world football world

In 2023, Yamal made his professional debut in Barcelona and made a stunning success. Two years later, the teenager has become one of the best players in the world.

Yamar's rise is as fast as a Rockets: from completing his debut at the age of 15, to making his mark in the 2023-24 season and becoming one of the most dazzling new stars in the world, to establishing his status as one of the best players in the world in the 2024-25 season.

In his young career, Yamal has won five championship trophys. With Barcelona, he won two La Liga titles, one Copa del Rey and one Super Cup in Spain. At this time last year, he was celebrating the Spanish team's European Cup 2024. He is also the current winner of the Copa Award and Golden Boy Award.

This Sunday (July 13), the player from Rocafonda, Catalonia will celebrate his 18th birthday. As Yamal enters adulthood and finally gets to drink, vote and drive a car in Spain, Leyi Kanqiu takes you back to the long list of records that have been broken since his professional debut.

The main record broke by Yamal, the youngest Barcelona debut player,

On April 29, 2023, Yamal completed his Barcelona professional debut at the Camp Nou Stadium in La Liga match against Real Betis. At the age of 15 and 290 days, he became the youngest debut player in Barcelona's history, pushing the original record holder Fati's record by more than a year.

La Liga youngest starter

Month of months after completing his professional debut, Yamal started for the Catalan giants in the opening game of the 2023-24 La Liga season. At the age of 16 and 38 days, he became the youngest starter in the Spanish top league, refreshing the original record of Malaga player Olinga for 60 days. Yamal is also the youngest goal scorer and assist in La Liga, and the youngest La Liga champion.

The youngest debut player and youngest goal scorer

On September 8, 2023, in the 2024 European Cup qualifiers against Georgia, Yamal became the youngest player in the history of the Spanish adult national team. He was only 16 years and 57 days old when replacing injured Ormo, and celebrated his national team's debut with a goal - and also became the youngest goalkeeper in the history of the "Mattfighter Legion". In the process, who did he take two records from? It was his Barcelona teammate Gavey.

The youngest goal scorer in European Cup history

Armour broke numerous records in the Spanish team's journey to win the 2024 European Cup, but one of them is particularly prominent: he became the youngest goal scorer in European Cup history. The stunning goal against France in the semi-finals may be the decisive moment of the boy's career so far. Although his talent has long attracted the world in the 2023-24 season, this wonderful goal that ignited the Spanish team's counterattack made Yamal truly the focus of international attention.

This goal makes Yamal the youngest goal scorer in European Cup history. At the age of 16 years and 362 days, he surpassed the original record set by Swiss international Feng Lantang in the 2004 European Cup (at the time of 18 years and 141 days). The youngest champion player of the International Competition (original record)

Spanish team finally won the championship trophy, and Yamal also surpassed the King of Football Pele to become the youngest player to win the adult international competition. However, the record was recently broken by Mexico's Mora - who set a new record when the "League of Colors" won the 2025 Golden Cup.

The youngest starter of the Champions League

Yamalden is the youngest debutant in Barcelona's history. In the group stage against Porto in October 2023, he was only 16 years and 83 days old, making his first start in the Champions League for Barcelona. This also made him the youngest starter in Europe's top club competitions.

He set the record for former Chelsea player Babayaro (set when he played for Anderlecht in the 1990s) for three days.

The youngest goal scorer in the national derby

Yamar is not only the youngest player to play in the legendary showdown between Barcelona and Real Madrid, he is also the youngest goal scorer in the history of the national derby.

In the first national derby of the 2024-25 season, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 4-0 at the Bernabeu. Yamal scored the third goal for Barcelona, and this wonderful goal recorded him into the historical history of this century-old showdown - when he broke through the goal of the "White Army", he was only 17 years and 105 days.