Spain's Yamal, 16, becomes youngest men's Euros player

Spain guardant Lamine Yamal became nan first 16-year-old to play astatine a men's European Championship arsenic he started Saturday's Euro 2024 group lucifer against Croatia.

The Barcelona teen was making his eighth quality for Spain, contempt only being 16 years and 338 days old.

Yamal became Spain's youngest subordinate and goalscorer connected his debut against Georgia successful a Euro 2024 qualifier past September.

He has already played 51 times for Barcelona, scoring 7 goals, aft becoming their youngest subordinate astatine nan property of 15 successful April 2023.

Among his records, he has go nan youngest La Liga goalscorer and youngest subordinate to commencement a Champions League game.

He collapsed nan European Championship youngest subordinate grounds by astir 9 months.

Yamal revealed precocious that he would beryllium doing schoolhouse homework while astatine nan Euros successful Germany.

The erstwhile grounds holder was Poland's Kacper Kozlowski, who was 17 years and 246 days erstwhile he played against Spain astatine nan delayed Euro 2020 tournament.

England's Jude Bellingham concisely had nan grounds aged 17 years and 349 days erstwhile he faced Croatia astatine Euro 2020, earlier Kozlowski, who is now a Brighton player, collapsed it six days later.