Lamine Yamal whose full name is Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana is a 17 year old Spanish professional football player from Catalonia, he plays for Barcelona in the La Liga as a winger. After his show of talent at the EURO 2024 tournament, the lad was awarded the youngest player of the tournament award as he is regarded as the best youngest player so far.
Yamal since joining FC Barcelona in 2023, have wonderful playing from the right wing in the 2023/24 season with Barcelona, breaking the record for the youngest player with the highest appearance for the first team with 50 appearance.
He scored 2 goals in 4 matches in the EURO 2024 – 24 qualifiers and 1 goal, 4 assist in 7 appearance in the EURO 2024 helping his Spanish team to win the trophy. Lamine Yamal will be facing Lionel Messi who also won the Copa America in Finalissima 2025.
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Lamine Yamal Bio
Full name: Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana
Born: 13th July 2007
Place of birth: Municipality of Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
Profession: Footballer
Current Team: FC Barcelona
Height: 1.78 m
Lamine Yamel Early life
Yamal Nasaoui Ebana was born on the 13th July 2007 to parents Mr. Sheila Ebana and Mrs. Sheila Ebana in the Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona metropolitan, Catolonia, Spain.
The Barcelona forward who has never hidden his origin is originally from Morocco which is his father’s side. He could have chosen to either play for Equatorial Guinea, his mothers place or Morocco by he choose Spain.
At 3, Yamal’s parents separated though the have all remain present in his life from childhood to where he is now in life.
Lamine was scouted by FC Barcelona at the age of 6 and he started training at La Masia.
Football Records Held by Yamal Lamine
- The youngest player/goal scorer for Spain, a record which was previously held by Gavi who was 17 years, 62 days before playing for Spain and scored at the age of 17 years, 304 days.
- La Liga U23 player of the month August 2023.
- La Liga U23 Player of the 2003 – 2004 season.
- The youngest goalscorer in a EURO qualifying match, a record previously held by Gareth Bale who scored in a euro qualifying match at the age of 17 years, 83 days.
- The youngest player to be featured in EURO tournament at the age of 16 years 338 days.(His first match was against Croatia on th 15th June, 2024). This was a record previously held by Poland’s Kacper Kozlowski.
- The youngest player to provide an assist after setting up Dani Carvajal‘s goal in a 3–0 victory against Croatia on the 15th June 2024
- The youngest player to feature in the knockout phase of a EURO tournament, a record which was head previously held by Jude Bellingham. The match was against Georgia.
- At the end of UEFA Euro 2024, Lamine become the UEFA EURO 2024 Young Player of the Tournament. at the UEFA EURO 2024. They beat England 2 : 1 to win the trophy on the 14th July 2024. He also become the youngest player to win the Euros and also the youngest player to register a goal involvement in a major tournament final.
Honors & Awards
- Globe Soccer Awards 2024 – Emerging Player
- IFFHS Men’s Youth U23 UEFA team, 2023
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Top Scorer
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2023 team of the tournament
- La Laga goal of the Month, March 2024
The young star who is the Youngest Player to have won the EURO has scored a total 7 goals for Barcelona last season for a career. You can also checkout biographies of other athletes here.
Based on the Ballon d’or 2024 power ranking following his performance in La Liga and Euro 2024, Do you think Lamine Yamal should win the 2024 Ballon d’Or award? lets here you in the comment section below.
Yamal is already a Golden boy of this era