
Lamine Yamal has become the youngest player in history to reach 100 Liga matches, achieving this milestone at 18 years and 272 days old during a match against RCD Espanyol, which ended 4-1. This record surpasses Real Madrid's former forward RaΓΊl, who reached the mark at 19 years and 283 days, and Iker Muniain of Athletic Bilbao, who was 19 years and 293 days old. Within his club, Yamal has also surpassed Bojan KrkiΔ 20 years and 203 days, Gavi, Lionel Messi, and Pedri. Statistically, Yamal has accumulated 29 goals and 34 assists in his 100 league appearances, with 78 starts across four seasons. He is the club's second-highest scorer at this stage, behind Lionel Messi, who had 48 goals in the same period. Yamal also holds several other national competition records for precocity, including the youngest player to score a brace 16 years and 213 days and the youngest goalscorer in a Clasico 17 years and 105 days. Internationally, he has 25 caps for the Spanish national team, where he is also the youngest debutant and goalscorer in its history.
This summary was AI-generated from a story originally published by Le Matin.