Lamine Yamal

Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana (born 10 July 2007) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nasraoui and the second or maternal family name is Ebana.

Lamine Yamal
Personal information
Full name Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana
Date of birth (2007-07-13) 13 July 2007
Place of birth Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 27
Youth career
2013–2023 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Barcelona B 3 (0)
2023– Barcelona 11 (1)
International career‡
2021–2022 Spain U15 6 (2)
2021– Spain U16 4 (1)
2022– Spain U17 10 (8)
2022– Spain U19 1 (0)
2023– Spain 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:50, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:16, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Born in Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, to a Moroccan father and an Equatorial Guinean mother,[1][2] Yamal spent most of his youth in Barcelona.[3][4][5]

Club career

Youth career

Growing up through the youth ranks of La Masia, Yamal was soon viewed as one of the academy's best prospects.[3][6][7][8] Whilst added to the Juvenil A team—already above his age grade—for the 2022–23 season,[7] Yamal was selected by Xavi to train with the first team along with other youngsters in early September 2022.[1][4] While still yet to sign his first professional contract with the club, he appeared to be one of the academy members to most impress the Catalan coach.[6][9][10]

2023–24: First-team breakthrough

Yamal made his first-team debut on 29 April 2023, replacing Gavi in the 83rd minute in a 4–0 win against Real Betis in La Liga in which he registered a shot on target against former Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and became the youngest player to appear for Barcelona's first team at 15 years, 9 months, and 16 days old.[11] He won his first title with Barça on 14 May 2023, having been part of the squad that won the 2022–23 La Liga.[12] Despite this, he would miss the title celebration the following week due to international duty with Spain.[13]

Yamal earned his first start for the club on 20 August 2023 in a 2–0 victory over Cádiz at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, becoming the youngest starter for Barcelona in La Liga at the age of 16 years and 38 days.[14][15] His first start was met with a standing ovation from the opposition fans as he was subbed off with five minutes left in the game.[16] In his next starting appearance, Yamal was named man of the match after contributing towards two goals scored by Gavi and Robert Lewandowski in a 4–3 victory over Villarreal on 28 August 2023.[17][18] At 16 years and 45 days, he became the youngest player to supply an assist in a La Liga fixture.[19] He was named the inaugural U23 Player of the Month for August as a result of his performances.[20] On 19 September, Yamal made his Champions League debut in a 5–0 win over Antwerp, becoming the second youngest player to feature in the competition, aged 16 years and 68 days, only behind Youssoufa Moukoko.[21]

On 2 October 2023, Yamal extended his contract with Barcelona until 2026, with the buyout clause set at €1 billion.[22] Two days later, he started in his first match of the Champions League against Porto, becoming the youngest player named in a starting line-up at 16 years and 83 days old. Yamal was three days younger than Celestine Babayaro, who set the record in 1994.[23] On 8 October 2023, Yamal scored his first goal for the first team in a 2–2 away draw to Granada. He became the youngest goalscorer for Barcelona and the youngest in history to score in La Liga, aged 16 years and 87 days, breaking both records set by Ansu Fati and Fabrice Olinga respectively.[24][25]

International career

Yamal is a youth international for Spain,[26] having played for the Spanish U15 and U16 squads.[4][27]

In 2023, he represented Spain's U17 side in the 2023 European U17 Championship with Yamal scoring 4 goals during the tournament.[28] Spain went all the way to the semi-finals where they were knocked out by France following a 3–1 defeat.[29]

At the age of 16 years and 50 days, Yamal received his first senior international call-up on 1 September 2023 by coach Luis de la Fuente for the 2024 Euros qualifiers against Georgia and Cyprus.[30][31] Yamal made his senior debut for Spain against Georgia on 8 September 2023, scoring in the 74th minute of a 7–1 victory. At the age of 16 years and 57 days old, he became the youngest player and goalscorer for Spain, breaking both of Gavi's records who debuted at 17 years and 62 days old and scored at 17 years and 304 days old.[32] In addition to this, Yamal became the youngest goalscorer in a Euro qualifying match, overtaking Gareth Bale's record who scored at the age of 17 years and 83 days old.[33][34]

Yamal was recalled to the Spanish squad in October 2023 for the remaining Euro qualifying matches against Scotland and Norway. However, Yamal was pulled out of the squad due to a muscle injury to his left leg,[35] causing him to miss the two fixtures.[36] Spain would win both matches to qualify for the 2024 Euro.[37]

Style of play

A left-footed forward with great dribbling, passing and scoring abilities, Yamal is able to play either as a centre-forward, an attacking midfielder or a winger, mostly on the right flank.[1][4][6][9][26]

With his technical profile, he was compared to his idol Lionel Messi, like many La Masia trainees before him,[1][3][38][39] but also more recently, on loan Barcelona player Ansu Fati.[6][7][40]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 October 2023[41]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona Atlètic 2022–23 Primera Federación 3000000030
Barcelona 2022–23 La Liga 1000000010
2023–24 101003[lower-alpha 1]000131
Total 111003000141
Career total 141003000171
  1. Appearance in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 12 September 2023[42]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 202321
Total21
As of match played 12 September 2023.
Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Yamal goal.[42]
List of international goals scored by Lamine Yamal
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
18 September 2023Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia1 Georgia7–17–1UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Barcelona

Individual

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