Arsenal prodigy Max Dowman turned the youngest participant in UEFA Champions League historical past after coming off the substitutes’ bench to make his debut within the competitors on Tuesday.
The history-making second arrived in Arsenal‘s 3-0 win at Slavia Prague, when Dowman changed Leandro Trossard within the 82nd minute.
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At 15 years, 308 days, Dowman breaks the file beforehand held by Youssoufa Moukoko, who was 16 years and 18 days when he made his first look with Borussia Dortmund in December 2020.
He took the file held for 26 years by Céléstine Babayaro, who was 16 years and 86 days when the Nigerian left again began for Anderlecht at Steaua Bucharest in November 1994. Babayaro was despatched off within the first half of that recreation.
Since Moukoko’s debut, Lamine Yamal began for Barcelona at age 16 years and 68 days towards Antwerp in September 2023, placing him No. 2 on the listing on the time.
Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta was filled with reward for his younger star.
“The primary ball he will get, he takes folks on. He begins to dribble and will get a foul. That’s character, that’s braveness,” Arteta mentioned.
“You can not educate that — you both have it or you do not. It does not matter what his passport says, you throw him on this context and he is ready to adapt and have a superb efficiency.”
Dowman has already turned Arsenal’s youngest-ever starter after being named within the membership’s lineup for his or her Carabao Cup win over Brighton final week.
That file got here weeks after he turned the second-youngest participant — behind Arsenal teammate Ethan Nwaneri — to characteristic within the Premier League after making his debut towards Leeds, additionally as a second-half substitute in August.
Dowman is a left-footed attacking midfielder who was born in Chelmsford — a metropolis within the county of Essex, which is northeast of London — and joined Arsenal on the age of 5 in Might 2015.
He made his debut for Arsenal’s under-18s at age 13 and have become the youngest scorer within the UEFA Youth League at age 14, when he was taking part in for the under-19s.
ESPN reported final month that Dowman had agreed a scholarship deal that can take impact when he turns 16 on Dec. 31.
FIFA guidelines state gamers can’t signal an expert contract till they flip 17, that means Arsenal face an anxious wait to tie down a expertise who has attracted curiosity from throughout Europe.
Nevertheless, sources have informed ESPN that lifelong Arsenal fan Dowman views his future on the membership,
Info from the Related Press, PA and ESPN’s James Olley was used on this report.
