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Lamine Yamal
File:Lamine Yamal.jpg
Personal information
Full name Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana
Date of birth (2007-07-13) 13 July 2007 (age 17)
Place of birth Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Barcelona
Number 41
Youth career
2012–2023 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Barcelona 1 (0)
International career
2022- Spain U15 6 (3)
2021- Spain U16 4 (1)
2022- Spain U17 2 (1)
2023– Spain U19 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 October 2022

Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana (born 13 July 2007), known as Lamine Yamal, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Barcelona.[1]

Early life

Born in Mataró, Spain, to a Moroccan father and an Equatorial Guinean mother,[2][3] Lamine Yamal spent most of his youth in Barcelona.[4][5][6]

Club career

Growing through the youth ranks of La Masia, Lamine Yamal was soon viewed as one of the academy's best prospects.[4][7][8][9] Whilst added to the Juvenil A team—already above his age grade—for the 2022–23 season,[8] Lamine Yamal was selected by Xavi to train with the first team along other youngster in early September 2022.[2][5] Whilst 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. [7][10][11] He 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, becoming the youngest player to ever appear for Barcelona's first team at 15 years, 9 months, and 16 days old.[12]

International career

Lamine Yamal is a youth international for Spain.[13] In 2021, he played 4 games and scored 1 goal for Spain under-16s.[5]

In 2022, he also played with the Spanish under-15s.[14]

Style of play

A left-footed forward with great dribbling, passing and scoring abilities, Lamine Yamal is able to play both as a centre-forward, an attacking midfielder or a winger, mostly on the right flank.[2][5][7][10][13]

With his technical profile, Lamine Yamal was soon compared to Argentinian idol Lionel Messi, like many La Masia trainees before him,[2][4][15][16] but also to more recent Barça star Ansu Fati.[7][8][17]

References

  1. ^ Lamine Yamal at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c d Corbella, Enrique (5 September 2022). "Lamine Yamal, el niño de 15 años que ya entrena con el Barcelona: descubre al "mini Messi" de La Masía". Marca (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Tiene 15 años, lo comparan con Messi y ya se entrena con Xavi en el Barcelona". 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Picó, Diego; Gillingham, Geoff (28 December 2019). "Lamine Yamal shows shades of Messi". Marca. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "FC Barcelona: Wird Lamine Yamal (15) der nächste Lionel Messi?". Sport Bild (in German). 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  6. ^ "La saison 19/20 du prodige de la Masia, Lamine Yamal". Lions de l'Atlas (in French). 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d Fernández, Jonathan (4 September 2022). "La Masía alumbra a su 'nuevo Ansu'". Diario AS (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b c Martínez, Ferran (31 August 2022). "Julián Araujo, un 'tapado' para el lateral derecho". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  9. ^ "El noi de 15 anys que ja entrena amb el Barça de Xavi". Esport3 (in Catalan). CCMA. 4 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  10. ^ a b Lawless, Josh (5 September 2022). "15 year-old Lamine Yamal was called up to Barcelona's first-team training, Xavi is 'in love' with him". SPORTbible. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Promessa de 15 anos encanta Xavi e treina com elenco do Barcelona". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  12. ^ Sanderson, Tom. "15-Year-Old FC Barcelona Prodigy Lamine Yamal Smashes Youngest Appearance Maker Record". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  13. ^ a b Peyret, Didac (4 September 2022). "¿Quién es Lamine Yamal? La perla de 15 años que ya entrena con Xavi". Sport (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Rojita U15 : Lamine Yamal s'éclate face à la Suisse (vidéo)". Lions de l'Atlas (in French). 7 May 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  15. ^ Rassouli, Thomas (28 December 2019). "Barça : le successeur de Messi déjà au club ?". Onze Mondial (in French). Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Xavi wil meer zien van 'mini-Messi' Yamal (15)". Voetbal International. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  17. ^ Matrone, Pierpaolo (5 September 2022). "Il Barça scopre 'il nuovo Ansu Fati': presto primo contratto da professionista per Lamine Yamal". TUTTOmercatoWEB.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.