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1 / 11 Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Endrick scored a goal on his UEFA Champions League debut as he found the back of the net during his team's UCL match against VFB Stuttgart at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Tuesday. Endrick is just 18 years old but he is not the youngest footballer to score a goal in the history of the competition. So who are the 10 youngest footballers who have netted a goal in Champions League.
Find out below. (Image: AP) 2 / 11 No.10 | Aaron Ramsey | Age: 17 years 300 days | Former Arsenal man Aaron Ramsey scored his first goal in UEFA Champions League at the age of 17 years and 300 days.
The goal came during Arsenal's 5-2 thumping win over Turkish side Fenerbahçe during the 2008 season of the Champions League. The match helped Arsenal end Fenerbahçe's 15-match unbeaten home European run. (Image: Reuters) 3 / 11 No.
9 | Jude Bellingham | Age: 17 years 289 days | England midfielder Jude Bellingham scored his maiden goal in Champions League against Premier League giants Manchester City during 2020/21 season when he was still a Borussia Dortmund player. The goal made Bellingham the youngest ever English goalscorer in a knockout tie of Champions League. But his goal was not sufficient as City beat Dortmund 1-2 to march into the semi-finals.
(Image: Reuters) 4 / 11 No.8 | Breel Embolo | | Age: 17 years 263 days | Cameroon born Swiss footballer Breel Embolo opened his goal-scoring account in Champions League when he was a Basel player in a game against Bulgarian team Ludogorets in 2014. Basel went on to beat Ludogorets 4-0 in that contest.
(Image: Reuters) 5 / 11 No.7 | Martin Klein | Age: 17 years 240 days | Former Czech footballer Martin Klein scored his first goal in UEFA Champions League while playing for Sparta Praha during the 2001/02 season of Champions League in a match against Panathinaikos. Klein was only 17 years and 240 days old when he netted the goal.
(Image: Reuters) 6 / 11 No.6 | Bojan Krkić | Age: 17 years 217 days | La Masia graduate Bojan Krkić began his professional career at Barcelona and scored his first UEFA Champions League goal at the age of 17 years and 217 days during a match between Barcelona and Schalke in 2008. Barca beat Schalke 1-0 in that match.
(Image: Reuters) 7 / 11 No.5 | Cesc Fàbregas | Age: 17 years 217 days | Former Spanish footballer Cesc Fàbregas fired in his first goal in Champions League as an Arsenal player in a match against Norwegian football club Rosenborg. Fàbregas was a little over 17 years old when he scored his first Champions League goal.
Arsenal beat Rosenborg 5-1 in that match. (Image: Reuters) 8 / 11 No.4 | Mateo Kovačić | Age: 17 years and 215 days | Croatian footballer Mateo Kovačić scored his first Champions League goal for Dinamo Zagreb in 2011 at the age of 17 years and 215 days in a match against French club Lyon.
Unfortunately for Kovačić Zagreb were beaten 1-7 by Lyon. (Image: Reuters) 9 / 11 No. 3 | Peter Ofori-quaye | Former Ghanaian footballer Peter Ofori-quaye netted his maiden goal in Champions League when he used to play for Olympiacos in a match against Rosenborg in 1997.
Unfortunately, Olympiacos were beaten 1-5 in that clash. (Image: Reuters) 10 / 11 No.2 | Antonio Nusa | Age: 17 years 149 days | Norwegian footballer Antonio Nusa scored his first goal in UEFA Champions League at the age of 17 years and 149 days during a match between Club Brugge and Porto in 2022.
Nusa's Club Brugge beat Porto 4-0 in the match. (Image: Reuters) 11 / 11 No.1 | Ansu Fati | Age: 17 years and 40 days | Barcelona forward Ansu Fati is the youngest player to score a goal in the history of UEFA Champions League.
Fati achieved the feat during a match between Barcelona and Inter Milan while he was 17 years and 40 days old. Barcelona beat Inter 1-2 in that match. (Image: Reuters).
