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Soccer-Dortmund's Moukoko becomes youngest Champions League player

Published 08/12/2020, 20:24
Updated 08/12/2020, 20:30

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund's 16-year-old striker
Youssoufa Moukoko became the youngest-ever player to feature in
a Champions League match when he came on as a second-half
substitute at Zenit St Petersburg in their Group F game on
Tuesday.
Moukoko, aged 16 years and 18 days, replaced Felix Passlack
in the 58th minute.
Nigeria's Celestine Babayaro held the previous record,
having played at the age of 16 and 87 days in 1994 in
Anderlecht's 1-1 draw against Steaua Bucharest.
The Cameroon-born Moukoko on Nov. 21 became the youngest
player to feature in a Bundesliga match aged 16 and one day.
His sensational progress through the youth teams in recent
seasons has shown him to be one of the biggest talents of his
generation.
Moukoko is already a Germany youth international with the
Under-20s and regularly played above his age group throughout
his youth career at Dortmund, scoring 141 goals in 81 games for
the Under-17 and Under-19 teams.
In the current Under-19 season alone he has netted 10 times
in three appearances.

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