Lamine Yamal Breaks Mbappe's Record as Top Teenage Champions League Scorer

Lamine Yamal has written his name into Champions League history after scoring his 14th goal in the competition against Aston Villa, making him the highest-scoring player under 20 in the tournament's history. At just 19 years and 113 days old, the Spanish international surpassed Kylian Mbappé, who had previously held the record with 13 goals before that age.

Yamal needed only seven minutes to break the deadlock at Spotify Camp Nou, capitalising on a defensive error by the English side to put Hansi Flick's Barcelona ahead. The goal also ended a 14-day absence from the Champions League scoresheet; his previous strike in the competition came on October 20 against Paris Saint-Germain, a match Barcelona lost 4-2 at the Parc des Princes.

The all-time under-20 Champions League scoring rankings now read: Yamal 14, Mbappé 13, Erling Haaland 10, Patrick Kluivert 7, and Raúl González, Karim Benzema and Jude Bellingham with 6 goals each. Yamal has reached his tally across 37 Champions League appearances in total, an extraordinary return for a player who still has several months remaining before his 20th birthday, leaving him well placed to extend the record further.