World Cup 2026: Lamine Yamal surpasses Messi as youngest scorer in history [Top 10]

Spain winger, Lamine Yamal, connected Sunday surpassed Argentina captain, Lionel Messi successful database of youngest goalscorers successful World Cup history.

Yamal opened his relationship astatine the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a extremity against Saudi Arabia successful their 2nd Group H encounter, pursuing an assistance from Mikel Oyarzabal.

The lucifer ended 4-0 successful favour of Spain arsenic Oyarzabal grabbed a brace against Saudi Arabia.

Yamal’s extremity saw him acceptable a unsocial milestone astatine the tournament.

Yamal became lone the 2nd subordinate aged 18 oregon younger to people the opening extremity successful a FIFA World Cup match, with the lone different subordinate to bash truthful being a 17 twelvemonth aged Pele for Brazil against Wales successful 1958.

His extremity besides saw him determination up of  Messi successful the database of the youngest goalscorers successful World Cup history.

At 18 years and 323 days, Yamal is present the eighth youngest scorer successful the tourney history, pushing Messi, who was 18 years and 357 days aged erstwhile helium scored his archetypal World Cup goal, down to ninth.

Top 10 youngest World Cup goalscorers successful history:

Pele – 17 ...