Lamine Yamal breaks Pele’s 66-year-old record in UEFA Euro 2024 Final

Lamine Yamal of Spain became the youngest player to ever make it to the final of a major international event on Sunday, May 14. After Yamal came out in the Euro 2024 final between Spain and England, he became the youngest player in the history of the game by 248 days to break Pele record. When Pele participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup final, he was 17 years and 249 days old, whereas Yamal was just 17 years and 1 day old.

Lamine Yamal has broken records in this competition before. Against France in the semifinals, Yamal broke records. At 16 years and 362 days, the teenage winger broke the record set by Switzerland's Johan Vonlathen in the 2004 tournament, when he scored at the age of 18 years and 141 days, to become the youngest player to score in the history of the competition in Euro 2024.

Thirteen minutes into the semi-final encounter against France, Lamine Yamal smashed the record with a breathtaking looping shot into the top corner to tie the score at one with Didier Deschamps' team having taken the lead earlier in the half.

Just by on the pitch, Lamine Yamal had broken yet another record before he scored in the semi-finals. He broke the record set by the legendary Pele in 1958 at the World Cup in Sweden, becoming the youngest player ever to participate in a major tournament semi-final, just shy of turning 17 years old. The 17-year-old Spanish star Lamine Yamal has stunned the football world with his amazing exploits at Euro 2024. The Barcelona sensation, who has drawn parallels to the great Lionel Messi, has emerged as the most talked-about player in the competition.

Lamine Yamal creating history at Euro 2024

At the age of 16 years and 362 days, Yamal made history by being the youngest player to start a European Championship match when he started Spain's opening match against Croatia. Throughout the competition, Yamal has continuously shown his extraordinary skills, garnering him a great deal of praise.

Yamal's outstanding performance at Euro 2024 has solidified his place among the world's most promising football players. He has been compared to players like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who did not accomplish similar accomplishments at his age, because of his capacity to shatter records and create history. 

With an incredible performance that will go down in history, Lamine Yamal set up Nico Williams in Spain's decisive Euro Cup 2024 match against England to earn four assists. After his team defeated England 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, Spain's attacker Lamine Yamal was named Young Player of the Year.