The FIVE Youngest Debutants To Play In Europe’s Top 5 Leagues

The FIVE Youngest Debutants To Play In Europe’s Top 5 Leagues

After Arsenal made Ethan Nwaneri the youngest ever player to play in the Premier League, we thought it would be a good idea to look at the age of debutants in other leagues across Europe.

In this post, we will also go through the record holders in Italy’s Serie A, Spain’s La Liga, France’s Ligue One and Germany’s Bundesliga.

Only one of the five was actually above 16 years of age when they made their senior debut, which shows you that talent can trump age, even at the highest level.


Press the next page as we list the five youngest debutants in Europe’s top five leagues.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.