Lamine Yamal

Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana (born 13 July 2007), known as Lamine Yamal, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Barcelona.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Nasraoui and the second or maternal family name is Ebana.
Lamine Yamal
Personal information
Full name Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana
Date of birth (2007-07-13) 13 July 2007
Place of birth Mataró, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 41
Youth career
2014– Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Barça Atlètic 1 (0)
2023– Barcelona 1 (0)
International career‡
2021–2022 Spain U15 6 (3)
2021– Spain U16 4 (1)
2022– Spain U17 5 (4)
2023– Spain U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 May 2023

Early life

Born in Mataró, Spain, to a Moroccan father and an Equatorial Guinean mother,[1][2] Lamine Yamal spent most of his youth in Barcelona.[3][4][5]

Club career

Growing through the youth ranks of La Masia, Lamine Yamal was soon viewed as one of the academy's best prospects.[3][6][7][8] Whilst added to the Juvenil A team—already above his age grade—for the 2022–23 season,[7] Lamine Yamal was selected by Xavi to train with the first team along other youngster in early September 2022.[1][4] Whilst still yet to sign his first professional contract with the club, he appeared to be one of the academy members to most impress the Catalan coach. [6][9][10] He made his first-team debut on 29 April 2023, replacing Gavi in the 83rd minute in a 4–0 win against Real Betis in La Liga, becoming the youngest player to ever appear for Barcelona's first team at 15 years, 9 months, and 16 days old. On 14 May 2023, he won his first title with Barça, as he was part of the squad that won the 2022–23 La Liga.[11]

International career

Lamine Yamal is a youth international for Spain.[12] In 2021, he played 4 games and scored 1 goal for Spain under-16s.[4]

In 2022, he also played with the Spanish under-15s.[13]

Style of play

A left-footed forward with great dribbling, passing and scoring abilities, Lamine Yamal is able to play both as a centre-forward, an attacking midfielder or a winger, mostly on the right flank.[1][4][6][9][12]

With his technical profile, Lamine Yamal was soon compared to Argentinian idol Lionel Messi, like many La Masia trainees before him,[1][3][14][15] but also to more recent Barça star Ansu Fati.[6][7][16]

Career statistics

Club
As of 14 May 2023.[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Barcelona 2022–23 La Liga 1000000010
Career total 1000000010

Honours

Barcelona

References
  1. Corbella, Enrique (5 September 2022). "Lamine Yamal, el niño de 15 años que ya entrena con el Barcelona: descubre al "mini Messi" de La Masía". Marca (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  2. "Tiene 15 años, lo comparan con Messi y ya se entrena con Xavi en el Barcelona". 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. Picó, Diego; Gillingham, Geoff (28 December 2019). "Lamine Yamal shows shades of Messi". Marca. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. "FC Barcelona: Wird Lamine Yamal (15) der nächste Lionel Messi?". Sport Bild (in German). 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  5. "La saison 19/20 du prodige de la Masia, Lamine Yamal". Lions de l'Atlas (in French). 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  6. Fernández, Jonathan (4 September 2022). "La Masía alumbra a su 'nuevo Ansu'". Diario AS (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  7. Martínez, Ferran (31 August 2022). "Julián Araujo, un 'tapado' para el lateral derecho". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  8. "El noi de 15 anys que ja entrena amb el Barça de Xavi". Esport3 (in Catalan). CCMA. 4 September 2022. Archived from the original on 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  9. Lawless, Josh (5 September 2022). "15 year-old Lamine Yamal was called up to Barcelona's first-team training, Xavi is 'in love' with him". SPORTbible. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  10. "Promessa de 15 anos encanta Xavi e treina com elenco do Barcelona". Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  11. Sanderson, Tom. "15-Year-Old FC Barcelona Prodigy Lamine Yamal Smashes Youngest Appearance Maker Record". Forbes. Forbes. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  12. Peyret, Didac (4 September 2022). "¿Quién es Lamine Yamal? La perla de 15 años que ya entrena con Xavi". Sport (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  13. "Rojita U15 : Lamine Yamal s'éclate face à la Suisse (vidéo)". Lions de l'Atlas (in French). 7 May 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  14. Rassouli, Thomas (28 December 2019). "Barça : le successeur de Messi déjà au club ?". Onze Mondial (in French). Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  15. "Xavi wil meer zien van 'mini-Messi' Yamal (15)". Voetbal International. 5 September 2022. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  16. Matrone, Pierpaolo (5 September 2022). "Il Barça scopre 'il nuovo Ansu Fati': presto primo contratto da professionista per Lamine Yamal". TUTTOmercatoWEB.com (in Italian). Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  17. "Lamine Yamal". WorldFootball. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  18. "FC Barcelona, Liga champions 2022/23!". FC Barcelona. 14 May 2023.


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