Ansu Fati, a Barcelona prodigy born to break a record

Ansu Fati scored and made a decisive pass when Barcelona hit Valencia. The miracle born in Barcelona and born in Guinea-Bissau did it at the age of 16 years and 318 days, and several new records were made.

Barcelona accepts Valencia at Camp Nou during the 4th week of La Liga 2019/20, Sunday (09/15/2019). Barcelona wins 5-2.

Ansu Fati opened the Barcelona advantage in the 2nd minute. After that, Ansu Fati designed a decisive pass for Barcelona's second goal in the 7th minute from Frenkie de Jong. Kevin Gameiro narrowed the gap to 27 minutes, but Barcelona scored three more goals thanks to Gerard Pique 51 minutes, and Luis Suarez 61 minutes and 82 minutes.

Two weeks ago, against Osasuna, Ansu Fati became the youngest player to score a goal for Barcelona. At that time, he did it at the age of 16 years and 304 days.

Ansu Fati was even younger than Lionel Messi when he scored his first goal. Messi was 17 years and 331 days when he scored the inaugural goal of the Barcelona senior team. Ansu Fati is also younger than Bojan Krkic, who scored for the Barcelona senior team at the age of 17 and 53 days.

Against Valencia, Ansu Fati again broke several records.


The youngest beginner member at Camp Nou
The first record was even set before the kickoff against Valencia, precisely when the name Ansu Fati entered Barcelona's initial lineup.

As stated on the club's official website, this makes Ansu Fati the youngest player participating in Barcelona XI which starts for the match at Camp Nou. He broke Marc Muniesa's record in 2009.

For home and away matches, Ansu Fati lost only younger than Vicenc Martinez, who entered Barcelona's starting line-up at El Clasico against Real Madrid in 1941. At that time, he was 16 years old. and 280 days.



Younger Target + Assist

The match against Valencia lasted two minutes and Ansu Fati won Barcelona 1-0. That was his first goal at Camp Nou.

Five minutes later, Frenkie de Jong scored his first goal for Barcelona. De Jong's first goal was created with the help of Ansu Fati.

According to the official Barcelona website, Ansu Fati is the youngest player to ever score a goal and help in La Liga matches.

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