Who are the youngest players to play in the UEFA Champions League?

Arsenal -young Max Dowman is about to establish a new record if he plays in their Champions League collision against Athletic Bilbao in Bilbao on Tuesday.

Dowman, 15, already made the headlines when he became the second-jongest debutant in the Premier League and came from the bank against Leeds United. He also praised the former striker of England and the record goalscorer of Manchester United, Wayne Rooney.

«… you can see that his future is so rosy, he will have a huge future.» Everyone with whom you speak in football, the same name keeps coming back: Max Dowman, «said Rooney BBC.

Dowman, born in December 2009, must turn 16 and should be his debut in the Champions League in the next two months, he would be the youngest debutant in the tournament.

Youngest debutants in the Champions League:

• Youssoufa Moukoko (16y 18d) for Borussia Dortmund in Zenit St. Petersburg, December 2020

• Lamine Yamal (16Y 68d) for Barcelona V Royal Antwerp – September 2023

• Celestine Babayaro (16Y 86d) for other stitching V FCSB – November 1994

• Rayan Cherki (16Y 102D) for Lyon against Zenit – November 2019

• Alen Halilovic (16y 128d) for Dinamo Zagreb against older St -Germain – October

• Youri Tielemans (16y 148d) for different adhesion against Olympiakos – October 2013

• Francesco Camarda (2024

• Warren Zaire -My (16Y 228d) for PSG V Maccabi Haifa – October 2022

• Charalampos Mavrias (16Y 241D) for Panathinaikos against Rubin Kazan – October 2010

• Kenneth Zohore (16Y 262D) for FC Copenhagen in Barcelona – October 2010

Published on September 16, 2025