Lamine Yamal made his debut for Barca’s first team at the age of 15 years and 9 months, a rare achievement in the sport. Since then, Yamal has failed to progress for club and country.

Last night’s match against Rayo Vallecano in round 24 of La Liga witnessed a special milestone for Lamine Yamal. The Spanish football prodigy reached the milestone of 100 appearances in his career with 83 appearances for Barcelona and 17 appearances for the Spanish national team. This achievement surpassed the star duo Messi and Ronaldo.

C. Ronaldo had to wait until he was 19 years and 254 days old to reach 100 professional matches. Lionel Messi was also surpassed by Yamal, M10 only had his 100th professional match at 20 years and 105 days old. Superstar Kylian Mbappe also only reached the 100 match mark at 19 years and 56 days old.

After 100 matches, Yamal has scored 18 goals and had 22 assists for Barca, contributing 3 goals and 8 assists for the Spanish national team. Not only that, Yamal also helped Barca win the 2022/23 La Liga championship and the 2024/25 Spanish Super Cup.

At the national team level, Yamal contributed greatly to Spain’s victory at EURO 2024 and won the title of Best Young Player, making history as the youngest player to win the prestigious Golden Boy award.

Another plus point of Yamal is the influence of this star on the team’s playing style. If in the past, Barca suffered from “Lionel Messi dependency syndrome”, the same thing is happening with the 17-year-old star.

Yamal is always the inspiration, the spark, the one who helps the Catalan team turn things around. Whenever he is absent from the field, Barca immediately has problems scoring goals.

Lamine Yamal is predicted by experts to have the potential to win the Ballon d’Or before the age of 21.