Max Dowman has emerged as one among Arsenal’s most enjoyable younger prospects in recent times, rapidly incomes minutes underneath Mikel Arteta. Now, after making his debut within the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League, the English teenager has set a file within the competitors that even Lamine Yamal couldn’t attain.
Arsenal confronted Slavia Prague on Matchday 4 of the Champions League, cruising to a snug win with targets from Bukayo Saka and a brace from Mikel Merino. Already main, Arteta substituted Leandro Trossard for Max Dowman — and as quickly because the teen stepped onto the pitch, he grew to become the youngest participant ever to look in a Champions League match.
The earlier file was held by Youssoufa Moukoko, who made his debut for Borussia Dortmund in 2020 in opposition to Zenit St. Petersburg at simply 16 years and 18 days previous. Now, at 15 years and 308 days, Dowman has surpassed the German prodigy to say the file as his personal.
Lamine Yamal burst onto the worldwide scene at a equally younger age however was unable to interrupt Moukoko’s mark. Within the 2023–24 version of the event, Yamal made his Champions League debut for FC Barcelona underneath Xavi Hernández in opposition to Royal Antwerp at 16 years, 2 months, and 6 days previous — practically two months shy of Moukoko’s file.
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