IFFHS EURO STATISTICS 31 - THE YOUNGEST PLAYERS


Picture : Martin Odegaard was not 16 years old at his first EURO international match !


Youngest player (including qualification): Martin Ødegaard

The Norwegian Martin Ødegaard is the youngest player in the history of the European Championships, including qualifying and final tournaments. In 2014, he took part in the qualifying match against Bulgaria at the age of 15 years 300 days.
This is the only case of a player under the age of 16 in the history of the competition so far.
Ødegaard became also the youngest player to start a European Championship match. This happened on 29 March 2015, in a qualifier vs Croatia, when Ødegaard was 16 years and 101 days old. 


 YOUNGEST PLAYERS(INCLUDINGQUALIFICATION)  
      
 PlayerCountryAge (Y-D)GameDate
1Martin ØdegaardNorway15-300 Bulgaria (2:1)13/10/2014
2Sigurdur JónssonIceland 16-251Malta (1:0)05/06/1983
3Peter Jehle Liechtenstein16-265 Azerbaijan (2:1)14/10/1998
4Levan KeniaGeorgia 16-325Ukraine (1:1)08/09/2007
5Grigoris KastanosCyprus 17-057Belgium (0:5)28/03/2015
6Daniel FrickLiechtenstein17-079 Latvia (0:1)06/09/1995
7Ronny Büchel Liechtenstein17-082 Portugal (0:8)09/06/1999
8Gareth BaleWales 17-083Slovakia (1:5)07/10/2006
9Vagif JavadovAzerbaijan17-100 Serbia (0:1)02/09/2006
10Romelu LukakuBelgium17-113Germany (0:1)03/09/2010
11Mitar MrkelaYugoslavia17-130Bulgaria (1:0) 17/11/1982