IFFHS EURO STATISTICS 39 - YOUNGEST GOAL SCORER
Picture : Gareth Bale in 2006.
Youngest goal-scorer (including qualification): Gareth Bale
The Welshman Gareth Bale is the youngest goal-scorer in European Championship history, counting qualifiers and final tournaments. In 2006, he scored a goal in the qualifying match against Slovakia at the age of 17 years 83 days.
So far in the history of the competition, there have been 4 cases when goals were scored by players under the age of 18.
| YOUNGEST | GOAL-SCORERS | (INCLUDING | QUALIFICATION) | ||
| Player | Country | Age (Y-D) | Game | Date | |
| 1 | Gareth Bale | Wales | 17-083 | Slovakia (1:5) | 07/10/2006 |
| 2 | Levan Mchedlidze | Georgia | 17-207 | Scotland (2:0) | 17/10/2007 |
| 3 | Ben Sahar | Israel | 17-230 | Estonia (4:0) | 28/03/2007 |
| 4 | Wayne Rooney | England | 17-317 | North Macedonia (2:1) | 06/09/2003 |