THE YOUNGEST AT COPA AMERICA 2024
Kendry & Endrick: youngest players at Copa America 2024
The only 2 players under 18 years of age at the current edition of Copa America are Kendry Páez (Ecuador) and Endrick (Brazil).
Both have played for their teams in the first matchday and entered the ranking of youngest players in the history of competition.
Kendry Páez (17 years 49 days) takes now the 5th position, Endrick (17 years 339 days) the 15th.
Only one Brazilian in the whole history of Copa America debutted at younger age, and this occurred more than a century ago. Agostinho Fortes Filho has played in the edition of 1919 at 17 years 251 days.
| YOUNGEST PLAYERS | COPA AMERICA | ||||
| Player | Country | Age | Game | Date | |
| 1 | Humberto Elgueta | Chile | 16-001 | Brazil 0-1 | 11/09/1920 |
| 2 | Mario Alborta | Bolivia | 16-023 | Chile 1-7 | 12/10/1926 |
| 3 | Eligio Echagüe | Paraguay | 16-061 | Argentina 3-5 | 02/03/1955 |
| 4 | Johnnier Montaño | Colombia | 16-168 | Uruguay 1-0 | 01/07/1999 |
| 5 | Kendry Páez | Ecuador | 17-049 | Venezuela 1-2 | 23/06/2024 |
| 6 | Julio Enciso | Paraguay | 17-144 | Bolivia 3-1 | 15/06/2021 |
| 7 | Jaime Moreno | Bolivia | 17-173 | Colombia 0-0 | 11/07/1991 |
| 8 | Juan Reynoso | Peru | 17-188 | Ecuador 1-1 | 04/07/1987 |
| 9 | Marcial Barrios | Paraguay | 17-202 | Brazil 0-5 | 13/01/1937 |
| 10 | Gustavo Neffa | Paraguay | 17-240 | Peru 5-2 | 01/07/1989 |
| 11 | Agostinho Fortes | Brazil | 17-251 | Argentina 3-1 | 18/05/1919 |
| 12 | Christian Pulisic | United States | 17-262 | Colombia 0-2 | 04/06/2016 |
| 13 | Roque Santa Cruz | Paraguay | 17-317 | Bolivia 0-0 | 29/06/1999 |
| 14 | Stalin Rivas | Venezuela | 17-330 | Brazil 1-3 | 01/07/1989 |
| 15 | Endrick | Brazil | 17-339 | Costa Rica 0-0 | 25/06/2024 |
| 16 | Eladio Zárate | Paraguay | 17-342 | Uruguay 1-1 | 22/12/1959 |
| 17 | Álex Aguinaga | Ecuador | 17-360 | Peru 1-1 | 04/07/1987 |