IFFHS NEWS - THE YOUNGEST PLAYERS IN UEFA HISTORY
Picture : Antun Rudinski is the youngest player in the UEFA History to be capped with his national team (Serbia) at 15 years and 32 days.
Youngest players in the history of European national teams
Due to the fact that Gavi became on 6 October the youngest player in the history of Spanish national team (see our yesterday’s publication), we publish now the list of players to own this record in each of 55 countries that are currently part of UEFA.
| ALL-TIME YOUNGEST | PLAYERS | |||
| OF ALL EUROPEAN | NATIONAL TEAMS | |||
| Country | Player | Age | Debut | |
| 1 | Albania | Ramën Çepele | 17-236 | 11/11/2020 |
| 2 | Andorra | Sergi Moreno | 16-142 | 14/04/2004 |
| 3 | Armenia | Balep Ndoumbouk | 16-118 | 18/02/2004 |
| 4 | Austria | Walter Joachimh | 16-305 | 04/11/1917 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | Araz Abdullayev | 16-176 | 11/10/2008 |
| 6 | Belarus | Leonid Kovel | 18-020 | 18/08/2004 |
| 7 | Belgium | Fernand Nisot | 16-019 | 30/04/2011 |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Adnan Smajlović | 16-354 | 15/03/2000 |
| 9 | Bulgaria | Georgi Sokolov | 16-328 | 13/05/1959 |
| 10 | Croatia | Alen Halilović | 16-357 | 10/06/2013 |
| 11 | Cyprus | Loizos Mauroudis | 16-364 | 30/01/1977 |
| 12 | Czech Republic | Jaroslav Jirkovský | 15-356 | 06/10/1907 |
| 13 | Denmark | Harald Nielsen | 17-312 | 13/09/1959 |
| 14 | England | Theo Walcott | 17-075 | 30/05/2006 |
| 15 | Estonia | Jarmo Ahjupera | 17-082 | 04/07/2001 |
| 16 | Faroe Islands | Ingi Højsted | 17-168 | 29/04/2003 |
| 17 | Finland | Pasi Rautiainen | 17-203 | 05/02/1979 |
| 18 | France | Jean Marie Barat | 16-281 | 09/05/1909 |
| 19 | Georgia | Levan Kenia | 16-325 | 08/09/2007 |
| 20 | Germany | Willy Baumgärtner | 17-105 | 05/04/2008 |
| 21 | Gibraltar | Dylan Borge | 17-163 | 27/03/2021 |
| 22 | Greece | Nikiforos Vikelidis | 16-036 | 30/06/1929 |
| 23 | Hungary | József Horváth | 15-189 | 01/04/1906 |
| 24 | Iceland | Sigurður Jónsson | 16-252 | 05/06/1983 |
| 25 | Israel | Gai Assulin | 16-352 | 26/03/2008 |
| 26 | Italy | Renzo De Vecchi | 16-112 | 26/05/2010 |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | Zhambyl Kukeyev | 17-148 | 14/02/2006 |
| 28 | Kosovo | Enis Bunjaki | 16-220 | 25/05/2014 |
| 29 | Latvia | Vladimirs Koļesņičenko | 17-067 | 10/07/1997 |
| 30 | Liechtenstein | Ronny Büchel | 16-209 | 14/10/1998 |
| 31 | Lithuania | Jonas Bužinskas | 16-178 | 09/08/1933 |
| 32 | Luxembourg | Joseph Fischer | 15-224 | 05/10/1924 |
| 33 | Malta | Joe Brincat | 17-223 | 14/10/1987 |
| 34 | Moldova | Ion Testemiţanu | 17-066 | 02/07/1991 |
| 35 | Montenegro | Stevan Jovetić | 17-142 | 24/03/2007 |
| 36 | Netherlands | Jan van Breda Kolff | 17-085 | 02/04/1911 |
| 37 | North Macedonia | Darko Churlinov | 16-260 | 28/03/2017 |
| 38 | Northern Ireland | Sam Johnston | 15-153 | 18.02.1882 |
| 39 | Norway | Martin Ødegaard | 15-253 | 27/08/2014 |
| 40 | Poland | Włodzimierz Lubański | 16-189 | 04/09/1963 |
| 41 | Portugal | José Gralha | 16-279 | 18/12/1921 |
| 42 | Republic of Ireland | Jimmy Holmes | 17-200 | 30/05/1971 |
| 43 | Romania | Cristian Manea | 16-295 | 31/05/2014 |
| 44 | Russia | Sergey Romanov | 16-243 | 14/09/1913 |
| 45 | San Marino | Mauro Valentini | 17-313 | 05/06/1991 |
| 46 | Scotland | Johnny Lambie | 18-063 | 19.02.1887 |
| 47 | Serbia | Antun Rudinski | 15-032 | 02/11/1952 |
| 48 | Slovakia | František Vysocký | 18-110 | 27/08/1939 |
| 49 | Slovenia | Benjamin Šeško | 18-001 | 01/06/2021 |
| 50 | Spain | Gavi | 17-062 | 06/10/2021 |
| 51 | Sweden | Gunnar Pleijel | 17-072 | 22/10/1911 |
| 52 | Switzerland | Alessandro Frigerio | 17-109 | 06/03/1932 |
| 53 | Turkey | Hüsamettin Böke | 16-027 | 07/05/1926 |
| 54 | Ukraine | Serhiy Rebrov | 18-024 | 27/06/1992 |
| 55 | Wales | Harry Wilson | 16-207 | 15/10/2013 |