The youngest on the pitch: a 15-year-old in the Premier League, Jeremy Monga,
The inclusion of young footballers in top leagues such as the Premier League, Serie A, LaLiga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 is essential to ensure the development of football worldwide. Jeremy Monga is one of them.
The inclusion of young footballers in top leagues such as the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 is essential to ensure the development of football worldwide. However, despite the potential of various talents, their actual use in high-level competitions remains limited. This phenomenon raises questions about human resource management in professional football. And the balance between experience and innovation. Despite the potential advantages of using young talent in high-level leagues.
For the sake of completeness, it should be noted that in the 2024/25 season there was a timid but significant increase in the use of footballers under the age of 17.
But who were the youngest footballers used?
Youngest players in 2024/25
The title of youngest player of the season ending in the top flight goes to
Jeremy Monga, who played for
Leicester City at the age of just 15, the only case in 2024/25 and the
second youngest player in the
Premier League.
The Foxes also brought in Jake Evans a few days after Monga. His age at the time? 16 years, 7 months and 22 days, or three days older than Francesco Camarda in a Milan-Napoli match last October. The Rossoneri striker, regarded by many as a future star of Italian football, is the second youngest Italian in this Serie A, who was beaten by Genoa's Honest Ahanor. The two in question, plus Thomas Campaniello of Empoli, have allowed the Italian championship to be the only one, along with Ligue 1, among the major leagues with three players who played before their 17th birthday.
In France, the personality of Ayoub Bouadi, a midfielder for Olympique Lyon, has surprised the general public, as he is currently being discussed in the transfer market. Camarda's Milan is interested in him.
The youngest players who participated in the top 5 European leagues last season (24-25) are, in order:
AGE MONTH DAYS
1. MONGA LEICESTER 15 8 28
2. AHANOR GENOA 26 7 5
3. CAMARDA MILAN 16 7 19
4. EVANS LEICESTER 16 7 22
5. OTORBI VALENCIA 16 10 1
6. SAKAR 16 10 23
7. CAMPANIELLO 16 11 25
8. GEBEL 17 0 25
9. HOWELL 17 0 29
10. YAMAL BARCELONA 17 1 4
11. MOORE 17 1 10
12. PALMA 17 2 12
13. OBI MAN UNITED 17 2 18
14. BERNAL BARCELONA 17 2 22
15. MHEUKA 17 4 5
Manos Staramopoulos
Journalist and Analyst of International Football and Affairs
Chief Editor English Zone of Discoveryfootball.com
Athens (Greece)
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