In 12 years, two players under 20 years old have made their debut in the Ukrainian national team at the European Championships
July 14th in Berlin Spain and England national teams will determine new European championEach team has players who are tipped to have a stellar future – Jude Bellingham for England and Lamin Yamal for Spain. The latter managed to rewrite several records. But if we talk about trends and approaches, then the England team is much more willing to trust the young. Fury of Roja in terms of the number of young debutants at the Euro, England is seriously behind and is on par with Ukraine.
Spain: Yamal and Pedri
Over the last 12 years, only two players under 20 have made their debut for Spain at the Euro. In addition to the already mentioned Yamal, Pedri played for the national team for the first time at the European Championship. He was 18.5 years old at the time of his debut.
| Player | Year | Age |
| Lamin Yamal | 2024 | 16 years, 11 months, 2 days |
| Pedri | 2021 | 18 years, 6 months, 20 days |
England: Young debutant every tournament
The Three Lions have put the “introduction” of new future stars into production at the Euros. Since 2012, at least one player under 20 has made his debut for England at the European Championships. In 2012, it was Oxlade-Chamberlain, in 2024, it was Kobe Maina.
| Player | Year | Age |
| Jude Bellingham | 2021 | 17 years, 11 months, 15 days |
| Marcus Rashford | 2016 | 18 years, 7 months, 16 days |
| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 2012 | 18 years, 9 months, 27 days |
| Kobi Mainu | 2024 | 19 years, 1 month, 28 days |
| Bukayo Saka | 2021 | 19 years, 9 months, 17 days |
Ukraine: Thanks to Fomenko and Shevchenko
If we talk about our national team, then in four Euros the blue-yellows had two debutants under 20 years old. In 2016, Mykhailo Fomenko gave such an opportunity to Oleksandr Zinchenko, in 2016, Andriy Shevchenko gave a chance to Ilya Zabarnyi.
| Player | Year | Age |
| Ilya Zabarny | 2021 | 18 years, 9 months, 12 days |
| Alexander Zinchenko | 2016 | 19 years, 5 months, 28 days |
Source: Sportarena
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