UEFA RECORDS BREAKABLE FOR NEW MADRID SIGNING MARTIN ODEGAARD: Martin Ødegaard being presented at Real Madrid CF barely a month after his 16th birthday got us thinking: are any UEFA Champions League records under threat? Of course they are. Youngest player: Céléstine Babayaro, 16 years and 87 days Having been placed in Madrids reserve team Real Madrid Castilla under Zinédine Zidanes tutelage, Ødegaard may struggle to put his name to this one. But if he does get the surprise call to first-team action and features against FC Schalke 04 in the round of 16, then Nigerian Babayaros record – set for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti in 1994 – will be his. Youngest scorer: Peter Ofori-Quaye, 17 years and 195 days Ødegaard can take his time on this one. Accra-born Ofori-Quaye was, like the Norwegian, a first-team player at 15 and soon earned a move to a big club in Olympiacos FC in 1997. Later that year, and nine minutes after coming on for his UEFA Champions League debut against Rosenborg BK, the Ghanaian calmly fired in a consolation goal. Ødegaard has until the end of the 2016 final to carve a new mark. Youngest Madrid player: José Rodríguez, 17 years and 354 days Even after the 2016 final comes and goes, there are still club records up for grabs. José Rodríguez broke Raúls record as Madrids youngest UEFA Champions League player when he was brought on late in Madrids 4-1 victory over AFC Ajax in December 2012. Currently on loan at RC Deportivo La Coruña, he has not figured in the competition since. Youngest Madrid scorer: Raúl González, 18 years and 113 days Raúl remains Madrids youngest UEFA Champions League marksman, though. In 1995 he announced himself on the European stage with a memorable hat-trick against Ferencvárosi TC. As the video below demonstrates, it is not a bad example to follow for Ødegaard, who will eclipse Raúls record with a goal before 9 April ... 2017.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:42:49 +0000
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