Vinicius Jr., the youngest foreigner to score in a League Classic

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NEWS | 03/02/2020

He achieved his first goal with 19 years and 230 days and surpassed Messi, who did so with 19 years and 259 days.

The Real Madrid regained the leadership of the League in a great game against Barcelona in the Santiago Bernabeu. A Classic that had a prominent protagonist: Vinicius Jr. In addition to being one of the best in the game, the Brazilian opened the scoring and became the youngest foreign player to score in the history of the Classic in the League with 19 years and 230 days.

With this first goal in a Classic, Vinicius Jr. exceeded a record that until now belonged to Messi (marked 19 years and 259 days). Behind the Brazilian and the Argentine, two other Real Madrid players like Higuaín (20 years and 149 days) appear on this list and Anelka (20 years and 193 days). And behind them, two players who played in both clubs: Ronaldo (20 years and 230 days) and Schuster (20 years and 344 days).

Goal scorer record

Leaving aside the nationality of the scorers, the youngest player to score in the history of the Classic in League it is Raul, who got it at the young age of 18 years and 95 days, in the 1995/96 Classic that was played in the Santiago Bernabeu.



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