7/14/2025–|Last update: 19:13 (Mecca time)
Barcelona’s talent, Lamine Jamal, today, Sunday, celebrates his 18th birthday, and he has achieved a lot in his short football career with his team and Spain at an early age, beating the two legends “The flea” Lionel Messi and “Don” Cristiano Ronaldo.
The birthday of Barcelona and Spain corresponds to July 13, and Jamal has already won many titles with his club and his country.
Lamine Jamal scored with Barcelona at the age of 18:
- Jamal appeared for the first time with Barcelona in 2023 at the age of 15, and he succeeded in scoring 25 goals in 106 games in all competitions.
- This wing with the Catalan team won two league, King’s Cup and Local Super Cup.
- He appeared for the first time with Spain in the same year its first appearance with Barcelona.
- He scored 6 goals in 20 international matches with Spain, was part of the Euro 2024 team, and contributed to the 2-1 victory over England in the final.
- At the age of 17, he also became the youngest player to nominate the Golden Ball Award last year, where he finished eighth.
- It was included in the same ranks of the youth team in which “the flea.
Messi scored at the age of 18:
- Messi appeared for the first time in Barcelona’s competitive matches at the age of 17 in October 2004, a few years old.
Messi’s birthday corresponds to June 24, he was 18 years old in 2005.
- Then he won the Spanish League title with Barcelona, but he only participated in 9 games and scored one goal.
- “The flea” was forced to wait until it reached the 18th to play his first international match with Argentina against Hungary in August 2005.
Ronaldo scored at the age of 18:
- He played his first match with Sporting Lisbon at the age of 17 in August 2002.
- It reached the 18th of February 5, 2003, and he had scored 5 goals in 19 games with the Portuguese team.
- Later that year, he moved to Manchester United to start his first important football career.
- The Don was forced to wait until he reached the 18th to play his first international match with Portugal, in August 2003 when he entered a substitute against Kazakhstan.
Ronaldo and Messi enjoyed an amazing artistic career that made them one of the greatest players throughout the ages, as they brought together 13 gold ball awards.
He still has a long road to come to cut it to approach even a little of the achievements of the “Don” and “flea”.
