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Lamine Yamal becomes Barcelona's youngest captain at 19 - The Business Standard

Lanka Hit News • Sep 9, 2026 · 2mo ago • 1 min read
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Lamine Yamal became the youngest Barcelona captain at 19 years and 58 days old during the Spanish champions' 5-1 win ⁠over Feyenoord in the Champions League on Wednesday (19 September).

First-choice captain Raphinha handed the armband to the Spanish forward when the Brazilian was substituted ⁠in the 71st minute.

Bojan Krkic was Barcelona's previous youngest skipper, ⁠having captained the team during a 2010 Copa ⁠del Rey match when he ⁠was 20.

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