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Spanish star Lamine Yamal set for historic youth record in World Cup final
If Lamine Yamal takes the field in Spain's 2026 World Cup final against Argentina, he will become the third youngest player to appear in the final, after Pelé and Bergomi. The 19-year-old has won all 12 official matches he has played for the national team, achieving a unique streak.
Spain's rising star Lamine Yamal will write his name into football history if he features against Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final. At 19 years and 6 days old, Yamal will follow in the footsteps of Brazilian legend Pelé and Italian Giuseppe Bergomi as the third youngest player to appear in a final.
According to Al Jazeera, Pelé was 17 years and 249 days old when he played in the 1958 final, and Bergomi was 18 years and 201 days old in 1982. Yamal will join the list after these two.
Unbeaten streak with the national team
Opta data reveals that Lamine Yamal has won all 12 matches he has started for Spain in the European Championship and World Cup. This stands as a statistic no other European player has matched.
The tournament's most impactful young player
Yamal tops several categories as a young player in World Cup history over the last 60 years. These categories are as follows:
- Most shots: 23
- Most shots on target: 10
- Most touches in the opposition penalty area: 51
- Most successful dribbles: 22
The player with the most dribbles in the tournament is Argentina's Lionel Messi with 25. Yamal is second with 22 dribbles, while Messi's performance stands out as the highest number by a player aged 30 or over in a tournament since 1966.
Yamal matched the young player records set by Kylian Mbappé at the 2018 World Cup.
Two Spanish nominees for Best Young Player award
FIFA has nominated two players from Spain for the 2026 World Cup Best Young Player award: Pau Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal.
The 19-year-old defender Cubarsí played the full 90 minutes in all seven of Spain's matches in the tournament and helped his team concede only one goal. The second youngest player to reach 100 La Liga appearances for Barcelona, Cubarsí showed great consistency in his first World Cup experience.
Yamal, meanwhile, may have fallen short of goal expectations in the tournament, but his impact on the pitch played a key role in Spain's march to the final. A product of the La Masia academy, the player has been indispensable for Barcelona since the 2023-24 season.
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