Whatever Liverpool teenager Rio Ngumoha goes on to achieve in his career, he will always cherish the memories of his breakthrough season.There was that special night at St James’ Park last August when the exciting winger marked his Premier League debut with a dramatic late winner after coming off the bench against Newcastle United. Aged 16 years and 361 days, he became the youngest goalscorer in the club’s history.His season finally ended at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium earlier this month, when Thomas Tuchel gave him a first senior England cap in the World Cup warm-up game against New Zealand. It was a source of great pride and reward for the impact he had made after being called up for that training camp, also in Florida.Ngumoha’s remarkable rise provided some much-needed positivity during a largely joyless campaign for Liverpool, which ended with the sacking of head coach Arne Slot after two years in charge. No player aged 17 or under enjoyed more first-team action for a Premier League club in 2025-26 than the former Chelsea academy youngster.In total, he clocked up 952 minutes in all competitions (551 in the Premier League). For context, Arsenal’s Max Dowman was next on the list with 477 minutes (153 in the league), followed by Harry Howell of Brighton with 260 minutes (93 in the league).