By Kirsten Ripper & Euronews with AP
Published on
23/07/2026 - 7:09 GMT+2
Spain’s youngest player in the World Cup-winning side may not have scored in the final, but thanks in no small part to his baby bath-tub photos with Lionel Messi, Lamine Yamal cemented his place as La Roja's number one player on social media. The closest contender to his leading role came from his own family with his little brother Keyne, who was at every one of Spain’s matches, the other shining star of Spain's World Cup campaign.
At 19 years and six days, Lamine Yamal became both the youngest player ever to have won the European Championship and the World Cup, and the first player under 20 to achieve this double.
