Lamine Yamal breaks Barcelona's 91-year-old record

Young Spanish star Lamine Yamal has set a great record in the Barcelona jersey. The Barca winger broke the club's 91-year-old record by scoring twice against Rayo Vallecano.

Barcelona fell behind early in the La Liga match against Rayo Vallecano on Monday (August 31). However, Rafinha and Yamal scored twice as Hansi Flick's team left the field with a big win of 5-2.

Yamal's 50th goal at the age of 19

Barcelona fell behind after Rayo Vallecano's goal in the 12th minute of the match. Then, Rafinha and Yamal equalized in the match just two minutes apart. Rafinha's goal in the 19th minute was followed by Yamal's goal in the 21st minute.

This was Yamal's first goal this season. And with this goal, he reached the milestone of 50 goals in official club competitions at the youngest age in the history of Spanish professional football.

Yamal was only 19 years and 49 days old at the time.

Barca's record broken after 91 years

In reaching the milestone of his 50th goal, Yamal broke the long-standing record of former Barcelona forward Josef Escola.

Escola scored his 50th goal for Barcelona at the age of 20 years and 356 days in the Catalan regional championship on October 20, 1935. That record had stood for almost 91 years.

Now Yamal has set a new record by scoring 50 goals at the age of 19 years and 49 days.

He left behind Raul and Fernando Torres

Yamal has not only reached the record of Barcelona, ​​but also a major milestone in Spanish professional club football.

Former Real Madrid star Raul Gonzalez scored his 50th goal in club football at the age of 19 years and 249 days. On the other hand, former Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres reached this milestone at the age of 20 years and 221 days.

Yamal surpassed both of them to become the youngest player to score 50 goals.

Yamal also surpassed Messi

Lionel Messi also took longer than Yamal to reach the 50-goal milestone in Barcelona's history.

Messi scored his 50th goal for Barcelona at the age of 21 years and 120 days. The Argentine legend scored that goal against Basel in the Champions League.

Thus, Yamal succeeded in reaching the 50-goal milestone for Barcelona at a younger age than Messi.

Yamal surpasses Mbappe-Haaland

Yamal's record is particularly notable even in all competitions in Europe's top five leagues.

Earlier, Kylian Mbappe reached the 50-goal milestone at the age of 19 years and 241 days. It took Norwegian star Erling Haaland 20 years and 196 days.

Yamal surpassed both Mbappe and Haaland by reaching 50 goals at the age of 19 years and 49 days.

Yamal, who has been performing consistently well for Barcelona, ​​now has the opportunity to break many more records.