He’s not necessarily a numbers man and yet they speak well enough for him these days. Having just become the youngest player and scorer in PSG history, Warren Zaire-Emery could repeat such a performance at the higher level. If he had been inducted as captain of the Espoirs by Thierry Henry in September, the Parisian titi has in fact taken the social elevator of the French teams again, this time to reach the A floor. Summoned by Didier Deschamps this month Here, the 17-year-old midfielder could break some records in the very near future, starting with that of youngest French international in the post-war period, held by Eduardo Camavinga since 2020.
In an interview given to TuttoSport, the native of Montreuil had also made no secret of his wish to dispossess the Madrilenian of this brand. “My goals ? First of all, being called up to the French team. I didn’t mind breaking Camavinga’s record (17 years, 9 months and 29 days). In a few days I will be 17 years and 8 months… Then the Champions League, the Euro and of course the Golden Boy. Without forgetting Ligue 1, of which we are the title holders.” We will probably have to wait for some, but the first could arrive on Saturday at the Allianz Riviera against Gibraltar (8:45 p.m.). In the event that Zaire-Emery participated in the meeting, he would push back this precocity record to 17 years, 8 months and 10 days.
Eduardo Camavinga could be expropriated from some records
Scorer twice this season with PSG, the 17-year-old midfielder proved that he did not have shaky legs in the zone of truth, even when starting from very far away like his last goal against Montpellier (3-0). In the event of a goal in the French jersey soon, the 120th player of the Deschamps era would thus dispossess Eduardo Camavinga of another record: that of the youngest French scorer in the post-war period. As a reminder, the former Rennais distinguished himself by scoring a sublime return in October 2020 against Ukraine (7-1), also becoming the most player to start a match in the blue jersey (another record that could win over his Parisian cadet). He was then 17 years and 11 months old. For comparison, Kylian Mbappé was 18 years and 8 months old at the time of his first goal for the Blues, while Karim Benzema was 19 years old on his marital status.
Called to settle in the France group, the Parisian will obviously have Euro 2024 in the back of his mind. And if we get lost in conjectures by considering that he will score a goal in this competition next June, WZE would conceal before the eyes of Kylian Mbappé the record of youngest French scorer in a major tournament. A performance held since 2018 by the native of Bondy, who scored against Peru at just 19 years and 6 months. Other statistics, more than records, also reflect the rare precocity displayed by Zaire-Emery. For example, he is the first post-2003 player (he was born in 2006) to set foot in the Blues, while no member of the 2004 or 2005 generations has yet done so. An avant-garde player, who, as we recall, was eligible to participate in the U17 World Cup which is currently being held in Indonesia.
