Wednesday during Dortmund-PSG, Warren Zaire-Emery became the youngest French scorer in the history of the Champions League ahead of Karim Benzema!
A phenomenon of precocity, Warren Zaire-Emery had already struck very hard by becoming, on November 18, the youngest player in the history of the French team since 1914 and even the second youngest scorer in French history. The PSG prodigy has made Champions League history, at 17 years and 280 days old.
Author of the 1-1 equalizer during Dortmund-PSG, Wednesday evening in Germany, on behalf of the sixth and final day of the group stage, the midfielder became the youngest French scorer in history in LDC ahead of Karim Benzema. The OL-trained player opened his account against Rosenborg in December 2005, at 17 years and 352 days old.
WARREN ZAIRE-EMERY EQUALIZED!!! 🔥
PSG only had 5 minutes of doubt and must still seek qualification 🔴🔵
A crazy 2nd half to follow on CANAL+ 👀#BVBPSG | #UCL pic.twitter.com/Omjnr84FfK
— CANAL+ Foot (@CanalplusFoot) December 13, 2023
In February 2017, a certain Kylian Mbappé became the second youngest French scorer in C1 behind “KB9”, by scoring with AS Monaco against Manchester City, in the round of 16 of the competition. The now superstar striker for Parisians and France was 17 years and 11 months old.
🇫🇷 Warren Zaire-Emery (17 years and 280 days) becomes the youngest French scorer in history in @ChampionsLeague in front of Karim Benzema with the@OL against Rosenborg on December 6, 2005 (17 years and 352 days). #BVBPSG
— Stats Football (@Statsdufoot) December 13, 2023
