For many years, FC Barcelona has brought football geniuses out of La Masia, its training center. Lately, Lamine Yamal, Marc Bernal, Fermín López and Pau Cubarsí have exploded into the mainstream and become first team executives, but the Catalan academy is still full of talent and the last known name is that of Adam Qaroual (12 years old), already announced as one of the greatest talents of La Masia and compared by those close to him and his coaches to Diego Maradona. Just that.
A talent with a triple nationality
Spotted by fans of the Blaugrana club for several months already, the very young talent, renowned for his afro haircut, impressed this Saturday with the under-13 team in the Infant Honor Division against Escola F. With incredible ball control for his young age, the attacking midfielder made a quality technical move by dribbling past a defender before offering an assist to Moha Akhomach for a goal, the brother of Ilias from Villarreal. A gesture that made the rounds on social networks.
For his second season in the Barça training system, Adam Qaroual is already essential to the FC Barcelona U13 team and is already defined as a “different” player according to La Masia observers. Born in Mönchengladbach (Germany), of Moroccan parents, he could also be called up by Spain in the youth teams and should already create a war between the three federations to enlist him. In Germany he played for Lürrip and Dortmund, but between 2019 and 2021 he joined PSV Eindhoven, before moving to Barcelona in 2023.
Recommended by Jorge Mendes
After moving to Barcelona, Barça received footage of his game that caught the attention of coaches, and, after being invited to train at Ciudad Deportiva, the club did not hesitate and decided to recruit him. His talent has impressed in his first season internally and the club are looking after him so that he does not lose his eye-catching football, but insist that he imbibe the collective DNA of the Catalan club, while protecting him as much as possible.
Mundo Deportivo also indicates that the famous agent Jorge Mendes already has the new pearl of the culé academy under control. The Portuguese agent knows the player’s family well, whom he has been advising for a while, and even promised the young player that he would receive a signed jersey from Cristiano Ronaldo, who has already had a photo with his idol Lamine Yamal. Adam Qaroual therefore has everything to please, but the road is still very long to follow in the footsteps of his idols.
