Bojan Krkic - In the Footsteps of great Paulino Alcantara

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Bojan Krkic - In the Footsteps of great Paulino Alcantara

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02nd May 2007

With 16 years, 7 months and 26 days, Bojan Krkic Perez made history by following the passage of Blaugrana hero Paulino Alcantara, as the 4th youngest player ever and the 3rd youngest goalscorer of FC Barcelona. As Paulino Alcantara, Bojan scored on his debut.

The great Paulino Alcantara

The great goalgetter Alcantara, of Philippine origin, made his debut with 15 years, 4 months and 18 days in 1912, scoring a hat-trick against Català (9-0) in the Catalan Championship. A record that will be extremely difficult to beat nowadays.
Second youngest was the Nigerian player Babangida, who played his first match with the first team with in a friendly encounter against Dutch side AGOW in 1998 with 15 years, 9 months and 11 days and four days later he scored his first goal against JVVV.

Leo Messi made his debut in Porto with 16 years, 4 months and 23 days but he did not score it did not score before he was already 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old. He scored in the La Liga match against Albacete.