Ricken, Sahin and co: How BVB clearly dominate this Bundesliga statistic | OneFootball

Recently, a player from FC Bayern Munich made headlines by scoring his first goal in the Bundesliga at a very young age. However, Lennart Karl does not make it into the top 10 youngest goal scorers in Bundesliga history. As a closer look shows, this list continues to be dominated by many Borussia Dortmund players.

Kicker didn’t just make a top 10, but rather a top 15 slideshow of the youngest goal scorers. This allowed Lennart Karl, who ranked 12th, to also be mentioned.

Of these fifteen youngest goal scorers in the history of Germany’s top football division, an impressive seven scored their first goal wearing the Borussia Dortmund jersey.

The list is currently led—and likely will be for a long time—by Youssoufa Moukoko, now at FC Copenhagen. He was 16 years and 28 days old when he scored for the Black and Yellows against 1. FC Union Berlin on December 18, 2020.

In second place is Florian Wirtz, who recently moved from Bayer Leverkusen to FC Liverpool. At 17 years and 34 days old, he was over a year older than Moukoko when he scored his first Bundesliga goal, but still younger than all other previous goal scorers.

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Christian Pulisic from BVB in 10th Place

In third place is the next Borussia Dortmund player (and coach). Nuri Sahin scored at the start of his career at 17 years and 82 days old. On November 26, 2005, Sahin scored for a 2-0 lead at 1. FC Nürnberg; the final score was 2-1.

After Mathys Tel in fourth place, another Dortmund player is already in fifth. Tom Rothe was 17 years and 169 days old when he netted his first Bundesliga goal in April 2022. Rothe’s joy was probably especially great, as it was also his professional football debut.

In 10th place is the fourth Borussia Dortmund player in this category. Christian Pulisic was also not yet of age when he scored his first goal. The American was 17 years and 222 days old in 2016 when he made it 1-0 for BVB against HSV, with the final score 3-0.

Right behind him is Borussia Dortmund’s current Managing Director of Sport. Lars Ricken, who back then formed the “Baby Storm” with Ibrahim Tanko, scored his first Bundesliga goal at 17 years and 244 days old. His goal to make it 1-0 on March 11, 1994, paved the way for BVB’s 2-1 win over the Zebras from MSV Duisburg.

That very Ibrahim Tanko was just pushed down to 13th place by Lennart Karl. Tanko, who was 17 years and 250 days old at his first goal, remains in the top 15, as does Jude Bellingham. The older brother of Jobe Bellingham scored his first goal at 17 years and 285 days old on April 10, 2021.

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