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Dortmund prodigy Moukoko becomes youngest Champions League player in history

Borussia Dortmund wonderkid Youssoufa Moukoko set yet another record on Tuesday by becoming the youngest player in Champions League history.

Moukoko made his BVB debut at the end of November when he entered his team's clash against Hertha Berlin for four-goal hero Erling Haaland.

At 16 years and one day he thus became the Bundesliga's youngest-ever debutant, playing the last six minutes as Dortmund ran out 5-2 winners to close within a point of Bayern Munich at the summit.

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With the league's minimum age set at 16 - a regulation that was changed from 16 and six months earlier in 2020, partly in anticipation of the prodigy's emergence as a possible first-teamer - is it likely that Moukoko's record will stand for some time.