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NxGn powered by Mastercard | Overcoming war, poverty and injury to become the youngest scorer in the UCL

From the moment Ansu Fati made his unexpected Barcelona debut against Real Betis, as an unknown 16-year-old Barcelona U19A prospect, the Spaniard has continued to prosper, recently securing second place in the NxGn list of the best young players in the world.

In only his second outing for the Catalan giants, he followed up his debut appearance by netting his first goal for the club, superbly heading home a pinpoint Carles Pérez cross. This goal held great significance as he became the youngest ever player to score for Barcelona, going ahead of Bojan Krkic in the respective all-time list.