16-year-old Arsenal winger Max Dauman scored his team’s remarkable goal in stoppage time, making him the youngest scorer in Premier League history. Won 2-0 Saturday’s game against Everton.
Dauman collected the ball in the middle of his own half, dribbled past two Everton players and ran unchallenged from the halfway line into the empty net. Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was stuck on the field after driving forward towards a corner.
Dauman, an English football prodigy, was 16 years and 73 days old and had just played his third Premier League game after making two substitute appearances earlier in the season.
“He doesn’t seem fazed by the time, the moment, the situation or the opponent, he plays very naturally,” Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said. “He makes decisions to make things happen, and what he brought to the table was incredible.”
Asked what he had said to Dauman after making the decision to bring him in, Arteta said: “Go, do what you have to do and win the game.”
Dowman scored against Crystal Palace in 2005, breaking former Everton player James Vaughan’s record of 16 years and 270 days.
Dauman in November Youngest player in Champions League history At the age of 15 years and 308 days, he appeared as a substitute in the second half of the match against Slavia Prague.
Dauman is still at school. He was 14 when Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta invited him to train with the first team in December last year, and he joined the club’s pre-season tour of Asia, appearing in games against AC Milan and Newcastle.
To comply with the Premier League’s rules for players under the age of 18, Dauman must change into his Arsenal shirt for training sessions and matches in a separate dressing room from his senior team-mates.
List of youngest goalscorers in the Premier League
1. Max Dauman: 16 years 73 days (Arsenal vs. Everton in 2026)
2. James Vaughan: 16 years 270 days (Everton vs. Crystal Palace in 2005)
3. James Milner: 16 years 356 days (Leeds vs. Sunderland in 2002)
4. Wayne Rooney: 16 years, 360 days (Everton vs Arsenal in 2002)
5. Rio Ngmoja: 16 years 361 days (Liverpool vs. Newcastle in 2025)
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