MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich defender Filip Pavic becomes the youngest player in the club’s history champions league When he came off the bench against Atalanta on Wednesday, he was the third-youngest player in the competition’s history.
Pavic, 16 years and 58 days old, came on as a substitute for right-back Josip Stanisic in the 72nd minute on a night when Bayern were leading 4-0 after winning the first leg 6-1.
According to UEFA, Pavic will be the first player born in 2010 to appear in a Champions League match and the third-youngest player in history.
Arsenal’s Max Domann was 15 years old debuted Youssoufa Moukoko appeared in the match against Slavia Prague in November at the age of 16 years and 18 days. came off the bench Pavic has pushed Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal down to fourth place on the all-time list.
Bayern’s youngest ever Champions League player was Paul Wanner, who played against Viktoria Plzen in 2022 at the age of 16 years and nine months.
Pavic wasn’t the only young Bayern player on the field. 18-year-old Lenato Karl scored his fourth Champions League goal of the season, while 18-year-old Deniz Ohri made his debut from the bench in place of defensive midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic. Ofri started the play by forcing a turnover, which ended with Karl scoring Bayern’s third goal.
Bayern won Wednesday’s match 4-1, drawing 10-2 on aggregate and advancing to the quarter-finals. real madrid.
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