Lamine Yamal becomes top-scoring teenager in UEFA Champions League with 14 goals
Lamine Yamal became the highest-scoring teenager in UEFA Champions League history on November 4, 2026, when he reached 14 goals, surpassing Kylian Mbappé’s previous total of 13. Yamal plays for FC Barcelona.
Yamal’s record is presented as part of a review of the influence of teenagers in the UEFA Champions League, where several players have established themselves as prolific scorers before turning 20. The article profiles seven players who compiled the highest goal totals as teenagers in the competition: Jude Bellingham, Karim Benzema, Raúl González, Patrick Kluivert, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal.
After leaving Birmingham City, Jude Bellingham established himself at Borussia Dortmund and then moved to Real Madrid. The English midfielder scored six Champions League goals during his teenage years and is described in the source as having gone on to become one of the best midfielders in Europe.
Karim Benzema scored six goals in nine Champions League appearances as a teenager for Lyon before relocating to Real Madrid. At Madrid he was instrumental in the club’s 2022 victory and helped the team win five Champions League titles while developing into one of the squad’s leading attackers.
Raúl González scored six goals in eight Champions League matches before his 20th birthday; he went on to make over 100 appearances in the competition and became the first player to score 50 goals. Patrick Kluivert scored seven goals in 18 Champions League games as a teenager and netted Ajax’s 85th-minute winner in the 1995 final against AC Milan, becoming the youngest player to score in a Champions League final at age 18.
Erling Haaland scored ten Champions League goals before turning 20, beginning with a first-half hat-trick on his debut for Red Bull Salzburg against Genk. After spells at Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City, he helped Manchester City win their first Champions League trophy in 2023.
Kylian Mbappé made his breakthrough at Monaco as the second-youngest French player to score in the Champions League after Karim Benzema, and he produced five goals and six assists as Paris Saint-Germain reached the 2020 final. Since then he has continued his career with Real Madrid, and the source notes that one of his main goals remains to win the Champions League trophy; Yamal is described as a Barcelona winger and a prodigy who has established himself with his Champions League exploits.
Yamal’s 14-goal total stands while his adolescent years continue, giving him further opportunities to add to the tally before his teenage period ends. His record places him ahead of the six other teenagers examined in this review.
