Lamine Yamal has been ruled out of Spain national team in the ongoing international break due to a knock on Saturday against Denmark.
The star winger limped off in the 1-0 win against Denmark during the stoppage time. Following tests with Spain’s medical department, the 17-year-old has been sent back to Barcelona to complete his recovery.
Yamal will now miss Spain’s tie against Serbia on Tuesday, October 16, 2034, and has been replaced in the squad by Atletico Madrid’s Rodrigo Riquelme.
However, Barcelona will heave a heavy sigh of relief following confirmations that Yamal has only suffered an overload and not a serious injury.
The youngster who has been a quintessential figure for club and country this season, featuring in every match for both so far this season, will now rest before the next round of action for Barcelona in La Liga.
Meanwhile, it remains to be seen if the youngster will feature against Sevilla this weekend.
Lamine Yamal injury history
Lamine Yamal has enjoyed a relatively injury-free career, missing just four games due to injury in his second year as a professional footballer.
He suffered his first injury during the 2022-23 season. Although the details of the injury weren’t known, the youngster was sidelined for 31 days but didn’t miss any game during this period.
He suffered two different injuries during the 2023-24 season, his second year playing football at the highest level. The first was a muscular problem, that kept him sidelined for ten days and saw him miss two games with the Spain national team. Also, a knock kept him out for two days in the same season but he missed just one game during this period.
His latest injury – a strain suffered while on duty with the national team – is predicted to keep him off action for seven days and possibly miss Spain and Barcelona’s upcoming tie against Serbia and Sevilla, respectively.
Lamine Yamal Spain national team career
Yamal has been a promising character in Spanish football since the age of 11. He was made captain during his spell with the U-12, U-14 and U-16 teams.
He also represented the Spanish U-17 team during the 2023 European U-17 Championship. In the competition, he helped the team to the semi-final, scoring four goals before being knocked out.
At the age of 16 years and 50 days, he was called up to the senior team for the first time by coach Luis de la Fuente, for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers.
He featured in matches against Georgia and Cyprus. His appearance against the former saw him become the youngest player to ever feature for the Spain national team.
He also got himself on the scoresheet in Spain’s 7-1 win, simultaneously becoming the youngest goalscorer in the country’s history. The goal also made him the youngest to ever score in a UEFA Euro qualifying match, overtaking Gareth Bale, who did the same at the age of 17 years and 83 days.
2024 Euros heroics
Lamine Yamal continued to feature for the squad in the remainder of their qualifying matches. On June 7, 2024, he was selected among the 26-man squad for the Euro 2024.
His debut against Croatia in the tournament made him the youngest to ever do so, at the age of 16 years and 338 days.
Following Spain’s advancement to the knockout stages, he became the youngest to ever feature in the stage during the tournament, overtaking Jude Bellingham’s previous record.
His goal against France in the semi-final made him the youngest goalscorer in the Euros history, doing so just four days before his 17th birthday.
He assisted Spain’s first goal in the 2-1 win against England in the final, becoming the youngest player to ever register a goal involvement in the final of a major tournament.
The youngster ended his Euro campaign with one goal and four assists, the latter of which saw him tie the records for the highest assist in a Euro campaign. He was also named the young player of the tournament.
Overall, he has scored three goals in seventeen outings with the national team, providing eight assists.
