Their surnames are African: Nasraoui (father from Morocco) and Ebana (mother from Equatorial Guinea). She doesn’t like being called Yamal because her full name is Lamine Yamal. She was born in Esplugues de Llobregat on July 13, 2007 and, although she has also lived in Mataró and Granollers, since she was seven years old she has lived in La Masia. On September 4, 2022, Lamine Yamal jumped on the grass of the sports city. She was (and is) 15 years old, but she already caught the attention of Xavi Hernández, who wanted to see her up close after the reports that came from Juvenil A.
Many training sessions later, the youth squad player has become the youngest footballer to make a list with the first team. And if today he plays against Atlético de Madrid at the Camp Nou, he will become the youngest debutant in Barcelona history, surpassing Ansu Fati, who made his debut at the age of 16, Bojan, Gavi and Messi, who did so at 17, and Ilaix Moriba, who was 18.
Lamine Yamal would have to play with Cadet B, but he does so with Juvenil A. His momentum has allowed him to jump to the first team without even having trained with Rafa Márquez’s Barça Atlètic. Now on the horizon awaits his first professional contract. The conditions of his new relationship began to be negotiated by his former agent, Iván de la Peña. But since March it is Jorge Mendes who is in charge of representing the footballer. If everything ends well, he will do the preseason with the first team. With this award and this announcement, Xavi wants to show the footballer that he must stay.
“Lamine is different. He has tremendous nerve. She is not afraid at all, â€Xavi said yesterday. At the same time, his father, Mounir Nasraoui Kingseeds, sent a message to his son: “Thank you for making me the proudest father in the world.” Despite sympathizing with Real Madrid, he always wanted to see his son happy, who came to the club from CF La Torreta, a youth soccer team from Granollers. “He can play any of the three attacking positions. He can also be a good interior â€, explains Jordi Roura, former head of grassroots football and one of those who supported his arrival. “But she is 15 years old, we must be patient. She must mature, â€he warns.
An episode of indiscipline appears in his file. He starred in it along with Dani Muñoz (Atlético) and Jesús Fortea (Real Madrid) in the last call-up for the Under-17 team. The three made several phone calls to the team’s psychologist, who even called the police when she didn’t know who it was. Barça sanctioned him with four games. “But he has learned from what has happened to him,” they point out from the sports city. And Lamine Yamal, who if he plays will have the opportunity to share minutes with Pedri and Frenkie de Jong, recovered for the cause, spent yesterday afternoon at the Dani Jarque sports city to watch the youth derby between RCD Espanyol and FC Barcelona.
