Barcelona midfielder Gavi wrote his name into the history books on Sunday when he was named in Ronald Koeman’s starting XI against Real Madrid
The Spain international is the youngest player to feature in El Clasico this century at the age of 17 years and 80 days. He beats the record previously held by....Pedri who started aged 17 years and 334 days.
Gavi is also the youngest player to start in the crunch game between the two Spanish giants for 80 years and the sixth youngest of all time behind only Alfonso Albéniz (1902), Armando Giralt (1902), René Petit (1916), José Bayo (1936) and Vicente Martinez (1941) (stats from MisterChip).