This is an updated version of an article published last month when Max Dowman became Arsenal’s youngest-ever starter in the Carabao Cup tie against Brighton.
Max Dowman has become the youngest player to feature in a Champions League match after coming on in the 72nd minute for Arsenal against Slavia Prague on Tuesday night.
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Dowman, who is 15 years and 308 days old, has beaten the previous record set by Youssoufa Moukoko, who came on for Borussia Dortmund in December 2020 at the age of 16 years and 18 days.
The latest record broken by the teenager comes a week after he became the youngest to start a match for Arsenal in their Carabao Cup tie against Brighton at the Emirates.
Mikel Arteta, the Arsenal manager, knows he has an exceptional talent at his disposal and has shown he believes Dowman, who is yet to finish secondary school, can compete at the highest level.
It was yet another milestone in Dowman’s rapid rise, having already become the second-youngest player in history to play in the
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