Youngest player ever to play in a professional soccer league - Mauricio Baldiviseo and his father Julio Cesar Baldiviseo, former manager of Bolivia club Aurora, sparked controversy when the kid made his debut at an age of 12 years and 362 days

League	Name	Debut Age	Club	Against	Year
English Premier League	Matthew Briggs	16 years and 65 days	Fulham	Middlesbrough	2007
English Lower Division	Reuben Noble-Lazarus	15 years and 45 days	Barnsley	Ipswich	2008
Italian Serie A	Valeri Bojinov	15 years and 334 days	Leece	Bologna	2002
Italian Lower Division	Mario Balotelli	15 years and 289 days	Lumezzane	Padova	2006
German Bundesliga 1	Nuri Sahin	16 years and 335 days	Dortmund	-	2005
USA Major League Soccer	Freddy Adu	14 years and 307 days	DC United	San Jose Earthquakes	2004
South America	Mauricio Baldiviseo	12 years and 362 days	Aurora (Bolivia)	La Paz (Bolivia)	2009
Yugoslav First League	Dejan Petkovic	16 years and 15 days	Radnički Niš	Željezničar Sarajevo	1988
NBA	Andrew Bynum	18 years and 6 days	LA Lakers	Denver Nuggets	2005
Euro Basketball	Ricky Rubio	15 years and 358 days	DKV Joventut	-	2005

Freddy Adu - the former wonderkid who struggles in Europe currently

 

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