Teen sensation breaks youngest-ever Premier League player record

Ethan Nwaneri made history on his Arsenal debut on Sunday

Arsenal’s 15-year-old attacking midfielder Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest-ever player in Premier League history on Sunday when he was brought off the bench by the North Londoners in their 3-0 win over Brentford.

Nwaneri replaced Fabio Vieira in the dying moments of the victory that elevated the Gunners back to the summit of the English top-flight table, and in turn surpassed Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott in the record books.

While still plying his trade for Fulham in 2019, Elliot was 16 years and 30 days old on his senior debut and therefore broke the record previously held by another Fulham academy product, Matthew Briggs, for almost 12 years.

On May 13, 2007, Briggs was 16 years and 65 days old when he starred for the West Londoners in a match away at Middlesbrough.

Ethan Nwaneri becomes the youngest player ever to play in the Premier League at 15 years and 181 days old