Summer Newsletter 2018 – Answers to Youngest Ever Football Quiz

At the age of 17, who became the youngest footballer to play at a World Cup?

  • Pele

Who is England’s youngest ever goalkeeper?

  • Jack Butland: Butland made his debut in 2012, breaking a record that had stood since Billy Moon first played for England in 1888.

Whose goal against Macedonia made him the youngest player to score for England?

  • Wayne Rooney: Rooney, who was still playing for Everton, was 17 years old at the time. Two months later, in April 2003, he became the youngest player to start a match for England.

Who holds the record for being the youngest manager to win a major European trophy?

  • André Villas-Boas: Villas-Boas was only 33 when he won the Europa League with Porto

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