Youngest African players ever to START an opening fixture in World Cup history:
ββπ³π¬ 17y, 244d β Bartholomew Ogbeche (Nigeria vs Argentina, 2002)
βπ¨π² 17y, 354d β Rigobert Song (Cameroon vs Sweden, 1994)
βπ²π¦ 18y, 254d β Ayyoub Bouaddi (Morocco vs Brazil, 2026)