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Teenager is being touted as the following nice younger English ahead after scoring towards Newcastle within the Premier League.
Rio Ngumoha made historical past on Monday by changing into the youngest purpose scorer for the well-known England facet Liverpool.
The winger got here on as an alternative to the defending Premier League champions and scored the profitable purpose to safe the 3-2 win towards Newcastle United at St James’ Park.
Ngumoha is just the fourth 16-year-old to attain a Premier League purpose.
Right here is all to know in regards to the promising teenage footballer.
Why is everybody speaking about Rio Ngumoha?
4 days wanting his seventeenth birthday, Ngumoha made his Premier League debut for Liverpool on Monday evening, sensationally scoring the match-winning purpose for the Reds within the one centesimal minute on the highway towards Newcastle at St James’ Park.
Ngumoha’s fashionable strike, which got here within the closing moments of a high-pressure match, was made all of the extra particular as debutant youngsters – attributable to their inexperience – hardly ever play on the finish of vital fixtures.
Why did Rio Ngumoha go away Chelsea for Liverpool?
Ngumoha was simply eight years outdated when he joined the Chelsea academy as a proficient teen and had been with the London-based membership for almost half his life when he moved to Liverpool within the 2024 off season.
It’s been extensively reported that Ngumoha left Chelsea after Liverpool scouts supplied a clearer path to Premier League publicity and first-team play.
What nationality is Rio Ngumoha?
Ngumoha was born on August 29, 2008 in London, to Nigerian dad and mom.
Lionel Messi and Neymar are listed as his soccer heroes.
Who’re the youngest scorers in Premier League historical past?
Ngumoha sits behind three different gamers because the youngest purpose scorer in Premier League historical past: James Vaughan, James Milner and Wayne Rooney.
Vaughan, who made his debut for Everton, is the youngest purpose scorer in historical past at 16 years, 8 months and 27 days outdated when he scored his maiden purpose towards Crystal Palace on April 10, 2005.
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