Ex-Ghana striker Peter Ofori-Quaye is the youngest scorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
Last Tuesday, FC Basel youngster Breel Embolo hogged the headlines when he scored in their 4-0 win over Ludogorets to join the list of 17 year-olds who have netted in Europe’s flagship event.
But the Swiss was some days older than Ofori-Quaye who scored for Olympiacos in the 5-1 defeat at Rosenborg in the 1997/1998 season.
He was 17 years and 195 days old. Former Ghana teammate Sammy Kuffour is in the list of ten youngest scorers in the Champions League when he scored for Bayern Munich in the 1994 season.
The youngest scorers in the Champions League:
1st Peter Ofori-Quaye – 17 years and 195 days (1997)
2nd Mateo Kovacic second – 17 years and 215 days (2011)
3rd Cesc Fabregas – 17 years and 218 days (2004)
3rd Bojan Krki? – 17 years and 218 days (2008)
4th Martin Klein – 17 years and 241 days (2002)
5th Breel Embo – 17 years and 263 days (2014)
6th Aaron Ramsey – 17 years and 301 days (2008)
7th Karim Benzema – 17 years and 353 days (2005)
8th Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – 18 years and 44 days (2011)
9th Mariyan Ognyanov – 18 years and 60 days (2006)
10th Sammy Kuffour – 18 years and 61 days (1994)