THE YOUNGEST CAPTAINS
Picture : Jude Bellingham entered the ranking of the youngest captains !
Jude Bellingham: one of all-time youngest captains!
Jude Bellingham was appointed Borussia Dortmund captain in the last two games, vs Koeln (2-3) in Bundesliga on 1 October and vs Sevilla (4-1) in Champions League on 5 October.
At the first of these games, his age was 19 years 94 days. Thus, the English midfielder entered the ranking of youngest captains in the history of European football. He takes 7th position there.
| YOUNGEST | CAPTAINS | IN EUROPEAN | TOP | FOOTBALL | |||
| Player | Country | Club | Age | Date | Game | Tourn. | |
| 1 | Lovro Zvonarek | Croatia | Slaven Belupo | 16-351 | 24/04/2022 | Hajduk Split 0-0 | NL |
| 2 | Kristoffer Ajer | Norway | Start | 16-355 | 07/04/2015 | Lillestrøm 1-1 | NL |
| 3 | Mamadou Sakho | France | Paris SG | 17-249 | 20/10/2007 | Valenciennes 0-0 | NL |
| 4 | Matthijs de Ligt | Netherlands | Ajax | 18-211 | 11/03/2018 | Heerenveen 4-1 | NL |
| 5 | Ruben Neves | Portugal | Porto | 18-221 | 20/10/2015 | Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 | CL |
| 6 | Patrick Vieira | France | Cannes | 19-025 | 18/07/1995 | Lyon 3-0 | NL |
| 7 | Jude Bellingham | England | Borussia Dortmund | 19-094 | 01/10/2022 | Köln 2-3 | NL |
| 8 | Fernando Torres | Spain | Atletico Madrid | 19-164 | 31/08/2003 | Sevilla 0-1 | NL |