Who is Rio Ngumoha, Liverpool’s youngest ever goalscorer?

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Teenager is being touted arsenic the adjacent large young English guardant aft scoring against Newcastle successful the Premier League.

Rio Ngumoha made past connected Monday by becoming the youngest extremity scorer for the celebrated England broadside Liverpool.

The winger came connected arsenic a substitute for the defending Premier League champions and scored the winning extremity to unafraid the 3-2 triumph against Newcastle United astatine St James’ Park.

Ngumoha is lone the 4th 16-year-old to people a Premier League goal.

Here is each to cognize astir the promising teenage footballer.

Why is everyone talking astir Rio Ngumoha?

Four days abbreviated of his 17th birthday, Ngumoha made his Premier League debut for Liverpool connected Monday night, sensationally scoring the match-winning extremity for the Reds successful the 100th infinitesimal connected the roadworthy against Newcastle astatine St James’ Park.

Ngumoha’s stylish strike, which came successful the closing moments of a high-pressure match, was made each the much peculiar arsenic debutant teenagers – owed to their inexperience – seldom play astatine the extremity of important fixtures.

The magic infinitesimal Ngumoha became the youngest Liverpool subordinate to people successful the Premier League [George Wood/Getty Images]

Why did Rio Ngumoha permission Chelsea for Liverpool?

Ngumoha was conscionable 8 years aged erstwhile helium joined the Chelsea academy arsenic a talented youngster and had been with the London-based nine for astir fractional his beingness erstwhile helium moved to Liverpool successful the 2024 disconnected season.

It’s been wide reported that Ngumoha near Chelsea aft Liverpool scouts offered a clearer way to Premier League vulnerability and first-team play.

What nationality is Rio Ngumoha?

Ngumoha was calved connected August 29, 2008 successful London, to Nigerian parents.

Lionel Messi and Neymar are listed arsenic his shot heroes.

Who are the youngest scorers successful Premier League history?

Ngumoha sits down 3 different players arsenic the youngest extremity scorer successful Premier League history: James Vaughan, James Milner and Wayne Rooney.

Vaughan, who made his debut for Everton, is the youngest extremity scorer successful past astatine 16 years, 8 months and 27 days aged erstwhile helium scored his maiden extremity against Crystal Palace connected April 10, 2005.

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