Youssoufa Moukoko, Paul Wanner, Tom Bischof and the 10 youngest players in Bundesliga history

Dec 16, 2025 - 07:00

Age on debut: 16 years, one day

Moukoko became the Bundesliga's youngest ever player, making his top-flight debut for Borussia Dortmund against Hertha Berlin on on 22 November 2020, just one day after turning 16.

Moukoko has flown through the Dortmund youth teams, amassing a barely credible 141 goals and 27 assists in just 88 games at youth level, and it was only a matter of time before he made his top-flight bow, having been made captain of the U19s - aged 15 - earlier in 2020/21.

Moukoko came on for Erling Haaland for the final five minutes of die Schwarzgelben's victory at the Olympiastadion, supplanting BVB legend Nuri Şahin as the Bundesliga's youngest ever player. Şahin had been a month off his 17th birthday when his made his league debut for Dortmund against Wolfsburg in August 2005.

Watch: Moukoko makes his debut!