List of youngest EuroLeague players since the 2000–01 season

This is a list of youngest EuroLeague players since the EuroLeague 2000–01 season, when the competition started to be organized by Euroleague Basketball. The EuroLeague is the European-wide top-tier level men's professional basketball club competition for eligible European basketball clubs. The list does not count any young players from the 1958 season to the 1999–00 season, when the EuroLeague competition was run by FIBA Europe.

Key edit

Position PG SG SF PF C
Position Point guard Shooting guard Small forward Power forward Center

Youngest players since the 2000–01 season edit

Rank Player Country Position Birth Date First Game Age Team Played Ref.
1
Fedor Žugić   Montenegro September 18, 2003 February 22, 2019 15 years, 157 days   Budućnost VOLI [1]
2
Srđan Živković   Yugoslavia March 14, 1986 October 2, 2001 15 years, 202 days   Partizan [2]
3
Aleksandar Ugrinoski   Macedonia May 7, 1988 January 28, 2004 15 years, 266 days   Cibona VIP [3]
4
Neo Avdalas   Greece February 4, 2006 December 10, 2021 15 years, 309 days   Panathinaikos [4]
5
Can Mutaf   Turkey January 9, 1991 November 23, 2006 15 years, 318 days   Fenerbahçe Ülker [3]
6
Manu Markoishvili   Georgia November 17, 1986 October 10, 2002 15 years, 327 days   Benetton Treviso [3]
7
Gino Cuccarolo   Italy November 26, 1987 November 26, 2003 16 years, 0 days   Benetton Treviso [3]
8
Ricky Rubio   Spain October 21, 1990 October 24, 2006 16 years, 3 days   DKV Joventut [3]
9
Uroš Tripković   Serbia and Montenegro September 11, 1986 October 9, 2002 16 years, 28 days   Partizan Mobtel [3]
10
Damir Markota   Croatia December 26, 1985 February 6, 2002 16 years, 42 days   Cibona VIP [3]
11
Vedran Pušić   Bosnia and Herzegovina December 22, 1986 February 12, 2003 16 years, 52 days   Cibona VIP [2]
12
Ioannis Karamalegkos   Greece September 19, 1994 November 11, 2010 16 years, 53 days   Panathinaikos Athens [3]
13
Džanan Musa   Bosnia and Herzegovina May 8, 1999 October 15, 2015 16 years, 160 days   Cedevita Zagreb [3]
14
Enes Kanter   Turkey May 20, 1992 October 30, 2008 16 years, 163 days   Fenerbahçe Ülker [3]
15
Marco Belinelli   Italy March 25, 1986 October 17, 2002 16 years, 206 days   Virtus Bologna [5]
16
Luka Dončić   Slovenia February 28, 1999 October 16, 2015 16 years, 229 days   Real Madrid [5]
17
Nikola Topić   Serbia August 10, 2005 April 1, 2022 16 years, 234 days   Crvena zvezda mts
18
Michalis Lountzis   Greece August 4, 1998 April 14, 2015 16 years, 253 days   Panathinaikos Athens [6]
19
Ömer Yurtseven   Turkey June 19, 1998 March 20, 2015 16 years, 274 days   Fenerbahçe Ülker [5]
20
Kostas Vasileiadis   Greece March 15, 1984 December 20, 2000 16 years, 280 days   PAOK [5]
21
Dino Radončić   Montenegro January 8, 1999 October 22, 2015 16 years, 287 days   Real Madrid [7]
22
Vassilis Charalampopoulos   Greece January 6, 1997 December 13, 2013 16 years, 341 days   Panathinaikos Athens [5]
23
Luigi Datome   Italy November 27, 1987 November 3, 2004 16 years, 342 days   Montepaschi Siena [5]
24
Maciej Lampe   Poland February 5, 1985 January 31, 2002 16 years, 360 days   Real Madrid [5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Buducnost's Zugic became youngest EuroLeague player ever!". euroleague.net. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "The youngest EuroLeague debuts this century". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Euroleague's stars of the future!". eurohoops.net. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "Neoklis Avdalas becomes the youngest scorer in EuroLeague history". euroleague.net. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Cedevita's U16 hero Musa makes his mark in Euroleague with historic debut". heinnews.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. ^ 2014-15 Playoffs CSKA MOSCOW 93 PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS 66
  7. ^ 2015-16 Regular Season Round 2 REAL MADRID 98 CRVENA ZVEZDA 71 OCTOBER 22, 2015.

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