Assane Diaothe new figure that emerged from the prolific quarry of Real Betisbecame this Sunday the second youngest footballer in LaLiga history to score two goals in his first two games in the First Division, as the Betis player did so at the age of 18 years and 24 days, surpassing the Canary Islands’ mark of Pepe Juan , who did it in Las Palmas in 1973 at the age of 18 years and 132 days, and Barça player Tony Velamazán, who did it in Barcelona in 1995 at the age of 18 years and 265 days, according to @2010MisterChip .
Only one footballer in the history of the First Division has scored two goals in his first two games at a younger age than Assane Diao: it is the Cantabrian Pablo Pombo, who achieved it 90 years ago – in 1933 – with Racing de Santander, when He was 17 years and 152 days old.
Assane Diao, born in Senegal and raised in Badajoz, has been a member of Real Betis since 2021 and has been an under-18 and under-19 international with Spain, so his jump to the under-21 team seems imminent. Last summer he renewed the contract with Real Betis that expired in June 2024, for three more seasons, until 2027, because clubs such as Chelsea, Leipzig, Liverpool and, above all , Real Madrid are following in his footsteps to include him in their teams. lower echelons.
Assane Diao (09/07/2005), who has a twin brother who also plays football in the Cádiz youth team – he jumped to Betis from Balón de Cádiz – currently has a termination clause of 30 million euros – twice greater than last season – although his contract is certainly about to be reviewed and that clause has increased significantly due to his extraordinary emergence in professional football.
Source: La Verdad
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