Pablo Martín Páez Gavira ‘Gavi’ continues to break precocity records. The FC Barcelona midfielder looks like a veteran, but at just 19 years and 71 days old he reached 25 caps with the Spanish national team on Sunday, an anniversary he celebrated by scoring the winning goal against in Norway qualifying ‘la Roja’ for Euro 2024 . To have an idea of the speed of Gavi’s progress in the professional stages, there is a very revealing fact: Gavi has reached 25 appearances that the ‘red’ is only 75 days ‘older’ than when Sergio Ramos, the footballer who played the most matches in the history of the national team, made his international debut.
Each race traces its path, but so far Gavi’s speed among the elite has been impressive with its early burst. He made his debut with the national team when he was only 17 years and 62 days old, on October 6, 2021. He started against Italy in the semi-final of the UEFA Nations League with a ‘9’ on his back. Last Sunday he completed his 25th appearance, deciding the match against Norway for the Spanish team. Between his debut match and his 25th, 640 days passed.
Sergio Ramos, who announced his resignation from the national team in February as an absolute record holder with 181 games under his belt, made his senior debut in a friendly against China (3-0) replaced Carles Puyol. It was March 26, 2005. On that day, Ramos was just four days away from turning 19 years old. The current Sevilla FC defender, formerly of Real Madrid and PSG, reached 25 caps, the same caps now as Gavi, on September 8, 2007, in Iceland-Spain (1-1), qualifier for the 2008 Euro Cup Ramos is 21 years and 162 days. Put another way, Gavi reached 25 caps 821 days before Ramos.
Source: La Verdad
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