Forward Ángelo Gabriel Borges, of the Brazilian Santos, said on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 that he lived an “unforgettable night” in Argentina, After becoming 16 years, 3 months and 16 days into the youngest player to score a goal in the Copa Liberators.
“April 6, 2021, my first goal as a professional making me the youngest player to score in the history of the Libertadores. I just have to thank God for this goal! ‘The first is never forgotten! “, Said the very young right winger on his social networks.
Ángelo, as it is known him in Brazil, Broke this mark of precocity in the highest club competition in America in the 1-3 victory of the Saints over San Lorenzo de Almagro, for the first leg of the third preliminary phase of the Libertadores, played on Tuesday to Buenos Aires.
The Sants base player jumped off the bench in the 84th minute and ten minutes later, in stoppage time, scored his first goal with the first team to leave the qualifying for the phase virtually doomed. of groups.
Born on December 21, 2004, 193ngelo set a new record. Until yesterday and during almost six decades it showed the Argentinean Juan Carlos Cardinal red, of the Racing, that wrote down a goal in 1962 with only 16 years, 7 months and 2 days, in the Uruguayan national team.
The new menino da Vila rose to the first squad of the Saints in 2020, year in which the Santos was runner-up of the Libertadores, but has begun to gain prominence this season under the orders of the Argentine coach Ariel Holan.
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193ngelo is the last pearl of the Sants factory, from which world stars have emerged such as Edson Arantes of the Pelé Birth, Neymar, Robinho and more recently Rodrygo Goes, currently at Real Madrid, among others, as Gabriel Barbosa Gabigol.
The powerful quarry of the São Paulo group, one of the best in America, has been the lifeline of this centenary club of Brazil, Which is going through a severe economic crisis in which debts are mixed with other clubs, lawsuits and delays in the payment of salaries.
Despite its delicate financial situation, the Santos, Pushed by the new generations, he managed to reach the final of the Libertadores of 2020, which he lost against as well Brazilian palm trees with a goal conceded in the last minute.
Another of the young promises of the albinegre team that is already beginning to be in the orbit of some of the great European football clubs is the striker Kaio Jordi, 19 years old and under-17 world champion with the Brazilian national team.