Debut in the Premier League
“Never seen before”: 15-year-old enthusiastic Top Club
24.08.2025 – 10:44 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Arsenal is currently not only experiencing sport -successful days. In the victory against Leed’s United, Max Dowman was a 15-year-old player.
FC Arsenal has conquered the top of the Premier League in the top of the table and used the second youngest player in league history. Trainer Mikel Areteta changed junior national player Max Dowman in the 64th minute at 5-0 against Leeds United-at the age of 15, 8 months and 23 days.
Areta was difficult to capture after the game in his enthusiasm. Dowman is “a boy with a measure of maturity, stability and hunger that you rarely see,” enthused the Spanish team manager.
“Big praise per Mertesacker, all coaches and everyone who was involved in this trip, because here is a boy who has no doubt,” Areteta also referred to Per Mertesacker, world champion from 2014, who heads the “Gunners” Academy. “He is so convinced that at the age of 15 he can do what I have never seen in my life.”
According to statistics, Dowman showed a striking performance on the right wing: 15 ball contacts, two shots on goal, a dribbling and five duels won. In addition, the second youngest player in Premier League history took out a penalty that team-mate Viktor Gyökeres converted into 5-0 final score in added time. The British tabloid “Sun” celebrated Dowman under the name “Wow-Man”.
Curious: The record holder was also on the pitch on Saturday. Ethan Nnaweri is today 18. 2022 he was used for the first time at the age of 15, 5 months and 28 days – at that time also by Areteta. No other was younger than his debut in the Premier League era since 1992.
For comparison: Youssoufa Moukoko (16 years and a day, for Borussia Dortmund). In Germany, players may only be used from 16.