Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz becomes Bundesliga's youngest scorer in Bayern clash

17-year-old Leverkusen midfielder Florian Wirtz is now the youngest Bundesliga goalscorer in history after scoring late in Bayern game.

At 17 years and 43 days old, Wirtz became the youngest player to score in the history of the Bundesliga, beating the record previously set by Nuri Sahin who was 17 years and two months of age when he netted his first Dortmund goal in 2005.

Sahin is joined on the list by the likes of Julian Draxler, Timo Werner and Christian Pulisic in scoring before their 18th birthday, while Wirtz's team-mate Kai Havertz also makes the list having netted in 2017 at the age of 17 years, nine months and 22 days.

Wirtz made his debut on May 18 in Leverkusen's 4-1 victory over Werder Bremen, breaking Havertz's own record as the club's youngest Bundesliga debutant.

"The boy has a huge talent. He could have gone to Liverpool, to Bayern Munich, to Dortmund. Everyone wanted the boy," Leverkusen youth coach, Patrick Helmes, told Sport1 after Wirtz's arrival. "What he has are things you cannot learn."

When asked about the youngster, Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes told Goal and SPOX: "I have known the player since he was 14. The possibility arose surprisingly because his contract was expiring, and so we tried.

"I knew that many clubs were interested and so we thought that before he went anywhere else, let's try to get him to come here and stay close to home."

Wirtz's goal

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