18 top Gavi stats

Pablo Paez Gaviria, better known as Gavi, was born on 5 August 2004. Eighteen years later he is now one of the brightest prospects in the world game. To celebrate his coming of age, here are 18 Gavi-tastic stats.

1. Gavi joined FC Barcelona from Betis, where his 96 goals for the U12 team attracted the attention of the Spanish selectors, and he would go on to play internationally at every level.
2. FC Barcelona were quick to spot his potential too. He was just eleven when he moved to La Masia in 2015.
3. Gavi was playing for the U19B team in 2020, and had only played twice for Barça B, but Ronald Koeman was suitably impressed to take the youngster under his wing for the preseason.
4. Gavi was still only 17 on 29 August 2021 when he came on for Sergi Roberto at Camp Nou in a league match with Getafe. He was the fourth youngest Liga debutant in club history.
5. A month later he got his first Champions League experience in the game with Bayern Munich, also coming on for Sergi Roberto.
6. In November of the same year he completed his first 90 minutes for the senior side, this time against Benfica.
7. On October 24, he became the second youngest player (after Ansu Fati) to play in a Clásico in the 21^st century, and the youngest to actually start a game against Real Madrid.
8. Gavi was one of the last 20 players in the Race to be named the Golden Boy of that year.
9. On 6 October 2021, Gavi became the youngest player ever to debut for Spain when he faced Italy in the UEFA Nations League semi-final.
10. On 5 June 2022, his goal against the Czech Republic made him the youngest player ever to score fort Spain, even younger than Ansu Fati.
11. In his debut season, Gavi made 47 appearances across five competitions.
12. Of those 47 games, he started 36, totalling over 3,000 minutes.
13. In his first pro season in La Liga, he returned two goals and five assists.
14. Elche and Atlético Madrid were on the receiving end of his first two goals.
15. Barça have won every time that Gavi has scored.
16. And Barça have never lost whenever Gavi has given an assist.
17. Gavi played 180 minutes of football during the team’s four-match tour of the United States.
18. Gavi scored in his first appearance of the preseason, in the 6-0 defeat of Inter Miami.