Samuel Chukwueze made his 100th appearance for Villarreal in their 4-1 win over Zamora in the Copa del Rey.
The Nigerian international became the Yellow Submarine’s youngest player to play a century of matches at the age of 21.
The Super Eagles winger surpassed the record set by Argentine defender Mateo Musacchio who reached the centenary mark aged 21 years, 11 months and 20 days.
Villarreal released a statement as quoted by Goal:
“A record-making centenarian. Samuel Chukwueze has reached 100 games with Villarreal’s first team after starting the Copa del Rey game against Zamora CF.”
“The Nigerian forward has reached the 100-game mark (79 in LaLiga, 13 in the Europa League and eight in the Copa del Rey), aged just 21 years, seven months and 11 days, becoming the youngest player to reach this mark in official games for the Villarreal CF first team.”
Chukuweze provided an assist before he was substituted in the 63rd minute during the 4-1 thrashing of Zamora to qualify for the next round of the competition.
Carlos Bacca, Yeremi Pino, Carlos Ramos, Fer Nino and Daniel Raba all got their names on the scoresheet in the convincing win.
