section_path: Club career/Barcelona/Youth career
section_name: Youth career
paragraph_text: Youth career
  
  Growing up through the youth ranks of La Masia, Yamal was soon viewed as one of the academy's best prospects. Initially added to the Juvenil A team – already above his age grade – for the 2022–23 season, Yamal was selected by Xavi to train with the first team along with other youngsters in early September 2022. While still yet to sign his first professional contract with the club, he appeared to be one of the academy members to most impress the coach.
  
  Yamal made his first-team debut on 29 April 2023, replacing Gavi in the 83rd minute of a 4–0 victory against Real Betis in La Liga, in which he registered a shot on target and became not only the fifth youngest player in La Liga's history at 15 years, 9 months, and 16 days old, but also the youngest to appear for Barcelona's first team since the 15-year-old Armando Sagi in 1922. He won his first title with Barça on 14 May 2023, having been part of the squad that won the 2022–23 La Liga, but missed the title celebration the following week due to international duty with Spain.
  
  Growing up through the youth ranks of La Masia, Yamal was soon viewed as one of the academy's best prospects. Initially added to the Juvenil A team – already above his age grade – for the 2022–23 season, Yamal was selected by Xavi to train with the first team along with other youngsters in early September 2022. While still yet to sign his first professional contract with the club, he appeared to be one of the academy members to most impress the coach.
  
  Yamal made his first-team debut on 29 April 2023, replacing Gavi in the 83rd minute of a 4–0 victory against Real Betis in La Liga, in which he registered a shot on target and became not only the fifth youngest player in La Liga's history at 15 years, 9 months, and 16 days old, but also the youngest to appear for Barcelona's first team since the 15-year-old Armando Sagi in 1922. He won his first title with Barça on 14 May 2023, having been part of the squad that won the 2022–23 La Liga, but missed the title celebration the following week due to international duty with Spain.