Endrick makes Madrid debut

Becomes youngest foreign player to score for club in Spanish league

FE Team | Published: August 27, 2024 00:32:07

Real Madrid's Endrick celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match against Valladolid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain on Sunday — AP

MADRID, Aug 26 (AP): Endrick needed only 10 minutes to make an impression in his debut with Real Madrid.
The Brazil teenager replaced Kylian Mbappé late in the match and scored deep into stoppage time to seal Madrid's 3-0 win over Valladolid on Sunday.
The goal made Endrick the youngest foreign player to score for Madrid in the Spanish league at 18 years, 35 days, surpassing Frenchman Raphael Varane, who was 18 years, 152 days when he scored in 2011.
"He's looking very good and he has a lot of potential," Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said of Endrick. "He has shown his quality very quickly with his control and he's got a very powerful shot. He's a center forward and very dangerous in tight spaces."
It was the first league win for defending champion Madrid after it opened with a 1-1 draw at Mallorca last weekend.
Mbappé scored in Madrid's UEFA Super Cup win over Atalanta at the start of the season but has yet to find the net in the first two league matches. The France star was making his debut at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium as a Madrid player.