Ansu Fati

Player

Birthday October 31, 2002

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Age 21 years old

Nationality Guinea-Bissau

Height 1.78m

Weight 55 kg

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1941

Aged 16 years and 298 days, he became the second-youngest player to debut for the club, only 18 days older than Vicenç Martínez in 1941.

1947

On 24 October, he scored a goal in a 1–3 defeat against Real Madrid, to become the second youngest scorer in El Clásico, at 17 years and 359 days, behind Alfonso Navarro, who scored at 17 years and 356 days on 30 March 1947.

2000

His goal was the 9,000th in Barça's history.

2002

Anssumane Fati Vieira (born 31 October 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or left winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion, on loan from La Liga club Barcelona.

Born in Guinea-Bissau, he plays for the Spain national team.

Fati chose to play for Spain after gaining Spanish citizenship rather than representing Guinea-Bissau.

He was once considered as one of the best young players in the world.

He moved to Seville with his family at the age of five, when his older brother Braima signed for Sevilla.

His other brother, Miguel Fati, is also a footballer.

His older cousin, Ença Fati is a footballer in Portugal.

His father, Bori Fati, is an ex-footballer, who was born in Guinea-Bissau.

After emigrating to Portugal, Bori played for some teams in the lower leagues.

Then he moved to Marinaleda, a small town located near Seville that was offering work to immigrants.

After struggling in Marinaleda, he met the mayor, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, and found a job as a driver.

He then settled in the nearby town of Herrera, where Ansu spent most of his childhood, and started his football training.

Though born in Guinea-Bissau, Bori has said he is "a Sevillian".

On February 11, 2021, Bori founded a marketing agency, A.F. Management SL., which primarily deals with footballers' image rights.

The company had a share capital of €10,000.

A.F. Management SL.

and is registered in the city of Barcelona.

Fati and his family are practising Muslims.

During his injuries, he was regularly performing Islamic prayers.

2012

After representing local side Herrera and the youth teams of Sevilla, he joined Barcelona's La Masia in 2012, aged ten, a year after his brother had made the same move.

2019

On 24 July 2019, Fati signed his first professional contract with Barcelona, agreeing to a deal until 2022.

On 25 August, before even appearing with the reserves, Fati made his first team and La Liga debut.

He came on as a late-game substitute for goalscorer Carles Pérez in a 5–2 home win over Real Betis.

On 31 August 2019, he scored his first professional goal in a 2–2 away draw between Barcelona and Osasuna at the age of 16 years and 304 days, becoming the Barcelona senior team's youngest goalscorer ever and the third-youngest scorer in the history of La Liga.

On 14 September 2019, in his first career start, Fati became the youngest player in the history of La Liga to score and assist in the same match, at the age of 16 years and 318 days.

Fati scored a goal in the second minute which was assisted by Frenkie de Jong, and later assisted de Jong's goal in the seventh minute of an eventual 5–2 home win against Valencia.

On 17 September, Fati made his Champions League debut in a 0–0 away draw against Borussia Dortmund, becoming the youngest player to feature for Barcelona in the competition at the age of 16 years and 321 days, breaking the previous record held by Bojan Krkić (17 years and 22 days); he also became the third-youngest player ever to appear in the competition.

On 10 December, Fati became the youngest goalscorer in UEFA Champions League history at the age of 17 years and 40 days when he scored the game winner in Barcelona's 2–1 victory over Inter Milan at the San Siro.

2020

On 2 February 2020, Fati became the youngest player to score a brace in La Liga, scoring both goals in Barcelona's 2–1 win over Levante.

On 5 July, Barcelona defeated Villarreal away from home and he scored the fourth goal in the 4–1 win.

On 9 July 2020, Fati was sent off after fouling Fernando Calero in the derby match against Espanyol.

Fati had only entered the match five minutes earlier as a second-half substitute for Nélson Semedo.

On 23 September 2020, Fati was officially promoted to the first team.

Four days later, in Barcelona's first match of the 2020–21 La Liga season and the first under new head coach, Ronald Koeman, Fati scored a brace and forced a penalty in a 4–0 win over Villarreal.

He scored again in the following match, a 3–0 away win over Celta Vigo on 1 October.

His performances led to him being named as the La Liga Player of the Month for September 2020.

On 20 October, he scored a goal in a 5–1 win over Ferencváros in the Champions League, to become the first player to score more than one goal in the competition before turning 18.