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List of youngest EuroLeague players since the 2000–01 season

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This is a list of youngest EuroLeague players since the EuroLeague 2000–01 season, when the competition started to be organized by Euroleague Basketball. The EuroLeague is the European-wide top-tier level men's professional basketball club competition for eligible European basketball clubs. The list does not count any young players from the 1958 season to the 1999–00 season, when the EuroLeague competition was run by FIBA Europe.

Key

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Position PG SG SF PF C
Position Point guard Shooting guard Small forward Power forward Center

Youngest players since the 2000–01 season

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Rank Player Country Position Birth Date First Game Age Team Played Ref.
1
Fedor Žugić  Montenegro September 18, 2003 February 22, 2019 15 years, 157 days Montenegro Budućnost VOLI [1]
2
Srđan Živković Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia March 14, 1986 October 2, 2001 15 years, 202 days Serbia and Montenegro Partizan [2]
3
Aleksandar Ugrinoski North Macedonia Macedonia May 7, 1988 January 28, 2004 15 years, 266 days Croatia Cibona VIP [3]
4
Neoklis Avdalas  Greece February 4, 2006 December 10, 2021 15 years, 309 days Greece Panathinaikos [4]
5
Can Mutaf  Turkey January 9, 1991 November 23, 2006 15 years, 318 days Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker [3]
6
Manu Markoishvili  Georgia November 17, 1986 October 10, 2002 15 years, 327 days Italy Benetton Treviso [3]
7
Gino Cuccarolo  Italy November 26, 1987 November 26, 2003 16 years, 0 days Italy Benetton Treviso [3]
8
Ricky Rubio  Spain October 21, 1990 October 24, 2006 16 years, 3 days Spain DKV Joventut [3]
9
Uroš Tripković  Serbia and Montenegro September 11, 1986 October 9, 2002 16 years, 28 days Serbia and Montenegro Partizan Mobtel [3]
10
Damir Markota  Croatia December 26, 1985 February 6, 2002 16 years, 42 days Croatia Cibona VIP [3]
11
Vedran Pušić  Bosnia and Herzegovina December 22, 1986 February 12, 2003 16 years, 52 days Croatia Cibona VIP [2]
12
Ioannis Karamalegkos  Greece September 19, 1994 November 11, 2010 16 years, 53 days Greece Panathinaikos Athens [3]
13
Džanan Musa  Bosnia and Herzegovina May 8, 1999 October 15, 2015 16 years, 160 days Croatia Cedevita Zagreb [3]
14
Enes Kanter  Turkey May 20, 1992 October 30, 2008 16 years, 163 days Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker [3]
15
Marco Belinelli  Italy March 25, 1986 October 17, 2002 16 years, 206 days Italy Virtus Bologna [5]
16
Luka Dončić  Slovenia February 28, 1999 October 16, 2015 16 years, 229 days Spain Real Madrid [5]
17
Nikola Topić  Serbia August 10, 2005 April 1, 2022 16 years, 234 days Serbia Crvena zvezda mts
18
Michalis Lountzis  Greece August 4, 1998 April 14, 2015 16 years, 253 days Greece Panathinaikos Athens [6]
19
Ömer Yurtseven  Turkey June 19, 1998 March 20, 2015 16 years, 274 days Turkey Fenerbahçe Ülker [5]
20
Kostas Vasileiadis  Greece March 15, 1984 December 20, 2000 16 years, 280 days Greece PAOK [5]
21
Dino Radončić  Montenegro January 8, 1999 October 22, 2015 16 years, 287 days Spain Real Madrid [7]
22
Vassilis Charalampopoulos  Greece January 6, 1997 December 13, 2013 16 years, 341 days Greece Panathinaikos Athens [5]
23
Luigi Datome  Italy November 27, 1987 November 3, 2004 16 years, 342 days Italy Montepaschi Siena [5]
24
Maciej Lampe  Poland February 5, 1985 January 31, 2002 16 years, 360 days Spain Real Madrid [5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Buducnost's Zugic became youngest EuroLeague player ever!". euroleague.net. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "The youngest EuroLeague debuts this century". eurohoops.net. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Euroleague's stars of the future!". eurohoops.net. 27 October 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "Neoklis Avdalas becomes the youngest scorer in EuroLeague history". euroleague.net. 10 December 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Cedevita's U16 hero Musa makes his mark in Euroleague with historic debut". heinnews.com. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. ^ 2014-15 Playoffs CSKA MOSCOW 93 PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS 66
  7. ^ 2015-16 Regular Season Round 2 REAL MADRID 98 CRVENA ZVEZDA 71 OCTOBER 22, 2015.
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