{"id":220851,"date":"2025-10-23T18:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T18:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/220851\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T18:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T18:11:09","slug":"as-well-as-estevao-willian-chelsea-youngster-breaks-uefa-youth-league-record-for-young-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/220851\/","title":{"rendered":"As well as Estevao Willian, Chelsea youngster breaks UEFA Youth League record for young Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s Champions League win over Ajax was full of records as far as the Blues are concerned, however their youngsters were involved in club history just hours before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/estevao-willian\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Estevao Willian<\/a> became Chelsea\u2019s youngest Champions League goalscorer when he found the net in a 5-1 win that allowed Enzo Maresca to look to his youth late on.<\/p>\n<p>The manager brought on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/reggie-walsh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reggie Walsh<\/a>, who at 17 years and two days became the youngest to make an appearance in the competition for the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> set a number of records in the Champions League, their Under 19s produced a similarly-dominant 6-3 victory over Ajax in the UEFA Youth League just hours before the game at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242687094-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Estevao Willian during Chelsea vs Ajax\" class=\"wp-image-332699\" \/>Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty ImagesMahdi Nicoll-Jazuli becomes Chelsea\u2019s youngest ever goalscorer in UEFA Youth League<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/chelsea-prospect-keeps-up-form-with-another-goal-for-the-academy-hes-following-his-idol-eden-hazard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Derry found the net again<\/a> after his move from Crystal Palace, however the big story as far as the club are concerned was the presence of 15-year-old Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli.<\/p>\n<p>Despite playing four years above his age, the midfielder was on hand to score for the Blues, in turn becoming the youngest player to score for Chelsea in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>He took the crown off Frankie Runham, who remains with the club at 18 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>Genesis Antwi was another player who found the net for the young Blues, with him being someone who has already made an impact in front of Enzo Maresca.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2242592511-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli in action during Chelsea FC v AFC Ajax - UEFA Youth League\" \/>Photo by Chris Lee \u2013 Chelsea FC\/Chelsea FC via Getty ImagesMahdi Nicoll-Jazuli putting Enzo Maresca on notice<\/p>\n<p>Maresca has not been afraid to hand opportunities to youngsters coming through Cobham at the first team level. As well as Walsh, a number of other academy stars have been given their chance.<\/p>\n<p>While the midfielder has not yet featured for the first team, he has clearly been noticed by the manager for his performances for the young Blues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/two-chelsea-youngsters-spotted-training-with-enzo-marescas-squad-ahead-of-ajax-clash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicoll-Jazuli was involved in first team training<\/a> ahead of their clash with Ajax, however it was deemed better for him to feature for the Under 19s this week.<\/p>\n<p>If the youngster features for the first team at any point before May then he will become Chelsea\u2019s youngest ever Premier League player. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea\u2019s Champions League win over Ajax was full of records as far as the Blues are concerned, however&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,94327,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-220851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-mahdi-nicoll-jazuli","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}