The infirmary at Milanello is full currently, so it's time for the young prodigy: Francesco Camarda will be on the call-up list for Milan-Fiorentina.
This morning's print edition in the newsstands of La Gazzetta dello Sport talks about the very young forward from the Primavera team, who will start on the bench. However, if the Rossoneri on the field needs fresh faces, he could make his Serie A debut at 15 years, 8 months, and 15 days old.
Our top league has not seen younger debutants, with the current record held by Wisdom Amey, a defender from Bologna, who was 15 years, 9 months, and 1 day old when the unforgettable Sinisa Mihajlovic threw him into the mix in the final minute of Bologna-Genoa on May 12, 2021.
Paolo Maldini, just to give an example, debuted at 16 years, 6 months, and 25 days. Unlike the former captain, Camarda is an attacker by profession and lives for goals. If it happens, another record would be broken: Amedeo Amadei from Roma, the youngest scorer in Serie A history, scored his first goal on May 9, 1937, at 15 years, 9 months, and 13 days old. Camarda is so young that an exception was needed to bring him on the bench against Fiorentina. The Figc regulation is clear: to allow Camarda to play alongside the first-team players, authorization was required and obtained from the Lombardy Regional Committee.
Francesco Camarda is a striker who has been scoring goals since he started playing football at a very young age. In his free time, he enjoys kickboxing, and those who know him assure that the football field is a mirror of his everyday life: determined and decisive in the penalty area, just as much off the field.
The risk that he might feel too accomplished after Pioli's call, well, it doesn’t exist. He has been a regular at Milanello practically throughout the break, and his smiling face has appeared in the team photos after training sessions, alongside Ismael Bennacer and Yacine Adli, as relayed via Milan Press.
On his Instagram profile, there's a selfie with Ibrahimovic, an idol he met in 2020, and a comment from Leao after his overhead goal against PSG in the Youth League, just a few hours before Rafa replicated it in the Champions League against Mbappé and his teammates.
Francesco Camarda has scored three goals in as many Youth League matches, including a brace in his debut against Newcastle. On March 10, Camarda will turn 16 and will be able to sign his first professional contract, lasting no more than three years. Milan hopes to seal the deal smoothly.
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