LAMINE Yamal’s parents have supported their son since the beginning of his football career.
Here is everything you need to know about his parents.
Lamine Yamal‘s father is Mounir Nasrouri.
Yamal’s mother, Sheila Ebana, is from Guinea.
His parents give Lamine the eligibility to represent either Morocco or Guinea at the national level.
Nasrouri is known for actively celebrating his son’s achievements on social media, sharing pride in Lamine’s journey as a footballer.
I always knew that he would achieve what he has.
Mounir Nasraoui about his son
I had total faith. And I have faith that he could go all the way and be greater than Messi.
Sheila Ebana is a waitress after she migrated from Guinea to Spain.
His father Mounir Nasraoui, is also a migrant from Morocco, and used to work as a building painter.
Mounir Nasrouri also played soccer, but his inability to turn professional left him juggling various jobs to make ends meet.
While it’s unclear how he met Sheila Ebana, their love blossomed, and they married soon after.
Their family was completed with the birth of their son, Lamine Yamal, on July 13, 2007.
Unfortunately, their union didn’t last long, and Mounir and Sheila parted ways just three years later.
After her divorce, she moved away and signed Lamine up for Club de Futbol La Torretta in the nearby town of Granollers, where he began his football journey.
“My mother is afraid for me when I start, but she supports me a lot!”, Lamine Yamal told Barca Universal.
His father told The Telegraph about his son: “You cannot imagine how proud I am of my son.
“I always knew that he would achieve what he has.
“I had total faith. And I have faith that he could go all the way and be greater than Messi.”
Lamine Yamal’s father, Mounir Nasrouri, is 35 years old.
Mounir is three years younger than Lamine’s teammate Jesus Navas.
There is no specific information available about the age of his mother, Sheila Ebana.
LAMINE YAMAL has confirmed his status as football’s next superstar at Euro 2024 – but has only been playing 11-a-side games for four years, write Jack Rosser.
Spain’s incredible 16-year-old bent home the goal of the tournament so far against France as La Roja sealed the spot in the final.
But his first five years in Barcelona’s academy were spent playing seven-a-side football, up until the age of 12 in 2020 when he finally got a crack at 11-a-side games.
Yamal’s story is baffling, brilliant and barely believable in equal measure.
He is a boy born to a Moroccan father and a mother from Equatorial Guinea, who turned 17 the day before the Euros final, and was cradled by footballing royalty at just six months old.
Staggering pictures of Yamal as a baby being held and bathed by Messi, taken for a Barcelona charity calendar 16 years ago, resurfaced this week.
He did not restrict his brushes with greatness to Barcelona either, with footage of Yamal as an academy player walking as a mascot with Spain and Real Madrid icon Sergio Ramos at an El Clasico in 2016.
There is a touch of fate about this gem, Spain’s “little MVP”, as team-mate Nico Williams has dubbed him.
Yamal has been doing homework in his spare time and received exam results during the tournament. He passed, obviously.
Now he’s the youngest ever goalscorer at the Euros, also becoming the youngest player to ever start a major semi-final – claiming that title from Pele.
But it’s Yamal’s humble approach on and off the pitch that most impresses everyone he meets.
And France star Adrien Rabiot probably felt quite embarrassed as he boarded his plane back home from Germany.
He had tried to intimidate Yamal ahead of their semi-final clash – telling Yamal he “needs to do more.”
Was this good enough, then? Yamal responded with a goal for the ages and a man of the match performance.
A season which started with a pre-season game against Tottenham where Yamal excelled but was overshadowed by Oliver Skipp scoring a brace will end on the biggest stage European football has to offer on Sunday.
From being outshone by Skipp to eclipsing Pele’s records is not a bad year’s work – just imagine what he will do when he grows up.
Read all about the incredible rise of Lamine Yamal in full…
