<p>Borussia Dortmund's Youssoufa Moukoko, who turns 16 on November 20, could make Champions League history next month by becoming the competition's youngest player ever.</p>.<p>Dortmund's sports director Michael Zorc told German daily Bild "we will enter him on the B list" for the group stages of the Champions League, with Dortmund having drawn Zenit Saint Petersburg, Brugge and Lazio in Group F.</p>.<p>The 15-year-old Moukoko, already a prolific scorer in German youth football, is not on the club's 'A' list of players registered for the Champions League competition.</p>.<p>However, he will be on their 'B' list, which according to UEFA regulations means a 16-year-old can play, provided he has been at the club for at least two years and Moukoko joined Dortmund in 2016.</p>.<p>He will turn 16 four days before Dortmund host Brugge in the group stages on November 24, when he could become the youngest player in Champions League history.</p>.<p>The record is currently held by Nigeria's Celestine Babayaro, now 42, who was 16 years, 86 days old when he played for Anderlecht against Steua Bucharest in 1994.</p>.<p>He famously lasted just 34 minutes before being sent off, but went on to spend eight years at Chelsea.</p>.<p>In 2018/19, the robust youngest scored 50 goals in 28 matches for Dortmund's Under-17 side against much older opponents.</p>.<p>Last season, aged 14, he moved up to the U19 squad and scored 38 goals in 28 matches.</p>.<p>Last month, the 15-year-old scored a hat-trick in his first Under-19 game and has already trained with Dortmund's senior squad.</p>.<p>He also made his debut in September for the German U20 national team.</p>.<p>However, Sebastian Kehl, head of Dortmund's player department, told AFP subsidiary SID that the club is keen to dampen the hype around their 'wunderkind'.</p>.<p>Making his professional debut would be "a big step and he is only 15 years old. We must give him the necessary peace and time" to develop, Kehl added.</p>.<p>Dortmund currently have two 17-year-olds in their first team in Giovanni Reyna and England junior international Jude Bellingham.</p>
<p>Borussia Dortmund's Youssoufa Moukoko, who turns 16 on November 20, could make Champions League history next month by becoming the competition's youngest player ever.</p>.<p>Dortmund's sports director Michael Zorc told German daily Bild "we will enter him on the B list" for the group stages of the Champions League, with Dortmund having drawn Zenit Saint Petersburg, Brugge and Lazio in Group F.</p>.<p>The 15-year-old Moukoko, already a prolific scorer in German youth football, is not on the club's 'A' list of players registered for the Champions League competition.</p>.<p>However, he will be on their 'B' list, which according to UEFA regulations means a 16-year-old can play, provided he has been at the club for at least two years and Moukoko joined Dortmund in 2016.</p>.<p>He will turn 16 four days before Dortmund host Brugge in the group stages on November 24, when he could become the youngest player in Champions League history.</p>.<p>The record is currently held by Nigeria's Celestine Babayaro, now 42, who was 16 years, 86 days old when he played for Anderlecht against Steua Bucharest in 1994.</p>.<p>He famously lasted just 34 minutes before being sent off, but went on to spend eight years at Chelsea.</p>.<p>In 2018/19, the robust youngest scored 50 goals in 28 matches for Dortmund's Under-17 side against much older opponents.</p>.<p>Last season, aged 14, he moved up to the U19 squad and scored 38 goals in 28 matches.</p>.<p>Last month, the 15-year-old scored a hat-trick in his first Under-19 game and has already trained with Dortmund's senior squad.</p>.<p>He also made his debut in September for the German U20 national team.</p>.<p>However, Sebastian Kehl, head of Dortmund's player department, told AFP subsidiary SID that the club is keen to dampen the hype around their 'wunderkind'.</p>.<p>Making his professional debut would be "a big step and he is only 15 years old. We must give him the necessary peace and time" to develop, Kehl added.</p>.<p>Dortmund currently have two 17-year-olds in their first team in Giovanni Reyna and England junior international Jude Bellingham.</p>