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Ethan Nwaneri has become the youngest player in Premier League history .
The 15 year old English attacking midfielder, who was born in March 2007 to Nigerian parents, replaced Fabio Vieira in stoppage time of Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Brentford.
Aged 15 years and 181 days, Nwaneri beat the record held by Harvey Elliott.
Liverpool midfielder Elliott was 16 years and 30 days old when he played for Fulham in 2019.
Nwaneri replaced Vieira, who had scored the third goal, after 91 minutes and two seconds. He was involved for three minutes and 42 seconds before the game ended after 94 minutes and 44 seconds.
He is the first player under the age of 16 to play in the Premier League.
Nwaneri has made several appearances for Arsenal Under-18s and played for England Under-16s when he was 14.
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