13-year-old D’Avian Kimbrough makes history, the youngest to debut in the USL Championship

The title “phenomenon“, something very heavy for his age, he has been carrying for a few months now D’Avian Kimbrough.

The pizzirika, which has Mexican roots, he made his debut early in the morning, at the age of 13 years, 7 months and 13 days with the jersey of Sacramento and became the youngest to record such a performance.

Specifically, the young footballer came on as a substitute shortly before the end of the match with the Las Vegas Lights, as part of the 32nd round of the USL Championship.

Historical. Da’vian Kimbrough makes his professional debut at 13 years, 7 months, 13 days with his hometown club. pic.twitter.com/SNjsxQPlA5

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Kimbro signed his first professional contractat the age of exactly 13, breaking the relevant barrier at the time, after Maximo Cariso who comes from Argentina and Melanie Barcenas who had both made their debuts at the age of 15.

Two months later, therefore, in front of his team’s audience, D’Avian Kimbrough became the youngest US player to debut in an official match. The previous record was held by Axel Kay, who made his debut at the age of 13 years, 9 months and 9 days, for Real Monarchs SLC, as part of the USL Academy.