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== Early life ==
Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana was born on 13 July 2007 in [[Esplugues de Llobregat]], in the [[Barcelona metropolitan area]] of [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]],<ref name=Corbella>{{Cite web |last=Corbella |first=Enrique|title=Lamine Yamal, el niño de 15 años que ya entrena con el Barcelona: descubre al "mini Messi" de La Masía |url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/barcelona/2022/09/05/6315a6aa268e3ead0d8b4588.html|date=5 September 2022|access-date=6 September 2022|website=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]] |language=es |archive-date=6 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906214946/https://www.marca.com/futbol/barcelona/2022/09/05/6315a6aa268e3ead0d8b4588.html }}</ref> to waitress Sheila Ebana and building painter Mounir Nasraoui.<ref name="espn">{{cite web |last1=Marsden |first1=Sam |last2=Llorens |first2=Moises |title=The story of 16-year-old Lamine Yamal, destined to be Barcelona's next superstar |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38354902/the-story-16-year-old-lamine-yamal-barca-next-superstar |website=ESPN |access-date=10 July 2024 |date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615143216/https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38354902/the-story-16-year-old-lamine-yamal-barca-next-superstar |archive-date=15 June 2024}}</ref> His mother was born in [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea]], and his father was born in [[Larache]], [[Morocco]], making Lamine of Equatoguinean and Moroccan descent.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Billebault |first1=Alexis |title=Lamine Yamal, le surdoué du foot que tout le Maroc attend - Jeune Afrique.com |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1555586/societe/lamine-yamal-le-surdoue-du-foot-que-tout-le-maroc-attend/ |website=JeuneAfrique |access-date=10 July 2024 |language=fr|date=10 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604110717/https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1555586/societe/lamine-yamal-le-surdoue-du-foot-que-tout-le-maroc-attend/ |archive-date=4 June 2024}}</ref> His parents separated when Lamine was three, although both remained present through his childhood.<ref name="ausarticle"/> Around this time, Lamine moved with his mother to [[Granollers]] from [[Mataró]], and started playing football at the local club La Torreta at the age of four.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |last1=Herrero |first1=Laia Cervelló |title=Lamine Yamal: Barcelona's young prodigy and the proud neighbourhood that shaped him |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4997511/2023/10/26/barcelona-lamine-yamal-rocafonda-el-clasico/ |website=The New York Times |access-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.md/5WD9C |archive-date=10 July 2024 |date=26 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="thetimes">{{cite web |last1=Hawkey |first1=Ian |title=Super-prodigy with 'flashes of Messi': the rise of Spain's Lamine Yamal |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/super-prodigy-with-flashes-of-messi-rise-of-spains-lamine-yamal-rprp5fkfj |website=The Times |access-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.md/3XCon |archive-date=10 July 2024 |date=18 June 2024}}</ref> He would alternate between both cities to spend time with his parents.<ref name="ausarticle">{{cite web |last1=Ducker |first1=James |title=Meeting Messi as a baby, stunners for his country at 16. Welcome to the world of Lamine Yamal |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/euro-2024-semi-finals-spain-france-england-netherlands-20240710-p5jsdy.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.md/i6ys6 |archive-date=10 July 2024 |date=10 July 2024}}</ref> In Mataró, Lamine grew up in [[Rocafonda]], a multicultural neighbourhood described by ''[[El País]]'' as "forgotten, isolated and stigmatized"; he celebrates goals by making a gesture of the number 304, the last digits of the local postcode 08304.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guevara |first1=Irene |title=Rocafonda, the neighborhood that regained its pride thanks to soccer sensation Lamine Yamal |url=https://english.elpais.com/sports/2024-07-11/rocafonda-the-neighborhood-that-regained-its-pride-thanks-to-soccer-sensation-lamine-yamal.html |access-date=13 July 2024 |work=El País |date=11 July 2024}}</ref>
At six years of age, Lamine was scouted by [[FC Barcelona]] and was invited to training sessions at [[La Masia]], where he would sign for the club in 2014.<ref name="espn"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bocsak |first1=Bence |title=Meet Lamine Yamal, the 16-year-old Spain wonderkid lighting up Euro 2024 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/lamine-yamal-spain-youngest-player-euro-2024-b2576917.html |website=The Independent |access-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.md/5YHGV |archive-date=9 July 2024 |date=9 July 2024}}</ref> As a result, Lamine was accommodated in [[Barcelona]] to train at the academy.<ref name="nytimes"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last1=Picó|first1=Diego|last2=Gillingham|first2=Geoff|title=Lamine Yamal shows shades of Messi|url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/2019/12/28/5e072c5722601dbe358b45a6.html |url-status=live|date=28 December 2019|access-date=6 September 2022|website=Marca|archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909141431/https://www.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/2019/12/28/5e072c5722601dbe358b45a6.html }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=FC Barcelona: Wird Lamine Yamal (15) der nächste Lionel Messi? |url=https://sportbild.bild.de/fussball/la-liga/primera-division/fc-barcelona-wird-lamine-yamal-15-der-naechste-lionel-messi-81228506.sport.html |url-status=live |website=[[Sport Bild]]|date=5 September 2022|access-date=6 September 2022|language=de|archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909141433/https://sportbild.bild.de/fussball/la-liga/primera-division/fc-barcelona-wird-lamine-yamal-15-der-naechste-lionel-messi-81228506.sport.html }}</ref>
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