Leverkusen's Wirtz becomes youngest Bundesliga scorer at 17

BERLIN: Bayer Leverkusen teenager

Florian Wirtz

became the youngest scorer in

Bundesliga

history on Saturday after netting his first league goal in their 4-2 home loss to Bayern Munich.


The talented teenager came on in the second half and beat Bayern and Germany keeper Manuel Neuer with a sensational finish after cutting inside defender Lucas Hernandez in the 89th minute.

Attacking midfielder Wirtz came through the Cologne youth academy and joined Leverkusen in 2020.

At 17 and 34 days, German youth international Wirtz is younger than former record holder

Nuri Sahin

, who scored for

Borussia Dortmund

in 2005 at the age of 17 and 82 days.