Ranked: The Premier League's youngest goalscorers after Rio Ngumoha heroics for Liverpool
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Read on for the top 10.It’s been almost two years since Lewis Miley truly announced himself on the scene, netting the opening goal in a 3-0 win over Fulham for Newcastle United.
The midfielder has only scored twice since then, and only once in the Premier League, but at 19 years old, he remains a major talent for the Magpies, who they’ll hope can start making a more significant breakthrough soon.
Federico Macheda’s 93rd-minute strike to give Man United a 3-2 win over Aston Villa in 2009 needs no introduction.
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The Italian’s career never quite panned out how everyone expected, and at 34, he now plays in Greece for Asteras Aktor.
However, that moment will always live in Man United and Premier League folklore.
The late 1990s were a miserable period for Everton, full of relegation worries and financial strife.
That proved to be one of just four goals the Irish winger scored for Tottenham, before embarking on a career in the lower leagues.
The first truly stellar name on this list, Michael Owen’s first Premier League goal actually came in a defeat as Liverpool went down 2-1 at Wimbledon.
Of couse, from Ballon d’Ors to playing for Real Madrid and Man United — not to mention his record for England — Owen went on to achieve quite a bit during an illustrious career, which was only held back due to relentless hamstring injuries.
La Liga titles with Barcelona, the FA Cup with Arsenal, the Premier League with Chelsea.
James’ Park makes him just the fourth player to open his Premier League account before his 17th birthday.
And boy, did we remember!
Rooney went on to become Manchester United’s record goalscorer, was England’s record goalscorer for a time, and returned to Everton to become their top scorer in the 2017/18 season.
ClubAppearancesGoalsAssistsManchester United559253142Everton117288DC United522514Derby County3573England1205321Wayne Rooney’s career stats
He won pretty much everything the club game has to offer and is undoubtedly one of the greatest of all time.
Has there been a more iconic first Premier League goal than Rooney’s against Arsenal?
Just two months after Rooney set the record, James Milner broke it, opening his Premier League account three days younger than his future England teammate.
23 years have passed since Milner scored Leeds’ first in a 2-1 comeback win away at Sunderland, and yet, he’s still going strong, coming off the bench against Fulham on the opening day to become the first player to appear in 23 different Premier League seasons.
At 3-0 up against Crystal Palace in April 2005, Everton felt on top of the world as they marched toward an unlikely Champions League berth, having finished 17th the season before and sold Rooney before the start of the campaign.
And then James Vaughan came off the bench to make it 4-0 at 16 years, eight months and 27 days old — sending Goodison Park into raptures as he broke the Premier League’s youngest goalscorer record.
Vaughan was a supremely talented finisher, but saw his career cruelly held back by injuries.
After some solid stints in the lower league, Vaughan was back at Everton until this summer as the club’s head of academy recruitment and player pathways.
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