Belgium’s Youri Tielemans found the net after just 73 seconds in its Euro 2024 Group E clash against Romania, making it the nation’s fastest goal ever at a major international tournament.
Tielemans, who found the net after just 73 seconds, became the third-fastest goalscorer in the competition’s history, bettering only Dmitri Kirichenko of Russia and Nedim Bajrami of Albania.
Fastest goals in Euro history
0.23 – Nedim Bajrami (Italy vs Albania on June 16 2024)
01:05 – Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia vs Greece on 20 June 2004)
01:13 – Youri Tielemans ( Belgium vs Romania on June 23 2024)
01:22 – Emil Forsberg (Sweden vs Poland on 23 June 2021)
01:39 – Yussuf Poulsen (Denmark vs Belgium on 17 June 2021)
01:40 – Robert Lewandowski (Poland vs Portugal on 30 June 2016)
01:57 – Luke Shaw (England vs Italy on 11 July 2021)
01:58 – Robbie Brady (Republic of Ireland vs France on 26 June 2016)
02:08 – Sergei Aleinikov (USSR vs England on 18 June 1988)
02:14 – Alan Shearer (England vs Germany on 26 June 1996)
02:14 – Petr Jirácek (Czech Republic vs Greece on 12 June 2012)
02:25 – Michael Owen (England vs Portugal on 24 June 2004)
