Barcelona teenager Lamine Yamal is all the rage in La Liga, with his seven goal involvements outperforming any other player in Spain. Lamine Yamal already has a European Championship medal to his name and is now appearing on talk shows as his celebrity status rivals his footballing ability.

Several anecdotes have come to light about Lamine Yamal, and Cadena SER has revealed another one. His name itself – which, like Luis Enrique, has a pair function – is in fact a combination of the names of two people his parents knew.

His full name is Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana. His surnames come from his Guinean mother, Shaila Ebana, and his father, Mounir Nasraoui, who is of Moroccan descent. As a young couple who could not afford much, they started living with two other people. As they fell into hardship, they eventually could no longer afford the rent. As a sign of their gratitude for their kindness, they promised to name a child after Lamine and Yamal if they ever had one, and that is how Lamine Yamal came to be named.

The Spanish international is very attached to his roots and wears the Moroccan and Guinean flags on his football boots for Spain. His celebration, in which he forms a “305” with his hands, refers to the postcode of the Rocafonda district.

In addition, Bar Canaletes revealed that Lamine Yamal recently invited a group of his friends from Rocafonda to the Ciutat Esportiva training ground in Barcelona, ​​where they went footballing together.