Unuvar becomes Ajax youngest goal scorer

By Fatih Erel

ISTANBUL (AA) - Naci Unuvar, the 16-year-old Dutch midfielder of Turkish origin, became Ajax's youngest goal scorer in his debut when beating Spakenburg in Netherlands KNVB Cup on Wednesday.

After starting the game in the bench, Unuvar entered into the game in the 75th minute and scored a goal from penalty spot in the 86th minute as their striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar let him shoot the penalty.

Ajax beat Spakenburg 7-0 in the Netherlands KNVB Cup's last round of 16.

With this goal, the Turkish-Dutch youth made Ajax history with with a record-breaking debut goal at the age of 16 years and 223 days.

Before Unuvar, Dutch Clarence Seedorf was the youngest player for Ajax to score a goal in 1993 when he was 16 years and 361 days old.