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What are you doing at 16 years old? The Barcelona youngster breaks the record and is the youngest player to play in the Spanish Basketball League for a regular team.

10:02pm, 13 October 2025Football

October 13th: In yesterday’s La Liga match when Barcelona lost 86-91 to Hipopos Lleida, Barcelona player Serbian genius Nikola Kusturica made history - at the age of 16 years, 5 months and 12 days, he became the youngest La Liga player in the history of the Barcelona team. The previous record was held by Eric Vera at 16 years, 6 months and 29 days.

He played for 46 seconds in this game, and his statistics were all zero.

Kusturica made his first appearance with the Barcelona first team this season in the match against Andorra on September 17. At that time, he came on as a substitute in the second quarter and played 11 minutes, and scored his first official score under the basket.

Before being promoted to the Barcelona first team, Kusturica had already made a name for himself in the international arena. He led the Serbian national youth team to win the U16 European Championship and was awarded the tournament MVP with averages of 20 points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

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