On December 20, 2020, AC Milan striker Rafael Leao scored a goal in the first minute of the game in their 2-1 victory away against Sassuolo. In case you are wondering why that is special, it was the fastest goal in Serie A history.
Leao took just 6.2 seconds to find the back of the net, scoring the fastest goal in Serie A history. He had shaved nearly two seconds off the previous record, held by Paolo Poggi of Piacenza when he scored against Fiorentina in 2001. Leao’s goal, in fact, is the first goal in Europe’s top five leagues (English Premier League, French Ligue 1, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and Spanish La Liga) to be scored inside seven seconds. Naturally then, it is the fastest goal ever in Europe’s top five leagues.
The fastest goal in the Spanish La Liga was scored by Joseba Llorente >> Playing then for Real Valladolid, Llorente took only 7.22 seconds to score against Espanyol in 2008.
The record for the fastest goal scored in the English Premier League now belongs to Shane Long Southampton striker Long needed only 7.69 seconds to score a goal against Watford in 2019.
In the French Ligue 1, the record for the fastest goal is held by Michel Rio.
The record dates back to 1992 when Caen midfielder Rio scored against Cannes in 7.9 seconds.
The record for the fastest goal scored in the German Bundesliga is held jointly by Karim Bellarabi and Kevin Volland.
While Bellarabi scored in just nine seconds on the opening day of the 2014-15 season for Bayer Leverkusen against Borussia Dortmund, Volland took the same time to score for Hoffenheim against Bayern Munich in 2015.
On January 3, 2021, Leao scored the second goal in AC Milan’s 2-0 away win against Benevento. With that goal, Leao became the second youngest foreign player (21 years and 207 days) to score 10 or more goals with AC Milan in Serie A. Only Brazilian footballer Alexandre Pato achieved the landmark quicker. He was 19 years and 19 days old when he scored his 10th AC Milan goal in the Serie A.
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