Spanish football has had its eye on the clock more than usual this season, mostly to see how long it takes Rodrygo Goes to get on the scoresheet. Real Madrid’s 18-year-old sensation is very much the flavour of the month, shining in his first season in La Liga and showing a distinct taste for early goals.
On his La Liga debut for the club against Osasuna, Rodrygo scored just after 95 seconds of coming on as a substitute. And on his first La Liga start, it took him just seven minutes to find the back of the net. And most recently, after the plenty of promise shown by the young Brazilian in his debut season with Los Blancos in Spain, his first Champions League goals didn't take long. He struck twice within the first seven minutes of Real Madrid’s impressive 6-0 win over Galatasaray to become the youngest ever Brazilian goalscorer in Champions League history.
Known back in his native Brazil as ‘O Raio,’ which translates ‘Lightning Bolt,’ the Sao Paolo native has wasted no time in living up to his reputation as a scorer of fast goals. But he’s by no means the only player with the ability to strike early on. Here are the four fastest goals of the La Liga Santander season so far… will we see Rodrygo on this list by the season’s end?
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