Odegaard becomes youngest starter

The Real Madrid wonderkid, who in 2014 became his country's youngest player as a 15-year-old, was named in Per-Mathias Hogmo's starting XI for the Euro 2016 Group H trip to Zagreb, and in doing so he claimed another record.

At 16 years and 101 days old, Odegaard surpassed Peter Jehle of Liechtenstein, who started a qualifier against Azerbaijan in October 1998, at 16 years and 265 days.

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