Youngest captain in the football (soccer) UEFA Champions League

Youngest captain in the football (soccer) UEFA Champions League
Who
Rúben Neves
What
18, 221 year(s):day(s)
Where
Portugal (Porto)
When
20 October 2015

The youngest player to captain his side in a UEFA Champions League match is Rúben Neves (Portugal, b. 13 March 1997), who was aged 18 years 221 days when he captained Porto in their game versus Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Estadio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal, on 20 October 2015.

Porto won the game 2–0 as Neves became the first teenage captain.

The previous youngest had been Rafael Van de Vaart, who was aged 20 years 217 days when he led Ajax against AC Milan in 2003.