Remember the name: Karamoko Dembele.
That's right, there is another player named Dembele to keep an eye on in world football, and a second at Celtic. 13-year-old Karamoko Dembele lined out in an under-20 game for the Hoops tonight, and the reaction was pretty positive.
Before we have a look at his performance and the reaction to it, take a minute to reflect on what you were doing when you were that age. You'd probably just started secondary school, and considered a day successful if you got from one end of the day to another without totally mortifying yourself.
Karamoko Dembele is 13 and playing for Celtic U20's. When I was 13, I got thrown in to a skip by the older lads at school.
— Jason (@JasonofSuburbia) October 3, 2016
Well, Karamoko Dembele's vision of a successful day is considerably more impressive. Dembele impressed Celtic at the U-13 St Kevin's Boys tournament earlier this year in Dublin - the one in which the Dublin side beat Barcelona - Here he is being subbed on after nine minutes from time:
Karamoko Dembele estreia-se na equipa sub-20 do Celtic com apenas 13 anos. pic.twitter.com/CSHmR7nwwL
— B24 (@B24PT) October 3, 2016
And he started a twitter account afterward to mark the occasion. Here are his only two tweets thus far:
81 - SUB: Karamoko Dembele replaces Jack Aitchison. [3-1]
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) October 3, 2016
Dembele is Ivorian, and the Celtic website read that Dembele "did not look out of place" among footballers seven years his senior.
Brendan Rodgers is currently finding success through coaching 20-year-old Moussa Dembele, and he may have a second Dembele on his hands sooner than expected.
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