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Cologne FC youngster becomes the youngest German player in Bundesliga history

By Game Yetu | 8yrs ago
Cologne youngster Yann Aurel Bisseck turns 17 on 29 November. © imago

Three days before his 17th birthday, Cologne FC youngster Yann Aurel Bisseck was the youngest German player in Bundesliga history in the starting line-up against Hertha BSC.

29 year old Nuri Sahin

However, Dortmund's Nuri Sahin was the youngest to appear in Germany's top flight back in 2005.

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