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Youth team debutants

Beckham, Best, Charlton, Edwards, Giggs, Pogba, Rashford, Mainoo – just some of the famous names to emerge from Manchester United's legendary Academy, spanning 4,000+ games and over 50 trophies...
Youth team debutants

1990 – Present Day

The tradition of handing first-team debuts to deserving Academy players has continued into a new decade with the likes of Elanga, Garnacho and Hannibal...

 No.

Player 

Debut date

Opponents

Age at debut 

Total appearances 

 258

Tyler Fletcher 

07 February 2026 

Tottenham 

18 

TBC

 257

Bendito Mantato 

30 December 2025 

Wolves 

17 

TBC 

 256

Shea Lacey

21 December 2025 

Aston Villa 

18 

TBC 

 255

Jack Fletcher

21 December 2025 

Aston Villa 

18

TBC

 254

Tyler Fredricson

20 April 2025

Wolves

20

TBC 

 253

Harry Amass

16 March 2025

Leicester City 

18

TBC 

 252

Chido Obi

16 February 2025

Tottenham Hotspur

17

TBC

 251

Toby Collyer 

10 August 2024

Manchester City

20

TBC

 250

Ethan Wheatley

24 April 2024

Sheffield United

18

TBC

 249

Omari Forson

8 January 2024

Wigan Athletic

18

7

 248

Willy Kambwala

23 December 2023

West Ham United

19

10

 247

Dan Gore

26 September 2023

Crystal Palace

19

TBC

 246

Kobbie Mainoo

10 January 2023 

Charlton Athletic 

17

TBC

 245

Charlie McNeill

8 September 2022 

Real Sociedad 

18

1

 244

Alejandro Garnacho

28 April 2022 

Chelsea 

17

144

 243

Charlie Savage

8 December 2021 

BSC Young Boys 

21

1

 242

Zidane Iqbal

8 December 2021

BSC Young Boys

18

1

 241

Tom Heaton

8 December 2021

BSC Young Boys

35

TBC

 240

Will Fish

23 May 2021

Wolves

17

1 

 239

Hannibal

23 May 2021

Wolves

18

13

 238

Anthony Elanga

11 May 2021

Leicester City

19

55

 237

Shola Shoretire

21 February 2021

Newcastle United

17

5

 236

Dean Henderson

22 September 2020

Luton Town

23

29

 235

Teden Mengi

5 August 2020

LASK Linz

18

2

Featuring Pogba, Lingard, Rashford and McTominay, it's been another successful decade of producing home-grown first-team talent...

No.

Player 

Debut date

Opponents

Age at debut 

Total appearances 

234 

Largie Ramazani

28 November 2019 

Astana

18

1

233

Ethan Galbraith

28 November 2019 

Astana

19

1

232

D'Mani Mellor

28 November 2019

Astana

19

1

231

Dylan Levitt

28 November 2019 

Astana

19

1

230

Ethan Laird

28 November 2019

Astana

18

2

229

Di'Shon Bernard

28 November 2019

Astana

19

1

228

Brandon Williams

25 September 2019

Rochdale

19

TBC

227

Mason Greenwood 

6 March 2019

PSG

17

TBC

226

James Garner

27 February 2019

Crystal Palace

17

7

225

Tahith Chong

5 January 2019

Reading

19

16

224

Demetri Mitchell

21 May 2017

Crystal Palace

20

1

223

Josh Harrop

21 May 2017

Crystal Palace

21

1

222

Angel Gomes

21 May 2017

Crystal Palace

16

10

221

Scott McTominay

7 May 2017

Arsenal

20

TBC

220

Joel Pereira

29 January 2017

Wigan

20

3

219

Axel Tuanzebe

29 January 2017

Wigan

19

37

218

James Weir

28 February 2016

Arsenal

20

1

217

Tim Fosu-Mensah

28 February 2016

Arsenal

18

30

216

Marcus Rashford

25 February 2016

Midtjylland

18

TBC

215

Joe Riley

22 February 2016

Shrewsbury

19

2

214

Donald Love

3 February 2016

Sunderland

21

2

213

Cameron Borthwick-Jackson

7 November 2015

West Brom

18

14

212

Tom Thorpe

27 September 2014

West Ham

21

1

211

Paddy McNair

27 September 2014

West Ham

19

27

210

Reece James

26 August 2014

MK Dons

20 

1 

209

Andreas Pereira

26 August 2014

MK Dons

18

75

208

Saidy Janko

26 August 2014

MK Dons

18

1

207

Jesse Lingard

16 August 2014

Swansea

21

232

206

Tyler Blackett

16 August 2014

Swansea

20

12

205

Tom Lawrence

6 May 2014

Hull City

20

1 

204

James Wilson

6 May 2014

Hull City

18

20

203

Adnan Januzaj

11 August 2013

Wigan

18

63

202

Robbie Brady

26 September 2012

Newcastle

20

7

201

Scott Wootton

26 September 2012

Newcastle

21

1

200

Ryan Tunnicliffe

26 September 2012

Newcastle

19

3

199

Will Keane

31 December 2011

Blackburn

18

2

198

Michael Keane

25 October 2011

Aldershot

19

3

197

Larnell Cole

20 September 2011

Leeds United

18

1

196

Zeki Fryers

20 September 2011

Leeds United

18

6

195

Paul Pogba

20 September 2011

Leeds United

18

233

194

Tom Cleverley

7 August 2011

Manchester City

21

79 

193

Ravel Morrison

26 October 2010

Wolves

17

3 

Evans, Fletcher, Welbeck and the scorer of

goal against Aston Villa, Macheda, are among the names given noughties debuts by Sir Alex Ferguson...

No.

Player 

Debut date

Opponents

Age at debut 

Total appearances 

192 

Joshua King

23 September 2008

Wolves

17

1

191

Federico Macheda

5 April 2009

Aston Villa

17

36

190

Richard Eckersley

24 January 2009

Tottenham

19

2

189

James Chester

20 January 2009

Derby County

19

2

188

Ben Amos

23 September 2008

Middlesbrough

18

7

187

Danny Welbeck

23 September 2008

Middlesbrough

17

142

186

Danny Simpson

26 September 2007

Coventry

20

8

185

Jonny Evans

19 August 2007

Manchester City

19

135

184

Fraizier Campbell

19 August 2007

Manchester City

19

4

183

Michael Barnes

25 October 2006

Crewe

18

1

182

Ryan Shawcross

25 October 2006

Crewe

19

2

181

David Gray

25 October 2006

Crewe

18

1

180

Kieran Lee

25 October 2006

Crewe

18

3

179

Phil Marsh

25 October 2006

Crewe

19

1

178

Darron Gibson

26 October 2005

Barnet

18 

84

177

Ritchie Jones

26 October 2005

Barnet

19

5

176

Lee Martin

26 October 2005

Barnet

18 

3

175

Adam Eckersley

26 October 2005

Barnet

20

1

174

David Jones

1 December 2004

Arsenal

20

4

173

Giuseppe Rossi

10 November 2004

Crystal Palace

17

14

172

Gerard Pique

26 October 2004

Crewe

17 

23

171

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

26 October 2004

Crewe

18 

2

170

Jonathan Spector

25 August 2004

Dinamo Bucharest

18

8

169

Paul Tierney

3 December 2003

West Brom

21

1

168

Phil Bardsley

3 December 2003

West Brom

18

18

167

Eddie Johnson

28 October 2003 

Leeds United

19

1

166

Chris Eagles

28 October 2003

Leeds United

17

17

165

Mark Lynch

18 March 2003

Deportivo La Coruna

21 

1 

164

Darren Fletcher

12 March 2003

Basel

19

305

163

Mads Timm

29 October 2002

Maccabi Haifa

17

1

162

Kieran Richardson

23 October 2002

Olympiacos

18 

81

161

Danny Pugh

18 September 2002

Maccabi Haifa

19

7

160

Lee Roche

5 November 2001

Arsenal

21

3

159

Jimmy Davis

5 November 2001

Arsenal

19

1

158

Daniel Nardiello

5 November 2001

Arsenal

19

4

157

Danny Webber

28 November 2000

Sunderland

18

3 

156

Michael Stewart

31 October 2000

Watford

19

14

155

Paul Rachubka

11 January 2000

South Melbourne

18

3

Our most famous crop of youngsters since the Busby Babes emerges, following the FA Youth Cup win of 1992...

No. 

Player 

Debut date

Opponents

Age at debut 

Total appearances 

154

David Healy

13 October 1999

Aston Villa

20

3

153

Richie Wellens

13 October 1999

Aston Villa

19

1

152

Luke Chadwick

13 October 1999

Aston Villa

18

39

151

John O'Shea

13 October 1999

Aston Villa

18

392

150

Nick Culkin

22 August 1999

Arsenal

21

1

149

Alex Notman

2 December 1998

Tottenham

18

1

148

Mark Wilson

21 October 1998

Brondby

19

10

147

Danny Higginbotham

10 May 1998

Barnsley

19

7

146

Wes Brown

4 May 1998

Leeds

18

360

145

Michael Twiss

25 February 1998

Barnsley

20

2

144

Ronnie Wallwork

25 October 1997

Barnsley

20

28

143

Phil Mulryne

14 October 1997

Ipswich

19

5

142

John Curtis

14 October 1997

Ipswich

19 

18

141

Michael Clegg

23 November 1996

Middlesbrough

19

24

140

Michael Appleton

23 October 1996

Swindon

20

2

139

Terry Cooke

16 September 1995

Bolton

19

8

138

Phil Neville

28 January 1995

Wrexham

18 

386

137

Kevin Pilkington

19 November 1994

Crystal Palace

20

8

136

Chris Casper

21 September 1994

Port Vale

19

1

135

Simon Davies

21 September 1994

Port Vale

20

20

134

John O'Kane

21 September 1994

Port Vale

19

7

133

Paul Scholes

21 September 1994

Port Vale

19

707

132

Colin McKee

8 May 1994

Coventry

20 

28 

131

Ben Thornley

26 February 1994

West Ham

18

14

130

Keith Gillespie

5 January 1993

Bury

17

14

129

Nicky Butt

21 November 1992

Oldham

17

387

128

David Beckham

23 September 1992

Brighton

17

394

127

Gary Neville

16 September 1992

Torpedo Moscow

17

603

126

Ian Wilkinson

9 October 1991

Cambridge

18

1

125

Paul Wratten

2 April 1991

Wimbledon

20

2 

124

Ryan Giggs

2 March 1991

Everton

17

919

123

Darren Ferguson

26 February 1991

Sheffield United

19 

30

122

Mark Bosnich

30 April 1990

Wimbledon

18

38

1980 - 1989

Three players who would score goals in FA Cup finals - Hughes, Whiteside and Martin - are among the notable names here...

No.

Player 

Debut date

Opponents

Age at debut 

Total appearances 

121

Derek Brazil

10 May 1989

Everton

20

2

120

David Wilson

23 November 1988

Sheffield Wednesday

19

6

119

Mark Robins

12 October 1988

Rotherham

18

70

118

Russell Beardsmore

24 September 1988

West Ham

19

73

117

Lee Martin

9 May 1988

Wimbledon

20

109

116

Deiniol Graham

7 October 1987

Hull

18

4

115

Tony Gill

3 January 1987

Southampton

18

14

114

Gary Walsh

13 December 1986

Aston Villa

18

63

113

Nicky Wood

26 December 1985

Everton

19

4

112

Stephen Pears

12 January 1985

Nottingham Forest 

22 

5

111

Billy Garton

26 September 1984

Burnley

19 

51

110

Clayton Blackmore

16 May 1984

Nottingham Forest

19

245

109

Graeme Hogg

7 January 1984

Bournemouth

19

110

108

Mark Dempsey

2 November 1983

Spartak Varna

19 

2

107

Mark Hughes

26 October 1983

Port Vale

19 

467

106

Alan Davies

1 May 1982

Southampton

20 

10

105

Norman Whiteside

24 April 1982

Brighton

16

274

104

Scott McGarvey

13 September 1980

Leicester

17

25

103

Mike Duxbury

23 August 1980

Birmingham

20

378

Our seventies list features four starters and one substitute from our 1977 FA Cup final success - Albiston, McCreery, McIlroy, Nicholl and Brian Greenhoff...

No. 

Player 

Debut date

Opponents

Age at debut 

Total appearances 

102

Andy Ritchie

26 December 1977

Everton

17

42

101

Martyn Rogers

22 October 1977

West Brom

17

1

100

Jonathan Clark

10 November 1976

Sunderland

17

1

99

Steve Paterson

29 September 1976

Ajax

18

10

98

Peter Coyne

24 April 1976

Leicester

17

2

97

Jimmy Kelly

20 December 1975 

Wolves

18

1

96

Tony Grimshaw

10 September 1975

Brentford

17

2

95

Jimmy Nicholl

5 April 1975

Southampton

18

248

94

David McCreery

15 October 1974

Portsmouth

17

110

93

Arthur Albiston

9 October 1974

Manchester City

17

485

92

Paul Bielby

13 March 1974

Manchester City

17 

4

91

Clive Griffiths

27 October 1973 

Burnley

18

7

90

Brian Greenhoff

8 September 1973 

Ipswich

20

271

89 

Arnie Sidebottom

23 April 1973

Sheffield United

19

20

88

Peter Fletcher

14 April 1973

Stoke

19

7

87

John Connaughton

4 April 1972 

Sheffield United

22

4

86

Sammy McIlroy

6 November 1971

Manchester City

17

419

85

Tommy O'Neil

5 May 1971

Manchester City

18

68

84

Ian Donald

7 October 1970

Portsmouth

18

6

83

Willie Watson

26 September 1970

Blackpool

20

14

82

Tony Young

29 August 1970

West Ham

17 

97

A decade of successful rebirth for the first team, and the birth of a superstar from the club's youth system...

No.

Player 

Debut date

Opponents

Age at debut 

Total appearances 

81 

Paul Edwards

19 August 1969

Everton

21

68

80

Don Givens

9 August 1969

Crystal Palace

20

9

79

Steve James

12 October 1968

Liverpool

18

161

78

Carlo Sartori

9 October 1968

Southampton

20

55

77

Jimmy Rimmer

15 April 1968

Fulham

20

46

76

Alan Gowling

30 March 1968

Stoke

19

87

75

Frank Kopel

9 September 1967

Burnley

18

12 

74

Francis Burns

2 September 1967

West Ham

18

156

73

Brian Kidd

12 August 1967

Tottenham

18

266

72 

Jimmy Ryan

4 May 1966

West Brom

20

27

71

Bobby Noble

9 April 1966

Leicester

20

33

70

John Aston Jnr

12 April 1965

Leicester

17 

187

69

John Fitzpatrick

24 February 1965

Sunderland

18

147

68

Albert Kinsey

9 January 1965

Chester City

19 

1

67

Wilf Tranter

7 March 1964

West Ham

19 

1

66

Willie Anderson

28 December 1963

Burnley

16

12

65

George Best

14 September 1963

West Brom

17

470

64

David Sadler

24 August 1963

Sheffield Wednesday

17

335

63

Dennis Walker

20 May 1963

Nottingham Forest

18

1

62

Phil Chisnall

2 December 1961

Everton

18

47

61

Sammy McMillan

4 November 1961

Sheffield Wednesday

20

15

60

Ronnie Briggs

21 January 1961

Leicester

17

11

59

Harold Bratt

2 November 1960

Bradford

21

1

58

Nobby Stiles

1 October 1960

Bolton

18

395

57

Ian Moir

1 October 1960

Bolton

17

45

56

Frank Haydock

20 August 1960

Everton

19

6

55

Jimmy Nicholson

20 August 1960

Preston

17

68

54

Nobby Lawton

9 February 1960

Luton

20

44

1950 - 1959

Five-times winners of the FA Youth Cup, the Busby Babes would enter football folklore for both triumphant and tragic reasons...

1950s

No. 

Player 

Debut date

Opponents

Age at debut 

Total appearances 

53

Johnny Giles

12 September 1959

Tottenham

18

115

52

Reg Hunter

27 December 1958

Aston Villa

20

1

51 

Joe Carolan

22 November 1958

Luton Town

21

71

50

Bobby Harrop

5 March 1958

West Brom

21

11

49

Mark Pearson

19 February 1958

Sheffield Wed

18

80

48

Shay Brennan

19 February 1958

Sheffield Wed 

20

359

47

Kenny Morgans

21 December 1957

Leicester

18

23

46

Peter Jones

19 October 1957

Portsmouth

19

1

45

Alex Dawson

22 April 1957

Burnley

17

93

44

Gordon Clayton

16 March 1957

Wolves

20

2

43

Tony Hawksworth

27 October 1956

Blackpool

17 

1

42

David Gaskell

24 October 1956

Manchester City

16

119

41

Bobby Charlton

6 October 1956

Charlton

18

759

40

Ronnie Cope

29 September 1956

Arsenal

21

106

39 

Eddie Colman

12 November 1955

Bolton

19 

108

38

Wilf McGuinness

8 October 1955

Wolves

17

85

37

Walter Whitehurst

14 September 1955

Everton

21

1 

36

Billy Whelan

26 March 1955 

Preston

19 

98

35 

Geoff Bent

11 December 1954

Burnley

22

12

34

Albert Scanlon

20 November 1954 

Arsenal 

19

127

33

Freddie Goodwin

20 November 1954

Arsenal

21

107

32

Paddy Kennedy

2 October 1954

Wolves

19 

1

31

Dennis Viollet

11 April 1953

Newcastle

19

299

30

Les Olive

11 April 1953

Newcastle

24

1

29

Duncan Edwards

4 April 1953

Cardiff

16

177

28 

Noel McFarlane

13 February 1953

Tottenham

19

1

27

Bill Foulkes

13 December 1952

Liverpool

20

688

26 

David Pegg

6 December 1952

Middlesbrough

17

150

25

John Doherty

6 December 1952 

Middlesbrough

17 

26

24 

Eddie Lewis

29 November 1952

West Brom

17

24

23

Johnny Scott

4 October 1952

Wolves

18

3

22

Jackie Blanchflower

24 November 1951

Liverpool

18

117

21

Cliff Birkett

2 December 1950

Newcastle

17

13

20

Mark Jones

7 October 1950

Sheffield Wed 

17

121

19

Billy Redman

7 October 1950

Sheffield Wed 

22

38

18

Don Gibson

26 August 1950

Bolton

21 

115

17

Tom McNulty

15 April 1950

Portsmouth

20

60

16

Jeff Whitefoot

15 April 1950 

Portsmouth

16

95

15

Frank Clempson

18 February 1950

Sunderland

19

15

Matt Busby's plan for post-war success begins as Mitten, Morris and Aston break through in time for the 1948 FA Cup final...

No. 

Player 

Debut date

Opponents

Age at debut 

Total appearances 

14

Brian Birch

27 August 1949

West Brom

17

17

13

Berry Brown

31 January 1948

Sheffield United

20

4

12

Sammy Lynn

3 January 1948

Charlton

27

13

11

Johnny Anderson

20 December 1947 

Middlesbrough

26

40

10

James Pegg

15 November 1947 

Derby 

21

2

9

Johnny Morris

26 October 1946

Sunderland

23

93

8

John Aston Snr

18 September 1946

Chelsea

25

284

7

Charlie Mitten

31 August 1946

Grimsby

25

162

6

Joe Walton

26 January 1946

Preston

20

23

On 30 October 1937, Manley and Wassall would start a remarkable sequence - the first of 4,000 consecutive United games to feature a youth product in our squad...

No.

Player 

Debut date

Opponents

Age at debut 

Total appearances 

5

Jimmy Hanlon

26 November 1938 

Huddersfield

21 

69 

4

Stan Pearson

13 November 1937

Chesterfield

18

343

3

Johnny Carey

25 September 1937

Southampton

18 

344

2

Jackie Wassall

9 November 1935

Swansea

18 

47

1

Tom Manley

5 December 1931 

Millwall

19

195

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