Euro 2024: Lamine Yamal, a Spanish teenager, passes his school exams

Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal celebrates his Euro 2024 round of 16 tie between Spain and Georgia on Sunday after passing his school exams.

Yamel, 16, received the good news during Spain's training camp in southern Germany, where he combined his studies with representing his country at the tournament.

“I just came out of training and I was told that everything went well,” Yamal told Spanish radio Onda Cero. “I passed the exams and now I have the ESO qualification.

“If I'm honest, I saw them on my phone and it said I was successful, so I just closed the app, called my mom and told her.”

The results correspond to the fourth year of the ESO, which is the final stage of secondary education in Spain, roughly equivalent to the GCSE exams in the UK or the high school diploma in the US.

Yamal, who turns 17 the day before the Euro 2024 final, revealed earlier in the tournament that he had brought his homework with him to the Euros.

“No,” he laughed during an interview with COPE when asked if his teammates made sure he kept up with his schoolwork. “I study alone, but they make jokes like 'Go study now. …'

“We have a lot of free time and when I'm in my room doing nothing, I take the iPad and do some homework. And when Nico [Williams] and Fermin [López] Call me to play Playstation, I'm going down with them.”

Yamal became the youngest player to feature at the European Championship in Spain's opening match against Croatia, aged 16 years and 338 days.

He played in all three of Spain's matches at the tournament, helping Spain advance to the round of 16 as the only team with a 100% winning record. The Spaniards will face Georgia in Cologne for a place in the quarter-finals this weekend.

In total, he was capped 10 times for his country, scoring two goals and providing five assists in those appearances.

The teenager is also already a regular at his club, Barça. He made 50 appearances for the Catalan team last season in all competitions.