Lamine Yamal, a player for the Spanish national football team and one of the stars of the 2026 World Cup hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada, turns 19 on Monday. The Spanish talent seeks to make history in the World Cup by winning the title at this age, joining the list of Brazilians Pelé and Ronaldo, and Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, who won the tournament with their national teams, while others, including England's Harry Kane, had not yet played in any World Cup. If Spain beats France on Tuesday in the semifinal and succeeds in adding a second star to its shirt next Sunday, the Barcelona star would become the fourth youngest player to be crowned World Cup champion at 19 years and six days, tying with Brazilian Coutinho, who achieved that in the 1962 edition. He would only be preceded by Brazilians Pelé at 17 years and 249 days in 1958, Ronaldo at 17 years and 298 days in 1994, and Italian Giuseppe Bergomi at 18 years and 174 days in 1982. Here, some might ask: where were Mbappé, Argentine Lionel Messi, and Englishman Harry Kane, stars of the other three teams still in contention for the title, at the same age? The answer is that Kylian Mbappé is the second youngest player to score in a World Cup final after Pelé, achieving that in Moscow at 19 years and 207 days during France's second World Cup title in 2018 with a 4-2 win over Croatia. He delivered a remarkable performance in the round of 16 match against Argentina, scoring two goals and providing an assist, then capped the victory in the final by scoring France's fourth goal past Croatia, becoming a new global star. As for Argentine legend Lionel Messi, he played his first World Cup in 2006 in Germany, and at that time he was just eight days shy of his 19th birthday when he scored a goal against Serbia, but coach José Pekerman gave him very limited playing time. With Juan Román Riquelme, Maxi Rodríguez, Hernán Crespo, and Carlos Tevez in the forward line, the young Messi struggled to secure his place, even staying on the bench throughout Argentina's exit match against Germany on penalties in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Harry Kane participated at age 19 in the 2012 European Under-19 Championship. The English striker did not make his senior international debut until March 27, 2015, when he was 21, in a Euro 2016 qualifier. At age 24, he played for the Three Lions at the 2018 World Cup in Russia as captain. Although England finished fourth after losing the third-place match to Belgium 0-2, Kane won the Golden Boot with six goals. Four years later in Qatar, the English team exited in the quarterfinals against France in a match where he missed a penalty.