Back to school for 16-year-old Irish soccer hero

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Back to school for 16-year-old Irish soccer hero

Sixteen-year-old Michael ******* didn’t have much time to celebrate his historic goal for Shamrock Rovers.

The Irish teenager had school in the morning.

*******’s second-half goal on Thursday night gave the Hoops a 1-0 victory at Norwegian club Molde in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League playoff.

At 16 years, 197 days, he became the youngest-ever scorer in the competition but after a flight back to Dublin, he packed his bag for classes and returned to schoolwork on Friday morning.

His mother, Sandie *******, posted on X: “And back to school he goes…” with a picture of the teenager headed off to class.

Rovers said ******* had become the youngest scorer in any European club competition, but Nii Lamptey was 16 years, 100 days when he netted for Anderlecht in a UEFA Cup game in 1991.

The second leg is next Thursday at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin.

*******, an Under-17 international for Ireland who had a trial with Manchester City, joined Rovers in January from St Patrick’s Athletic, where he had become the Saints’ youngest-ever starter at 15 years 9 months.

Rovers coach Stephen Bradley said ******* “just lives, breathes and sleeps football.”

A little less sleep Friday morning, though.

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