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- In 2012, the football world heard the name of Hachim Mastour, a teenager who was showing incredible self-confidence on the pitch, along with some outstanding skills.
- That year, he joined AC Milan for €500,000 - naturally, some media outlets proclaimed him 'the best 14-year-old player in the world':
- He became quite well-known among pros who seemingly recognised him as one of their own:
- His PR activities might've distracted him from football somewhat. In fact, he was not even playing: he didn't make a single senior appearance for AC Milan.
- His two loan deals at Malaga and Zwolle went just a bit better: they resulted in 7 senior appearances in 2 years, even though he did not have notable injuries.
- In 2018, he was let go by Milan and joined Greek side Lamia; since then he has moved to Reggina who loaned him out to an even more modest outfit, Carpi who perform in Serie C.
- All in all, Mastour has made just 34 senior appearances in his career by the age of 22 - hardly anyone expected that of the best 14-year-old in the world some time ago.
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