Luca Williams-Barnett has been assigned his Legacy Number after making his debut in our 3-0 win against Doncaster Rovers in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday evening.
The First Year Academy scholar, just 16, came off the bench for Mathys Tel in the 87th minute to rapturous applause around Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Lucas showed a glimpse of what he's all about almost immediately as he released Destiny Udogie, whose cross was flicked on by Brennan Johnson for Lucas Bergvall to score - unfortunately, the offside flag was up.
With our Academy since the Under-10s age group, Luca actually appeared on the bench three times during our UEFA Europa League run last term against Galatasaray, AS Roma and Rangers.
He's been in flying form this season with six goals in six appearances in the PL2 - including a hat-trick last time out against Leicester City - Virtu Trophy and UEFA Youth League, where he netted in our opener against Villarreal. He's also scored goals on the international stage of late - on target for England Under-18s against Uzbekistan and Canada earlier this month.
Watch | Luca's hat-trick against Leicester
Legacy Numbers | The story...
Launched in October, 2023, our Legacy Numbers initiative has seen every player in our history since our first recorded senior competitive game – an FA Cup tie with West Herts on 13 October, 1894 – assigned their own unique number, denoting their place in the history of Tottenham Hotspur.
Following extensive research from Club historians, 900 Legacy Numbers have now been assigned. Allocated to a player following their maiden appearance for the Club, numbers 1-11 were assigned alphabetically to the players who made up our first starting XI 129 years ago in that FA Cup tie with West Herts.