Spain wonderkid Lamine Yamal became the youngest-ever player to assist a goal at the European Championship during his nation’s opening-round win over Croatia.
However, the youngster has been pushed off joint-top in the assist charts by Romania star Dennis Man and Netherlands’ Nathan Ake
Man set up two goals in his country’s stunning 3-0 demolition of Ukraine. Ake, mewanhile, provided both assists for Holland in their 2-1 victory against Poland.
Other than Man and Ake, no player has thus far recorded more than one assist at Euro 2024, meaning that Yamal is alongside the likes of Joshua Kimmich, Kai Havertz and Dominik Szoboszlai in joint-third place.
Although the main focus of every player is to win the tournament with their nation, the top goalscorer and top assists race is also hotly contested during every edition of the Euros.
They are both highly-coveted prizes and as a result, the race to end Euro 2024 as the competition’s top assister promises to be a fierce one.
Euro 2024 top assists standings
| Player | Nation | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| = Dennis Man | Romania | 2 |
| = Nathan Ake | Netherlands | 2 |
| = Joshua Kimmich | Germany | 1 |
| = Kai Havertz | Germany | 1 |
| = Thomas Muller | Germany | 1 |
| = Michel Aebischer | Switzerland | 1 |
| = Remo Freuler | Switzerland | 1 |
| = Dominik Szoboszlai | Hungary | 1 |
| = Fabian Ruiz | Spain | 1 |
| = Pedri | Spain | 1 |
| = Lamine Yamal | Spain | 1 |
| = Lorenzo Pellegrini | Italy | 1 |
| = Piotr Zielinski | Poland | 1 |
| = Jonas Wind | Denmark | 1 |
| = Juraj Kucka | Slovakia | 1 |
| = Giorgi Kochorashvili | Georgia | 1 |
| = Kaan Ayhan | Turkey | 1 |
| = Orkun Kokcu | Turkey | 1 |
| = Vladimir Coufal | Czechia | 1 |
Kimmich grabbed the first assist of Euro 2024 with a perfect pass for Florian Wirtz’s opener. Havertz then laid the ball for Jamal Musiala to put Germany 2-0 up, while Muller set up Emre Can to score Germany’s fifth goal.
In the second game of Euro 2024, Switzerland defeated Hungary 3-1, with Michel Aebischer and Remo Freuler notching assists for the victors, while Dominik Szoboszlai set up Barnabas Varga’s consolation goal.
A little bit later, Spain ran riot in the first half against Croatia, storming into a 3-0 lead with assists from Fabian Ruiz, Pedri and Yamal, who became not only the youngest player to ever feature at a European Championship but also the youngest to set up a goal.
Italy then beat Albania 2-1 after the latter had shocked them by scoring the fastest goal in Euros history after just 23 seconds. Despite the net bulging three times in that game, Lorenzo Pellegrini was the only player to officially get an assist.
Poland’s Piotr Zielinski grabbed an assist after a wicked corner for Adam Buksa, while the aforementioned Ake then provided the assist for Cody Gakpo’s deflected effort. The Man City star was later awarded an assist for Wout Weghorst’s winner after his pass was slightly diverted by a Poland defender.
Denmark’s Jonas Wind provided the assist for Christian Eriksen’s opener against Slovenia with a wonderful flick.
The following day, Romania dismantled a lacklustre Ukraine 3-0, with Dennis Man assisting Nicolae Stanciu’s opener and Denis Dragus’ strike to put the game beyond doubt.
In one of the biggest upsets of the tournament, Slovakia then defeated Belgium 1-0, thanks to a goal by Ivan Schranz, which was set up by Juraj Kucka.
Kylian Mbappe created the lone goal of France’s opening 1-0 victory over Austria but was not credited with an assist due to Max Wober finishing into his own net.
Kaan Ayhan provided an extremely simple assist for Arda Guler’s wonderstrike against Georgia, while Orkun Kokcu passed to Kerem Akturkoglu to finish into the empty net in stoppage time.
Vladimir Coufal grabbed the assist for Czechia’s opener against Portugal, while Roberto Martinez then scored via a Robin Hranac own-goal and a Francisco Conceicao winner. Neither goal was assisted by a Portuguese player.
