Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best young footballers in the world.

A product of La Masia, Barcelona's youth academy, Yamal made his first-team debut in 2023, aged 15. He quickly established himself as an integral player for Barcelona, being awarded the Kopa Trophy the following year.

Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana was born on 13 July 2007 in Esplugues de Llobregat, in the Barcelona metropolitan area in Catalonia, to waitress Sheila Ebana and building painter Mounir Nasraoui. Yamal's mother was born in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, and his father is from Larache, Morocco. They gave him a compound given name to honour two people, named Lamine and Yamal, who helped them financially shortly before their son was born. Yamal is a Muslim.

Yamal represented the youth sections of the Catalonia national football team from a young age, and was made a captain when he was 11 years old. He was captain throughout his time playing for the under-12, under-14 and under-16 teams.

In November 2022, Yamal scored an impressive solo goal in a match against Castile and León, and later that month he converted a penalty, provided the assist for Catalonia's second goal, and received a red card in a 2–2 draw with Aragon that sent Catalonia through to the "Fase d'Or" of the 2022–23 Spanish regional team championship. Yamal was not called up to the squad for the Fase d'Or in 2023.

Yamal was a youth international for Spain, having played for the Spanish U15 and U16 squads.

In 2023, he represented Spain's U17 side in the 2023 European U17 Championship with Yamal scoring four goals during the tournament. Spain went all the way to the semi-finals where they were knocked out by France following a 3–1 defeat.

A left-footed forward with excellent passing, and chance-creating abilities, Yamal is able to play either as a centre-forward, an attacking midfielder or a winger, notably on the right flank. As a right-winger, the majority of the time he likes to play with his left foot; he also has the ability to curve the ball to the post. His ability to produce accurate crosses with the outside of his foot (known as a trivela) has become one of the trademarks of his game.

Yamal had a notable performance in the UEFA Euro 2024, scoring a goal against France in the semi-finals and providing a total of four assists against Croatia, Georgia, Germany, and England. In this tournament, Yamal showcased his proficiency in creating chances by putting crosses towards the far-post and also his shot-taking and curling ability from distance.