BARCELONA superstar Lamine Yamal paid tribute to his parents’ heritage while playing for Spain in the World Cup.

Yamal, 18, made his debut in the competition on Monday as a second-half substitute in the Furia Roja’s at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.

Football player Lamine Yamal walking on a field wearing pink cleats, with a close-up inset of one cleat.Barcelona star Lamine Yamal paid tribute to his parents in his World Cup debut for Spain A player in a red and blue uniform with the number 19 on his back runs next to a soccer ball on a green field.Yamal paid homage to his mum’s Equatorial Guinea heritage and dad’s Moroccan background Credit: Getty Images – Getty

The camera zoomed in on the winger’s left boot to find out two different flags stamped on it as he warmed up before kick-off.

And it was deduced that the teenage sensation paid homage to his mother’s Equatorial Guinea heritage and his father’s Moroccan background.

was born to dad Mounir Nasraoui and mum Sheila Ebana on July 13, 2007.

met after emigrating to Spain, with their son born in the municipality of Esplugues de Llobregat in Catalonia.

Alexander Isak of Sweden dribbling the ball during a World Cup soccer match.Liverpool star Alexander Isak did the same during his World Cup bow with Sweden Soccer player in a yellow and blue uniform kicking a ball, with an inset close-up of his blue soccer cleat.Isak paid tribute to his parents’ Eritrean homage

This made the young footballer eligible to play for as well as his parents’ home nations before opting for his country of birth.

Mounir and Sheila divorced just three years after the star’s birth.

Liverpool star also paid tribute to his parents’ home nations during Sweden’s World Cup opener against Tunisia on the same day as Yamal’s debut.

Isak, 26, also made his bow in which he scored a goal and delivered two assists as he helped his team win 5-1 in Mexico.

And the camera zoomed in on the striker’s right foot to reveal the flag of Eritrea.

That is where the ex- star’s parents are from before moving to Sweden, where their son was born in Stockholm.

Yamal and Isak entered their maiden World Cup after being stricken by injury this past season.

The star missed the majority of his debut campaign at Anfield after breaking his leg.

Yamal, on the other hand, tore his hamstring two months ago and started on the bench against Cape Verde, who .

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