On the morning of July 15, Spain won the Euro 2024 championship . Among them, Lamine Yamal – the 17-year-old “prodigy” of the land of bulls – won the Best Young Player award in an extremely convincing manner. Born on July 13, 2007, at the time of lifting the trophy with his teammates, Yamal was only 17 years and 2 days old.
Lamine Yamal
Given his age, the player quickly became the center of attention on social media for his contributions to Spain, including stories about his personal life.
Not disappointing this interest, on the evening of July 15, Lamine Yamal also publicly announced his girlfriend to the public for the first time. At the championship celebration, he was hugged very affectionately by his girlfriend, the moment of “holding the trophy in his hand, holding you in his heart” of Yamal went viral everywhere.
Lamine Yamal and girlfriend
Lamine Yamal’s girlfriend is Alex Padilla. She is a student living in Barcelona, where Yamal plays at the club level. When she came to congratulate her boyfriend, Padilla wore the number 19 shirt – Yamal’s shirt number – and was present with the player’s family.
Alex Padilla first came to attention when he appeared at the group stage matches of the Spanish team with the Lamine Yamal family. It was from here that rumors began to spread on social networks about the couple’s relationship, but both chose to remain silent.
Alex Padilla
Padilla (white circle) sits next to Yamal’s aunt
Netizens then went to Alex Padilla’s personal accounts to find more information about her. As of 11am on July 15, her TikTok followers were 250k, which is said to have skyrocketed compared to before the rumors of her dating rising star Lamine Yamal. There are sources saying that she is also one of the two people that Yamal follows on this platform.
Alex Padilla also has an Instagram account with about 15k followers but she is less active here. After being targeted by netizens for dating Yamal, Padilla deleted her account.
Padilla is said to be one of two people Yamal follows on TikTok.
Regarding her daily life, Alex Padilla is quite secretive, not sharing much but only filming videos of her lip-syncing to music. Even Padilla’s age is curious. Some people think she is older than Lamine Yamal, but there are also sources that confirm that the two are the same age.
Regarding her relationship with Lamine Yamal’s family, Alex Padilla received love from the members. Not only did she cheer for Yamal with everyone, play with the player’s younger brother,… she was also followed by Yamal’s father before deleting his Instagram account.
Young couple’s moments at Euro 2024 Final captured
Yamal and Padilla play with the footballer’s younger brother
Some daily photos of Alex Padilla:
