Age at first goal: 17 years, 113 days Francesc "Cesc" Fabregas left sunny Catalonia at the tender age of 16, sensing that there would not be many opportunities for first team football at the Camp Nou. He was poached by Arsenal to understudy Patrick Vieira and Gilberto Silva and failed to make a league appearance in the club's famous "invincibles" season of 2003/04. In the next season, aged 17, the Spaniard began to make his mark on the Arsenal first team and scored his first Premier League goal against Blackburn in August. What happened next? Fabregas spent another six seasons at Arsenal after his breakthrough year, becoming the club's captain and talisman. His stellar performances earned him his dream move back to hometown club Barcelona. He spent just three seasons back in Catalonia, unable to cement his place in the midfield, and was soon back in the Premier League with Chelsea, where he's still playing.
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