It’s Friday. The working week is almost over and you’re looking forward to a big night out. Why not give yourself a reminder of the fact that you’ll never make it as a professional footballer.
What has sparked this? Well, a chap born in the year 2000 has made his professional debut in one of Europe’s top five leagues.
And if that wasn’t enough, he already has four international caps and one goal.
Vincent Thill, who became the first player born in the 21st century to score an international goal when he netted for Luxembourg against Nigeria in March, made his debut for Metz against Bordeaux.
Thill was born on February 4, 2000 – just one month before the release of the PlayStation 2.
Here are a few more stats to put his youth – and our own fragile mortality – into context.
Rise by Gabrielle was top of the charts
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Scream 3 was released
Scream 3 Poster – Horror movies are cool again – #NeveCampbell #WesCraven #CourteneyCox #Horror pic.twitter.com/8DJtQ4VT26
— Neve Campbell Web (@Nevecampbell10) July 19, 2014
The Millennium Dome already existed
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The world population was already higher than 6 billion
Graph of World Population since 10,000BC pic.twitter.com/aiQfAnVZej
— Interesting as F*** (@InterestingAsF) September 28, 2014
Tony Adams and Alan Shearer were still in the England set-up
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The Final Destination franchise was new and exciting
https://twitter.com/birdafdeeanna/status/764697585625862144
And finally, no one knew who Busted even were, let alone the fact that they’d been to the year 3000.
