Kharkiv: Jetro Willems becomes the youngest player to appear at a Euro Championship after the left-back was included in the Netherlands' starting lineup against Denmark in a Group B match here Saturday.

Willems, born March 30, 1994, broke the record set by Scifo, who was 18 years, 115 days when he helped Belgium to a 2-0 win against Yugoslavia June 13, 1984. The promising star, who only broke into the PSV Eindhoven first team this season, was called into the 23-man squad following an injury to team-mate and Netherlands regular Erik Pieters, reports Xinhua.

He won his first international cap against Bulgaria last month.