According to Everton's official webpage, Jarrad Branthwaite became the Toffees 19th different teenage goalscorer in the Premier League era when he netted the equaliser against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night.
Only Arsenal with twenty have had more teenage goalscorers than Everton in the Premier League.
Of the nineteen different teenage goalscorers for Everton in the Premier League, two are Nigerian players.
Victor Anichebe netted his first top-flight goal for the Toffees in a 2-2 draw with West Brom on the final day of the 2005-2006 season, specifically May 7, 2006, aged 18 years and 14 days.
The Toffees academy product went on to play 204 matches in the Premier League, scoring 27 goals for three different clubs namely Everton, West Brom and Sunderland.
The second Nigerian teenager to score a Premier League goal for Everton is Ademola Lookman, who is currently playing on loan at Leicester City from parent club RB Leipzig.
Three minutes into his Premier League debut, the winger fired the ball straight through goalkeeper Claudio Bravo's legs to score Everton's fourth goal in a 4-0 rout of a Manchester City side containing Kelechi Iheanacho.
Lookman was aged 19 years and 87 days when he scored his first Premier League goal against Manchester City on January 15, 2017.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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