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Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal says he has experienced racism “a thousand times”, because people are unaware their comments or behaviour are offensive. <\/b><\/p>\n
The Spanish Observatory on Racism and Xenophobia, a government agency, said earlier this year that the 19-year-old and Real Madrid winger Vinicius Jr were the most frequent targets of online racist abuse in Spain in the final quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n
Lamine Yamal was among the Barca players targeted by racist abuse during<\/a> El Clasico<\/a> against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in October 2024. <\/p>\n And in an interview with broadcaster Movistar, the winger, who helped Spain to win the World Cup in July, said he had encountered racism on a regular basis during his rise to prominence. <\/p>\n “A thousand times. People are indirectly racist toward you, but maybe don’t realise it,” he said. <\/p>\n “There are a lot of comments or looks that are racist and they don’t even notice.<\/p>\n He added: “If someone calls me Black, it’s not going to bother me at all, ultimately I’m Black, I’m not any other colour. <\/p>\n “Another thing is whether it’s good or bad, whether they’re saying it to offend me. <\/p>\n “But if I’m playing a match and they paid for a ticket to see me, I’m not going to get angry just because they disrespected me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n