Served by Mohamed Kaba, Adrian Grbic took just 24 seconds to shake the net last Saturday in the match of the 26th day of Ligue 2 against Quevilly-Rouen Métropole (1-1). The Austrian striker, whose career was almost at a standstill since leaving Lorient in 2020, has been living again since his arrival at Valenciennes (three goals in five appearances).
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By scoring so quickly, the former Clermontois broke the record for the 2022-2023 season, previously held by Bastiais Dylan Tavares, scorer in Niort after 38 seconds on the second day. The two men are the only ones to have scored before the 60-second mark. Nevertheless, the absolute championship record still stands. The Professional Football League (LFP) evokes an achievement by Xavier Chavalerin in 2017 with the Red Star, 13 seconds after kick-off!
Fastest goals in Ligue 2 BKT since 2014/15:
1. Xavier Chavalerin (Red Star FC): 00:13 (24/02/2017, against Niort)
2. Jordan Tell (Grenoble Foot 38): 00:15 (on 02/12/2022, against FC Sochaux-Montbéliard)
3. Yann Boé-Kane (Le Mans FC): 00:20 (13/12/2019, against US Orléans)
4. Mathieu Duhamel (Havre AC): 00:22 (on 10/30/2015, against Tours FC)
5. Adrian Grbic (Valenciennes FC): 00:24 (04/03/2023, against Quevilly Rouen)
6. Arnaud Nordin (AS Nancy-Lorraine): 00:27 (09/04/2018, against RC Lens)
7. Amine Bassi (AS Nancy-Lorraine): 00:29 (22/02/2019, against GFC Ajaccio)
However, LFP statistics only go back to the 2014-2015 season. However, during the 2009-2010 season, Remi Mareval had done better with FC Nantes: 8 seconds to deceive the vigilance of Nîmes Olympique (final score 2-1), with a Nicolas Puydebois not exempt from any reproach in the Gard goal:
8 seconds 😱⚡
When we think of matches 🆚 @nimesolympiquewe necessarily think of the fastest goal in the history of the @DominosLigue2 signed Rémi Maréval 😍#NOFCN pic.twitter.com/89N0Qg2oEn
— FC Nantes (@FCNantes) January 16, 2019
