Cerro could not hold on to the three points though as Nestor Camacho, who at 31 is more than double Ovelar’s age, equalised before a frenetic stoppage-time period saw both teams score and have a player sent off.

Ovelar was born in January 2004, in the middle of Arsenal’s “Invincibles” season and more than a year after James Milner, now 32, made his debut for Leeds.

He was some way off being South America’s youngest ever footballer – Bolivia’s Mauricio Baldivieso was just 12 when he made his debut for Aurora in 2009.

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