Manchester City's English midfielder Micah Hamilton (left) scores his team's first goal during the UEFA Champions League Group G day 6 group stage football match between Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) and Manchester City at the Red Star stadium in Belgrade, on December 13, 2023. (Photo by PEDJA MILOSAVLJEVIC / AFP)
BELGRADE, Serbia: Six years ago, Micah Hamilton was operating as a ball boy at Manchester City when he was pictured getting instructions off Pep Guardiola to help speed up play.
On Tuesday, he was scoring in the Champions League on his senior debut for the club.
Hamilton, an attacking midfielder who turned 20 last month, demonstrated his potential by jinking inside then outside a defender before firing a rising shot into the roof of the net to give City a 1-0 lead at Red Star Belgrade in the 19th minute.
He also won a penalty in City's 3-2 win in the Serbian capital.
Born and brought up in Manchester, Hamilton joined City at the age of 7 and has progressed through the age groups at the club.
He has been an unused substitute this season for games against Newcastle in the League Cup and Young Boys in the Champions League.
