Anssumane Fati Vieira (born 31 October 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger[2] for La Liga club Barcelona.

After representing local side Herrera and the youth teams of Sevilla, he joined Barcelona's La Masia in 2012, aged ten,[5][6] a year after his brother had made the same move.

[11] On 14 September 2019, in his first career start, Fati became the youngest player in the history of La Liga to score and assist in the same match, at the age of 16 years and 318 days.

[12][13] On 17 September, Fati made his Champions League debut in a 0–0 away draw against Borussia Dortmund, becoming the youngest player to feature for Barcelona in the competition at the age of 16 years and 321 days, breaking the previous record held by Bojan Krkić (17 years and 22 days); he also became the third-youngest player ever to appear in the competition.

[14] On 10 December, Fati became the youngest goalscorer in UEFA Champions League history at the age of 17 years and 40 days when he scored the game winner in Barcelona's 2–1 victory over Inter Milan at the San Siro.

[18] Four days later, in Barcelona's first match of the 2020–21 La Liga season and the first under new head coach, Ronald Koeman, Fati scored a brace and forced a penalty in a 4–0 win over Villarreal.

[33] On 1 September 2023, Fati joined Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on a season-long loan deal without an option to buy.

[37] On 26 October, Fati helped Brighton secure their first-ever win in European competition after he scored the second in a 2–0 victory against Ajax in a group stage match, which would also be his first career goal in the Europa League.

[44] Fati received his first call up to the full Spain squad on 20 August 2020, for the initial two matches of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League.

[47] He scored his first goal in his first international start on 6 September 2020, scoring Spain's third goal against Ukraine to be the national team's youngest ever goalscorer at the age of 17 years and 311 days;[48] hence, breaking the 95-year record of Juan Errazquin, aged 18 years and 344 days.

[53][54] Prior to his struggles with injuries, he was considered by several pundits to be one of the most talented and promising young players in the world,[55][56][57] drawing comparisons to Lionel Messi.

[59][60][61][62] A 2019 profile by FourFourTwo described him with the following words: "Standing at 5ft 10in, Fati boasts a powerful frame and brings a physical approach to the game which is often lacking among a technically gifted Barcelona side.

Nevertheless, despite his robust physique, the La Masia graduate possesses outstanding dribbling skills which, when combined with his speed, makes him incredibly difficult to stop in one-on-one situations."

[59] Tor-Kristian Karlsen of ESPN described Fati as a "generational talent" in 2021, praising him for his speed, acceleration, ambidexterity, low centre of gravity, and technical skills, which make him difficult to dispossess, also noting his intelligence, movement, defensive work-rate, and link-up play as some of his main strengths.

After struggling in Marinaleda, he met the mayor, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, and found a job as a driver.