Great debuts

[Bastian]

Maguire's debut today was superb. Instantly looked calm and composed and lifted the whole team. The best United debut I can remember since Rooney's.

What other examples are there of great debuts?

 

[RedViv]

Bissaka

 

[groovyalbert]

Ronaldo coming off the bench v Bolton was memorable. Rooney's v Fenerbahce was ok I guess.

 

[Red00012]

Rashfords cup and league debut weren’t bad.

 

[GlastonSpur]

Ndombele. New club, new league, new country: scored in his first competitive game, a good strike from distance … breaking Villa's resistance and forcing a crack in the dam that quickly widened into a gaping hole.

 

[El-Manos]

Martial vs Liverpool obviously. Celebrated that goal like a lunatic. Pogba 1st match was really impressive as well.

 

[Cloud7]

Didn’t Martial score against Liverpool on his debut? Few better ways to debut as a United player than that.

 

[Von Mistelroum]

Martial.

 

[kode]

Didnr welbeck score a sceamer tooo on his debut??? I lived Martial’s goal againt liverpool

 

[Bubz27]

RvPs.

 

[Bastian]

Ndombele. New club, new league, new country: scored in his first competitive game, a good strike from distance … breaking Villa's resistance and forcing a crack in the dam that quickly widened into a gaping hole.

I watched the game and I'd call that a good debut, but not great. For me, Maguire's debut was great, comes in there and leads the team, calms them all down and they instantly look to him. An aura about him. Rooney's Fenerbache debut is the best debut I've ever seen, and I'd be surprised if there's a better debut in the history of football (after that I thought he would go on to be better than Ronaldo).

 

[Jam]

My favourite debut ever was probably Woodgates at Madrid. He signed for them August 2004... then spent the entire season injured and didn’t play his debut until September 2005 where he scored an own goal then got sent off.

United wise in my memory Rooney/Martial/Ronaldo are the main ones that stick out. Nistelrooy too got two goals in his competitive debut iirc.

 

[AltiUn]

More recently, Martial's debut against Liverpool was fantastic.

 

[Denis79]

RvPs.

Against Everton away? We lost that game, Fellaini scored the winner.

 

[Bubz27]

Against Everton away? We lost that game, Fellaini scored the winner.

Was that his debut? My bad.

 

[Denis79]

Was that his debut? My bad.

Yeah he was subbed in with 30 mins to go or so. Opening game of the season.

 

[Bastian]

Mentioned debuts

Martial

Rashford

Rooney

Ronaldo

Maguire

Ruud

These clips vary greatly in quality.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

Jonathan Woodgate. Scored an own goal and got sent off on his debut.

Best ever is Rooney's though.

 

[Santoryo]

Martial against Liverpool. He instantly became a crowd favorite ever since then.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

Rooney's v Fenerbahce was ok I guess.

Just Ok? really?

 

[Rasendori]

Buffon vs Ac Milan
Romario vs Real Sociedad
Alvaro Recoba vs Brescia

 

[Camy89]

Macheeedaaaaaaa!

 

[Big Ben Foster]

Macheeedaaaaaaa!

Surprised it took this long to mention him

 

[Greck]

Welbeck
Jones
Macheda
Buttner
Januzaj
Ibra
Rashford
Martial
Hernandez
I stopped typing because the full list would be too long. A lot of our new additions have great debuts

 

[Steven-UK]

Ronaldo coming off the bench v Bolton was memorable. Rooney's v Fenerbahce was ok I guess.

That has to be sarcasm The best debut for United bar none.

 

[Camy89]

Surprised it took this long to mention him

I just watched it again. The voice crack is brilliant. I knew it was a vastly important goal for the title race but I had forgotten it was the year we pipped Liverpool to the title. Even better.

 

[RedRonaldo]

I still remember Macheda debut, he changed the game for us.

 

[Bastian]

Buffon vs Ac Milan
Romario vs Real Sociedad
Alvaro Recoba vs Brescia

Buffon at 17 years old against AC Milan (great shout btw) terrible quality clip. The two outstanding saves in the 2nd clip

Romario's outstanding debut

Recoba

 

[GlastonSpur]

I watched the game and I'd call that a good debut, but not great. For me, Maguire's debut was great, comes in there and leads the team, calms them all down and they instantly look to him....

Unlike Ndombele, Maguire was not new to the Prem, nor to living in England. This should be taken into account.

 

[Bastian]

Unlike Ndombele, Maguire was not new to the Prem, nor to living in England. This should be taken into account.

I agree mate that it was a good debut but I don't think you appreciate what it's been like being a United supporter watching a pretty hapless backline for at least 5 years. And then one day a slabhead hero comes in and changes everything. He simply lifted the team (in that sense, a better debut IMV than most of the United players mentioned in the thread who scored debut goals).

 

[Rasendori]

@Bastian Thanks for the clips. From a United perspective

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[Klopper76]

Mane scored a great goal against Arsenal on his debut for us.

 

[njred]

Owen and Fowler both had great debuts.

 

[Oaencha]

I will always remember Fabrizio Ravanelli’s debut hat-trick against Liverpool in 96/97.

 

[Denis79]

Rooney for me. Instantly knew he would be something special for us.

 

[carvajal]

Ronaldinho with this great goal
Ronaldo with 2 goals

 

[Robertd0803]

Rooneys was something else altogether. All the hype and he steps up and scores a hat trick with out breaking a sweat.

All 3 debuts were great yesterday.

 

[MisterLupus]

Deserves an honorable mention I feel:

 

[thegregster]

Dwight Yorke scored twice on his debut.

 

[pacifictheme]

Ndombele. New club, new league, new country: scored in his first competitive game, a good strike from distance … breaking Villa's resistance and forcing a crack in the dam that quickly widened into a gaping hole.

Fairly sure aguero got 2 on debut away somewhere for city.