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Keyrol Figueroa has become the latest Liverpool starlet to sign his first professional contract with the club.

Son of former Wigan Athletic and Hull City star Maynor Figueroa, the 17-year-old joined the Reds at Under-14s level and has proven himself to be a prolific, versatile forward in Liverpool’s youth ranks ever since - having scored 90 goals in one season for the Reds Under-13s and Under-14s after first joining the club.

While he has missed much of this season because of injury and international duty, the teenager marked his latest return with a goal off the bench in the Under-18s’ 4-2 defeat to Wolves at the end of last month. Figueroa now has three goals and two assists from nine appearances for the Under-18s in the U18 Premier League and FA Youth Cup this season.

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The forward is yet to break through into the Under-21s, but has established himself on the international stage with the United States. An Under-17s international, he scored seven goals to help his country reach the final of last year’s CONCACAF U17 Championship, while he also scored once in last November’s Under-17s World Cup as the USA lost to Germany in the round-of-16.

Handed his Liverpool Under-18s debut as a 15-year-old in October 2021, he fully established himself in Marc Bridge-Wilkinson's side following his return from the CONCACAF U17 Championships last season.

He would register a goal (his first at the level) and assist when making his return against Nottingham Forest, as he was handed his first start in a 2-2 draw. He would later score a hat-trick in