Cardiff City have had lots of success in their history, spending much of their time in the top flight of English football and that is where they want to be yet again.

And Mick McCarthy may be the man to lead them there, as he's lost just once since arriving at the club in January and whilst the play-off push may not end up coming off this season, there's plenty of promise for the 2021/22 campaign.

McCarthy has been keen to use younger players from Cardiff's academy and under-23 team, with the likes of Tom Sang, Ciaron Brown, Joel Bagan and Ruben Colwill getting game-time recently.

Cardiff have had a good academy though and have brought through a number of youngsters that have gone to play at the top level.

The likes of Aaron Ramsey, Chris Gunter, Joe Ledley and others have had success and you can even look further back with the likes of John Toshack, who was a great success as a player and manager.

Who are the youngest scorers in Bluebirds history though? We take a look at it going from 10th spot to Cardiff's youngest goal-getters according to transfermarkt.

Coming in at 10th place we have a player that Cardiff fans of a certain age probably haven't heard of.

Bird came through the club's youth system and as a 19-year-old, he netted in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup tournament away at Standard Liege - unfortunately though the Bluebirds lost 5-2.

The striker ended up being a victim of a financial crisis at Ninian Park in 1996, being released by the club despite having a good scoring start to the 1996/97 campaign, before joining Barry Town and then Cardiff's rivals Swansea, who he scored 18 league goals for in 86 games.

The first of quite a few players who still be playing to make this list, Magennis didn't have much of a Cardiff career but he still got a goal to his name.

His one and only Bluebirds goal came in a League Cup encounter in August 2009 against Bristol Rovers, bagging at the age of 19 years and 11 days.

Magennis never ended up breaking through for Cardiff though and he had to go north of the English border to Aberdeen and Kilmarnock to find some success, eventually returning to the Football League with Charlton, Bolton and Hull, but he's one Cardiff academy graduate that became an international, with 58 Northern Ireland caps to his name.

One of the only other pre-millennium players on here, Johnston was another youth player for Cardiff but was a Scot and not Welsh, having been born in Glasgow.

He made his senior debut at the age of 17 and was part of the 1965 Welsh Cup-winning side, but transfermarkt say his first goal for the club was at the age of 18 years, 5 months and 18 days in a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup match against Standard Liege - much like Tony Bird's was.

Johnston ended up making a big move to Arsenal in 1967, but his career ended up faltering pretty quickly, and he was out of league football by the age of 26.

The first player in here who didn't pass through Cardiff's youth system, Jerome joined in 2003 from Middlesbrough and was handed his City debut a year later.

Jerome netted his first Bluebirds goal in November 2004 at the age of 18 years, 2 months and 30 days and it came in a 2-1 away defeat to Reading - he went on to score five more goals that season.

It was the following campaign where Jerome really broke onto the scene, scoring 18 times in the Championship and his form netted Cardiff a cool initial £3 million when Birmingham swooped for his services.

The only player in this list to still be at the club, Ralls is a stalwart of the Bluebirds now and has been a regular since 2014.

His first goal though came well before that - back in October 2011 at the age of 17 years, 11 months and 18 days when he came on as an early substitute for Kenny Miller in an away clash against Hull City.

That game was his first actual league appearance for Cardiff and it came just 48 hours after he had penned a pro deal - not bad timing for the teenager at the time.

Ralls is closing in on 300 appearances for the Bluebirds and he feels like one of those players that will be around for a while at the club.

A captain of the under-18 squad during his time in the academy, Wildig was destined for big things early in his career as he was given plenty of chances to impress in his first season as a pro.

His first goal came at the age of 17 years, 9 months and 21 days when he netted a consolation goal against Newcastle United in February 2010, and that season he played 11 times in the Championship.

More chances though weren't forthcoming, as he dropped out of the limelight and went out on loan several times before being released in 2012.

Wildig has settled in recent years far, far away from Cardiff at League Two side Morecambe, where he still nets goals from midfield.

Ledley is one of the most successful players to ever come out of Cardiff's academy, having won numerous Scottish Premiership titles and was also a part of the Bluebirds' run to the 2008 FA Cup final.

The midfielder made his debut at a 17-year-old in the League Cup in 2004 and it wasn't long before he was in league action due to his talents - and at the age of 17 years, 9 months and 10 days he struck his first goal in a 4-1 league success over West Ham United.

Ledley attracted Premier League interest in his six years at Cardiff but he ended up at Celtic in 2010 following the Bluebirds' play-off final loss to Blackpool, and at the grand old age of 34 he is back in Wales with League Two side Newport County.

Matthews was a lucky pick-up for Cardiff as a child, having slipped through the net of their rivals Swansea and made his professional debut as a 17-year-old in August 2009.

The right-back didn't take long to get off the mark, as just two months later at the age of just 17 years, 8 months and 20 days, Matthews struck in a 4-0 away triumph over Watford - which was his one and only goal for the club.

Cardiff didn't have Matthews tied down to a long-term contract though, and in 2011 Celtic secured his signature and he played regularly for them over the next four years.

There's no doubt about it - Ramsey is the best player to come out of Cardiff's youth system in this century.

He only ever made 16 league appearances for the Bluebirds, but his talent was there for all to see from an early age and during Cardiff's 2008 FA Cup run he was a key figure and that's when big bids came in - which led to his departure to Arsenal.

The aforementioned FA Cup run is where Ramsey netted his first Bluebirds goal at the age of 17 years and 10 days - scoring in a 3-1 victory over non-league Chasetown - six months later he would be playing at the Emirates Stadium.

A Welsh legend in both playing terms and managerial, Toshack began his career at the Bluebirds before making a successful move to Liverpool, and then moved on to Cardiff's big rivals Swansea for the rest of his career.

Transfermarkt has Toshack's first goal down as an 18-year-old in a Cup Winners' Cup game in October 1967, but on further research it was actually much earlier.

Toshack made his senior debut for Cardiff on 13 November, 1965 at the age of 16 years and 236 days, and it was a goalscoring one as he netted on the way to their 3-2 victory over Leyton Orient.

Toshack would go on to score 74 more league goals for the club before joining Liverpool as a 21-year-old.