5 Best Players in Current Squad:
Zlatan Ibrahimovic General Info and Accomplishments: Zlatan is a Swedish football player who plays in the position of striker for PSG as well as the Swedish National team, which he is the captain of. Zlatan is largley considered the best player on Paris Saint-Germain, however one thing he is infamous for is his arrogance. For example an outrageous quote of his is shown by this photo. Despite his arrogance, he does have quite a lot to show for it, due to his impressive credentials. For example, he is one of only ten players to have ever made 100 or more appearances for the Swedish National team and has also scored the most goals for Sweden in international matches (54). He has represented his country at both the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, also the 2004,2008, and 2012 UEFA European Championships. His playing style is often compared to Marco van Vasten who is a Dutch footballer legend. Zlatan is thought of as one of the best players of his generation and is widely proclaimed for his finishes, also being regarded as one of the best in the game. An example of this is the amazing bicycle kick he performed in the game of Sweden vs England, allowing them to win the game as well as winning the 2013 FIFA Puskas Award for Goal of the Year. Another amazing credential is that in the month of December in 2013 he was ranked as the third best player in the world by the Guardian. His country has a lot of love for him which is shown by the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter naming him the second-greatest Swedish sportsperson of all time, after Bjorn Borg, in 2014. Zlatan Ibrahimovic History: With all the acclamations he has received it is intriguing to find out how he got his start in football. To answer that question, he first began his professional career in the late 1990s at Malmo FF, which was before he was signed by Ajax. During his time at Malmo FF he worked under Ronald Koeman and started on his path to fame. This was furthered when he signed with Juventus for €16 million and thrived with his strike partner in David Trezeguet as he played in Serie A (Italy's top professional football league). He spent two seasons there and finished first in the Serie A standings however lost their titles and were demoted to Serie B due to the Calciopoli scandal. This was a scandal that occurred when the teams were accused of not only rigging games but as well as choosing referees who would judge favourably. This was uncovered by the Italian police in May 2006 when they discovered a large network of relationships between referee organizations as well as team managers. He then moved onto Internazionale and won individual awards, including the Italian Oscar del Calcio and the Swedish Guldbollen, as well as being listed on the 2007 and 2009 UEFA team of the year. During his time there, he finished as the highest scorer in the league from 2008-2009 and winning the Scudetti (Italy's premier football league championship). Then he transferred to Barcelona in the summer of 2009 and contributed to the team's win in the 2009-10 La Liga championship. However, he only stayed there for a short amount of time and then returned to the Serie A league, now with A.C. Millan which paid him €24 million and made him one of the highest payed football players in the world. He won the Scudetto with Milan in 2010-11 and then finally signed with PSG in July 2012. During his time there he has won three Ligue 1 championshups, two Coupes de la Ligue and one Coupe de France. David Luiz: David Luiz is a professional football player who was born on April 22 1987. He is also the vice-captain of the Brazil national team. His position is usually a central defender, but is also sometimes played as a defensive midfielder. He first started his career in Vitoria but then moved onto Benfica for five seasons. In January 2011 he joined Chelsea and won the Champions League and then the FA Cup in the next season. Then, setting a world record transfer for a defender with a £50 million transfer to PSG in June 2014. His international debut occurred in 2010 and has earned over 40 caps as well as being a member of the Brazilian team which won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and reaching the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. |
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Edinson Cavani
Edinson is a Uruguayan professional football player who was born on February 14th 1987 and plays as a striker for PSG as well as the Uruguayan national team. Cavani is widely known for his outstanding ability to score goals in the air and on the ground with his feet, as well as his relentless work-rate, coupled with the accurate set-piece taking he shows. He usually plays as a center forward, however he can also play in other offensive positions, such as a supporting striker or winger. Cavani started his career in Danubio Montevideo for two years and then moved to Palmero on the Italian side in 2007. At the club, he was there for 4 seasons and scored 34 goals and appeared in 109 league games. Then in 2010 he signed with Napoli for €17 million. He started his season (2011-2012) with first club honours in the Coppa Italia where he was the top scorer with 5 goals. He had a lot of success in Napoli with 33 goals in the first two seasons and then 38 goals in his third season. Finally, he finished as the top scorer in Serie A with 29 league goals. Then he transferred to PSG on July 16th 2013 for €64.5 million, which is the most expensive signing in French football history. With PSG he has won two Ligue 1 championships, two Coupes de la Ligue as well as one Coupe de France. He is also a Uruguayan international and has earned over 70 caps and scored 27 international since his debut against Colombia on February 6th 2008. He has played in five large international tournaments being the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 2011 Copa America, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, as well as the 2014 FIFA World Cup and finally the 2015 Copa America. Also, during the 2010 World Cup he scored one goal which helped the team achieve 4th place and in 2011 he took part in the Copa America, which was when the Uruguay squad won the title for the 15th time which is a record. |
Marco Verratti:
He is an Italian born professional football player whose position is central midfielder for PSG in Ligue 1 as well as the Italian national football team. He is known primarily for his ability to make plays as well as his dribbling and passing skills, good vision, and ability to control the ball. These aspects have allowed him to be compared to the Italian legend Andrea Pirlo. This is also due to the fact that he made the same transition from trequartista (which is an attacking midfielder who is used primarily offensively) to regista (deep lying playmaker which focuses more on passing than scoring or tackling) that Pirlo who won the 2006 FIFA World Cup also made early in his career. |
Thiago Silva:
Thiago is a professional Brazilian football player who was born on September 22 1984 and plays as a central defender for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain as well as the Brazilian national team. He first moved to Europe in 2009 to join AC Milan and then proved himself to be one of the best defenders in the world as well as winning the Serie A title in 2010-11. PSG signed him for €42 million in July 2012 which made him the second most expensive defender in history only being beaten by Rio Ferdinand. He has won three back to back Ligue 1 championships, two back to back Coupes de la Ligue as well as one Coupe de France with PSG. He has been a full international player since 2008 and was the captain of the Brazilian national team which led them to win the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup as well as attaining fourth place at the World Cup a year later. He also played in the 2008 Olympics, winning bronze and then silver in the 2012 Olympics. Finally he has earned 50 caps throughout his career so far. |
Best Goalie:
Salvatore Sirigu is currently the best goalkeeper on Paris Saint-Germain and plays for the Italy national team. He began his career with Lamero and then moved to PSG in 2011. He has been voted the Goalkeeper of the Year for Ligue 1 twice and has won three consecutive league titles as well as every domestic competition (4) of the 2014-15 season. He has participated on the Italy National team since 2010 and has played in large tournaments such as UEFA Euro 2012 as well as 2014 FIFA World Cup. He is compared to Gianluigi Buffon because of his strength, composure, mentality, reflexes as well as his consistency. Gianlugi Buffon played for the Serie A club Juventus as well as being the captain of the Italy National team and is largely considered one of the, if not the best goalkeepers of all time, and is also Italy's most capped player in its history (148). |
Current Manager:
Laurent Blanc was born on November 19th 1965 and has been both a manager of PSG as well as a former player. He was known for his leadership skills and was therefore given the nickname Le President. During his career as a player, he played for many different clubs including Montpellier, Napoly, Barcelona, Marseille, Internazionale and Manchester United, and played as a defender, largely in the sweeper position. As a French International player he has earned 97 caps (appearing in 97 games) and scoring 16 goals. He represented France in a few international tournaments including the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as the UEFA Euro 2000, in which France won both. During his playing time in the FIFA World Cup in 1998 he scored the first golden goal in World Cup history against Paraguay and as a result won the game for France. Blanc began to manage teams in 2007 when he did so for Bordeaux, and ended up winning domestic honours as well as the Ligue 1 title in 2008-2009. He then left Bordeaux in 2010 and replaced Raymond Domenech, thus becoming the manager of the French national team after the 2010 FIFA World Cup until 2012. Next, he lead France to the quarter finals of UEFA Euro 2012 and in 2013, he was hired by PSG and won honours there, as well. |