2023-09-13 18:47:57
New player from the Qatari club Al-Arabi, the little Italian will have spent 11 years in the colors of PSG. Time to amass impressive numbers.
6 – Like his jersey number since the 2015-16 season. For his first two years, it was 24.
7 – Verratti was invited seven times to the typical Ligue 1 team at the UNFP Trophies (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019). Nominated twice for the title of best player (2015, 2017), he inherited the trophy for best prospect in the French championship at the end of the 2013-14 season.
Here with Neymar after a victory in the League Cup final, Marco Verratti is the most successful player in the history of the capital club. Philippe LECOEUR / Fep / Panoramic
9 – Marco Verratti participated in the conquest of nine French championship titles. This is a record in the history of the Parisian club, but also on a national scale. Remember that PSG had only been French champions twice before the start of the Qatari era, in 1986 and 1994. Verratti lifted the trophy from 2013 to 2016, then from 2017 to 2020 and again at the end of the last two seasons, in 2022 and 2023. The failures of 2017 (Monaco) and 2021 (Lille) did not allow him to equal or even surpass Grégory Coupet, Juninho and Sidney Govou, crowned seven times in a row.
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11 – It’s no secret that Marco Verratti has never been a great scorer… In 11 years at the club, he has only found the net 11 times! His record in one season? Three goals in 2014-15 and 2016-17. Verratti has only scored three times in the Champions League, including two goals in the 2017-18 season alone.
12 – The amount of his transfer from time.news (Serie B club at the time) to PSG, while Juve was on the case.
Marco Verratti was still a kid when he joined PSG in 2012. Anthony BIBARD / Fep / Panoramic
16 – Accustomed to rusks (see elsewhere), the Italian international has been suspended for 16 matches since his arrival in Paris, almost always due to an accumulation of yellow cards.
30 – Marco Verratti is THE most successful player in the history of the capital club with 30 trophies, including nine French championship titles (see elsewhere), six coronations in the Coupe de France and as many in the Coupe de la Ligue.
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38 – The PSG infirmary has no secrets for Verratti, who has suffered 38 problems since his arrival on the banks of the Seine. Malleolus, groin, calf, knee, thigh, adductor… Between the selection and PSG, he missed 143 matches!
45 – The estimated amount of his transfer to Al-Arabi, the second largest in the club’s history behind Neymar (90).
55 – It was after his transfer to Paris that Verratti made his debut for the Italian team, on August 15, 2012, in a defeat against England (1-2). The first of his 55 selections (3 goals) with the Squadra Azzurra, he who was part of the epic until the title of European champion during Euro 2020, contested in 2021. He had missed the first two matches due to injury (Turkey, Switzerland) before regaining his starting stripes for the rest.
56 – With 56 assists, Verratti appears in the Top 10 best passers in PSG history, far behind Angel Di Maria (112), in seventh place. However, he only averaged 0.13 assists.
Laurent Blanc directed Marco Verratti 120 times between 2013 and 2016. Fep / Panoramic
120 – Since the start of the QSI era, only Laurent Blanc has lasted three seasons as coach. The now ex-Lyon coach is therefore logically the one under whom Marco Verratti played the most (120 matches), ahead of Thomas Tuchel (88) and Unai Emery (81). Luis Enrique is not likely to appear on the list: the Spanish technician has not played the Italian once since the start of the season. In fact, he didn’t even call him into his groups.
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131 – The taste for palaver and the Italians, a cliché? Not for Verratti, who often spoke about the country to the referees… It played tricks on him. 131 yellow cards in all competitions with PSG, including five synonymous with expulsion. Note that he only received one direct red card in Rouge et Bleu last season.
416 – With 416 matches, Marco Verratti is the second most capped player in the club’s history, only ahead of Jean-Marc Pilorget (435). Recruited a year after the Italian, Marquinhos is in third position (411).
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