2023-09-14 08:55:05
What will remain of Marco Verratti’s time at Paris Saint-Germain? Beyond the emotions, which will fade when the player’s last lovers no longer have the energy to keep his legacy alive, there will always be the numbers, immutable, engraved in the rock. If the Italian, who officially signed with Al-Arabi this Wednesday, has never been a player readable only through Excel tables and graphic pie charts, the statistical record of his eleven seasons in Paris still leaves a beautiful print.
11 goals, as many years at the club
It was also, more or less, the amount of his transfer, estimated at 12 million euros: Marco Verratti scored as many goals (11) as he spent years at the club. One per season on average, and so few that we could all remember them.
There was the very first, as unique as him: a headed goal, from the height of his height of sixty-five meters, against FC Barcelona in the Champions League (September 30, 2014). There is undoubtedly the most beautiful: this strike so sudden and precise against Bastia, on a free kick played quickly (May 6, 2017). Above all, there was this paranormal event: a double scored against Reims (January 23, 2022), his last two goals in Paris. And each time, this smile as if he had just achieved something extraordinary.
61 assists, close to the top-5
This is almost half as many as Angel Di Maria (112) but with 61 offerings in total in the PSG jersey, Marco Verratti is the 6th most prolific passer in the history of the capital club ahead of Pastore (56) or Ibrahimovic (53) and behind Neymar (70).
136 yellow cards
The image of Marco Verratti in the French championship will forever be linked to toast, and to his special relationship with the referees whom he loved to annoy with every decision. In total, the Italian took 136 yellow cards in the PSG jersey, for only… 6 reds (1 single direct, 5 double yellows). He missed a total of 14 matches due to suspension. A pittance compared to his grand total…
416 matches played, less than 20 units from Pilorget
A twelfth season for Marco Verratti in the PSG jersey would undoubtedly have, barring disaster, meant that this record would have returned to him. With 416 matches in the PSG jersey, Marco Verratti was only 19 points away from the absolute record for the Reds and Blues, held by Jean-Marc Pilorget (435). It is, on the other hand, Marquinhos who should very soon reach and surpass him: the Brazilian is at 411.
30 trophies, 9 Ligue 1 titles: two absolute records
Marco Verratti’s trophy cabinet has filled up visibly in each season he has spent at PSG. Now 30 years old, he is the absolute record holder for titles under the Parisian jersey: 30, a dizzying total which includes 6 French Cups, 6 League Cups, 9 Champions Trophies and above all 9 French Championships, a absolute record in Ligue 1. He is also, with 7 units, the record holder with Thiago Silva for presences in the UNFP team of the year (seven times in a row between 2013 and 2019).
38 injuries, one player often absent
This is one of the black points of his Parisian adventure: Marco Verratti was as brilliant as intermittent, often being, like Neymar, in the infirmary as regularly as on the field. The specialized site Transfermarkt lists 38 injuries, more or less serious, in total since the 2014-2015 season, for a total of some 736 days of unavailability and 143 missed matches, both for club and national team. He notably underwent two operations between 2016 and 2018 for adductor pubalgia, which he suffered for a long time.
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