Marco Verratti

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Marco Verratti
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Verratti playing for Paris Saint-Germain in 2015
Personal information
Full name Marco Verratti
Date of birth (1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Pescara, Italy
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Number 6
Youth career
2000–2008 Pescara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Pescara 74 (2)
2012– Paris Saint-Germain 105 (2)
International career‡
2010–2011 Italy U19 4 (0)
2011–2012 Italy U20 4 (0)
2012–2013 Italy U21 7 (0)
2012– Italy 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 February 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:20, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Marco Verratti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko verˈratti]; born 5 November 1992) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for French club Paris Saint Germain in Ligue 1 and the Italian national football team.

A creative, hard-working, and technically gifted playmaker, Verratti began his career with Italian club Pescara in 2008, where he soon rose to prominence as one of the best young midfielders in Europe, helping the team to win the 2011–12 Serie B title, and winning the 2012 Bravo Award.[2] His playing style drew comparisons with Andrea Pirlo, due to his passing ability, vision, and control, as well as his similar transition from the role of trequartista to that of a regista.[3] In July 2012, he transferred to French side Paris Saint-Germain, where he has won four consecutive Ligue 1 titles, among other domestic and individual trophies.[3]

At international level, Verratti represented the Italy under-21 football team at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, winning a runners-up medal, and being named to the all-star squad for the tournament. At senior level, he made his Italy debut in 2012, and represented his country at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[3]

Early life

Verratti was born in Pescara, and grew up in L'Aquila. As a child, he supported Juventus and idolised Alessandro Del Piero, the team's Italian international offensive playmaker.[3] Verratti's talent was noticed at an early age, and he was made offers to join the youth academies of Atalanta and Internazionale, but joined his local club Pescara for €5,000. After an impressive performance for Pescara's under-16 team against A.C. Milan, the Lombardy club offered €300,000 to sign the midfielder, but Verratti decided to remain at Pescara.[3]

Club career

Pescara

Verratti playing for Pescara in 2012

Verratti made his first team debut in the 2008–09 season at the age of 16. In the 2009–10 season, he appeared more regularly for Pescara, and since then became a key player in the first team. His performances generated national media coverage as a potential star of the future and Italian international.[2]

With Zdeněk Zeman as manager, Verratti excelled as a deep-lying playmaker in a Pescara team which won the 2011–12 Serie B title playing "the best football in Italy", earning promotion to Serie A the following season.[3] After helping Pescara to promotion to Serie A, Verratti received the 2012 Bravo Award for the best player under the age of 21 in Europe, and was reportedly wanted by Napoli, Roma and Juventus, as well as Carlo Ancelotti's Paris Saint-Germain.[3] At the 2012 AIC Gran Gala del Calcio, he was elected the best player of the 2011–12 Serie B season, along with former Pescara team-mates Ciro Immobile and Lorenzo Insigne.[4]

Paris Saint-Germain

Veratti with Paris Saint-Germain in March 2013.

On 18 July 2012, Verratti signed a five-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain in the French Ligue 1.[5] After making his debut against Lille, the midfielder assisted Javier Pastore's opening goal on his first appearance at the Parc des Princes, a 2–0 defeat of Toulouse.[3]

Verratti playing for Paris Saint-Germain against Dynamo Kyiv in 2012

On 18 September, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 4–1 defeat of Dynamo Kyiv.[6] He ended his first season in the French capital by winning the 2012–13 Ligue 1 title. On 20 August 2013, Verratti signed a one-year extension to his contract with PSG, keeping him at the club until 2018.[7]

Veratti's second season with PSG was even more successful than the first as the team retained its league title and won the Coupe de la Ligue. Verratti was named as the Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year and included in the Ligue 1 Team of the Year for 2013–14.[8]

On 30 September 2014, Verratti scored his first goal for PSG, a header in a 3–2 home win over Barcelona in the group stage of the Champions League.[9] On 18 January 2015, Verratti scored his first goal in the Ligue 1, in a 4–2 home win over Evian.[10]

International career

The uncapped Verratti was included into Cesare Prandelli's preliminary 32-man Italy squad for UEFA Euro 2012, being one of only two Serie B players (the other being Torino's Angelo Ogbonna) to be part of it.[11] He was subsequently cut from the squad on 28 May 2012.[12]

On 15 August 2012, Verratti made his debut with the Italian senior team in a friendly match against England played in Bern. He subsequently made his first competitive appearance in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, appearing as a second-half substitute for Emanuele Giaccherini in a 2–2 draw against Bulgaria on 7 September.

On 6 February 2013, Verratti scored his first international goal in a friendly against the Netherlands, a 91st-minute equalizer that made the final score 1–1.[13]

He took part with the Italy U-21 side at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where the Azzurrini finished as runners-upattr to Spain. His performances saw him included in UEFA's all-star squad for the tournament.[14]

On 1 June 2014, Verratti was selected in Italy's 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[15] In Italy's opening match of the tournament, he made his first competitive start for the Azzurri on the left side of a midfield diamond with Juventus players Andrea Pirlo and Claudio Marchisio and Roma vice-captain Daniele de Rossi in a 2–1 victory over England in Manaus.[16]

On 6 May 2016, it was confirmed Verratti would miss Euro 2016 after a long lasting injury from a sports hernia which would require surgery on May 16, sidelining him for two months.[17]

Style of play

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"He's one of the best midfielders in the world, and plays a little bit in the same way as I tried to do with Barcelona and the national team. He likes having the ball. He also has perfect mastery over long and short passing, he can play the final ball, and he doesn't lose the ball that easily. He's really a very high-class player."

—Xavi on Verratti in 2015.[18]

A quick, creative, agile, and technically gifted midfield playmaker, with notable dribbling skills and close ball control, Verratti is known for his confidence on the ball and ability to retain possession in tight spaces when under pressure, due to his low centre of gravity and resulting balance.[2][18][19][20] His excellent vision and range of passing enable him to create chances for team-mates with accurate long passes, or control the tempo of his team's play in midfield through short exchanges.[18][19][21] Due to his attributes and playing style, Verratti has been compared to Italy legend Andrea Pirlo, in particular after making the same transition from trequartista to regista that the 2006 FIFA World Cup winner had also made earlier on in his career.[3][22][23][24] Initially regarded as one of the most talented young players of his generation,[25] Verratti quickly developed into one of the best playmaking midfielders in the world.[26] In addition to his playmaking skills, he is also a hard-working, dynamic, and well-rounded midfielder, who is known for his aggression and defensive ability, despite his small physique and stature.[21][27][28]

Statistics

Club

As of 31 February 2016[29]
Club Season League Cup [nb 1] League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pescara 2009–10 7 1 0 0 – – – 7 1
2010–11 28 1 1 0 – – – 29 1
2011–12 31 0 1 1 – – – 32 1
Total 66 2 2 1 – – – 68 3
Paris Saint-Germain 2012–13 27 0 3 0 0 0 9[lower-alpha 1] 0 – 39 0
2013–14 29 0 1 0 4 0 8[lower-alpha 1] 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 43 0
2014–15 32 2 6 0 3 0 7[lower-alpha 1] 1 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 49 3
2015–16 17 0 2 0 1 0 5[lower-alpha 1] 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 26 0
Total 105 2 12 0 8 0 29 1 3 0 157 3
Career totals 171 4 14 1 8 0 29 1 3 0 225 6
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 All appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

As of 10 October 2015[30]
Italy national team
Year Apps Goals
2012 2 0
2013 2 1
2014 6 0
2015 5 0
Total 15 1

International goals

Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 February 2013 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–1 1–1 Friendly

Honours

Club

Pescara[29]
Paris Saint-Germain[29]

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes cup competitions such as Coppa Italia and Coupe de France

References

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