1. Alphonse Areola returned to PSG in 2016, where he went on to make over 100 appearances.
25 Facts About Alphonse Areola
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In 2019, Alphonse Areola joined Real Madrid on a season-long loan.
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Alphonse Areola has represented France at every youth level and was part of the squads that won the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Alphonse Francis Areola born on 27 February 1993 in Paris, France, to Cleto and Heidi, who immigrated to France from the Philippines in the late 1980s.
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Alphonse Areola began playing football at the age of six for Entente Sportive des Petits Anges and spent seven years at his local club before signing for Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain.
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Alphonse Areola returned to PSG in 2009 and signed his first professional contract with the Parisians in July 2009, putting pen to paper on a three-year deal.
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Alphonse Areola immediately displaced Rudy Riou as the club's starting keeper and made 36 appearances for the campaign, included in which was his Coupe de France debut.
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Alphonse Areola helped the club to a second-place finish in the league, thereby earning promotion to Ligue 1.
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Alphonse Areola was awarded the Eurosport Revelation of the Year award, beating the likes of N'Golo Kante and Gaetan Bussmann.
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Alphonse Areola ultimately made 39 appearances across all competitions for the club, keeping 13 clean sheets as Bastia ended the Ligue 1 season in 12th place and as runners-up in the Coupe de la Ligue.
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At Villarreal, Alphonse Areola enhanced his burgeoning reputation by keeping 15 clean sheets in 37 matches and conceding only 26 goals as the club ended the season in fourth place in La Liga.
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Alphonse Areola broke the club record of 615 minutes of football played without conceding a goal which was previously held by Diego Lopez, ultimately going 620 minutes unbeaten before conceding against Las Palmas.
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Alphonse Areola continued the season as PSG's undisputed goalkeeper in the league and Europe, with Trapp favoured in cup competitions, and was a regular feature in the club's record-breaking progression through the group stages of the Champions League.
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Alphonse Areola was relegated to a rotational role during the following season after the club signed veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon from Juventus.
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On 2 September 2019, Alphonse Areola returned to Spain when he joined Real Madrid on a season-long loan as part of a deal that saw Keylor Navas move in the opposite direction to PSG.
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On 9 September 2020, Alphonse Areola signed for Fulham on a season-long loan with an option to buy.
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Alphonse Areola played one game in the Premier League and appeared in the FA Cup and League Cup.
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Alphonse Areola completed his permanent transfer to West Ham United on 27 June 2022, signing a five-year contract with an option for a further year.
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On 7 June 2023, Alphonse Areola played in the 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina in Prague.
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Alphonse Areola represented France at every youth level from U16 to U21 between 2008 and 2014.
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Alphonse Areola was the hero for France in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final.
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Alphonse Areola had previously featured for France at the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship's, and subsequently at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
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On 1 October 2015, Alphonse Areola received his first call-up to the senior team by manager Didier Deschamps for friendlies against Armenia and Denmark as part of the French team's build-up to hosting UEFA Euro 2016.
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Alphonse Areola failed to make the tournament squad, but would be called up on three occasions for friendlies and World Cup qualifiers in September through to November 2016, although he was forced to withdraw from the latter squad after spraining his ankle.
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Alphonse Areola kept a clean sheet on his senior international debut and was named man of the match in the encounter which ended in a goalless draw.