1. Paul Labile Pogba was born on 15 March 1993 and is a French professional footballer who is a free agent, having last played for Serie A club Juventus.
57 Facts About Paul Pogba
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Paul Pogba was named in the 2015 UEFA Team of the Year and in the 2015 FIFA FIFPro World XI after helping Juventus to the 2015 Champions League final, their first final in twelve years.
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Internationally, Paul Pogba captained France to victory at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and was named the Best Player of the tournament.
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Paul Pogba debuted for the senior team a year later and played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where he was named the Best Young Player.
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Paul Pogba represented France at UEFA Euro 2016 on home soil where he finished as a runner-up.
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Paul Pogba then won the 2018 FIFA World Cup and scored in the final.
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Paul Pogba began his football career at the age of six playing for US Roissy-en-Brie, a few miles south of his hometown.
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Paul Pogba spent seven seasons at the club before joining US Torcy, where he served as captain of the club's under-13 team.
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Paul Pogba established himself as a youth international for his country.
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On 31 July 2009, Paul Pogba announced that he was departing Le Havre to join the youth academy of Manchester United in England.
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The move surprised his parent club, as it allegedly had a "non-solicitation agreement" with Paul Pogba, which was agreed to by not only the player but his parents in 2006.
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On 19 February 2011, Paul Pogba was one of four academy players promoted to the first-team squad by manager Alex Ferguson ahead of Manchester United's FA Cup fifth round match against Crawley Town, for which he was assigned the number 42 shirt.
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Paul Pogba made his second appearance against Aldershot Town in the Fourth Round of the League Cup on 25 October 2011.
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Paul Pogba made his Premier League debut against Stoke City on 31 January 2012, replacing Javier Hernandez in the 72nd minute.
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On 3 July 2012, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson confirmed that Paul Pogba had left the club after not signing a new contract.
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Paul Pogba contributed to the opening goal scored by Fabio Quagliarella.
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On 5 May 2013, Paul Pogba was sent off in Juventus' Scudetto-clinching game for spitting towards an opponent after being slapped in the face.
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In December, Paul Pogba was named 2013's Golden Boy for the best young player in Europe.
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In January 2014, Paul Pogba was named by The Guardian as one of the ten most promising young players in Europe.
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Paul Pogba was named the man of the match for his performance.
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Paul Pogba would prove to be a key player for the club that season, breaking into the starting line-up, and making more appearances for the club than any other player across all competitions that season, scoring 9 goals.
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Paul Pogba finished the season with his second consecutive Serie A title under manager Antonio Conte, reaching the semi-finals of the Europa League.
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On 20 September 2014, under new Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri, Paul Pogba contributed to Juventus's away win against Milan by providing the assist for the only goal of the game, scored by Carlos Tevez.
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On 24 October, Paul Pogba renewed his contract with Juventus, tying him to the club until 2019.
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On 28 October, Paul Pogba was named as one of the 23 shortlisted candidates for the 2014 Ballon d'Or; at 21, he was the youngest on the list.
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In 2014, Paul Pogba was awarded the Bravo Award, by the Italian sports magazine Il Guerin Sportivo, which is awarded to the best under-23 player who has participated in European competitions.
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On 15 July 2015, Paul Pogba was named to the ten-man shortlist for the 2015 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.
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On 24 November, Paul Pogba was nominated for the 2015 UEFA Team of the Year, later being named to the team on 8 January 2016.
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Paul Pogba excelled in his team's new creative position, which saw him gain more time on the ball, and played a key role in helping Juventus to the league title, scoring a joint personal best of 8 goals in Serie A, while finishing the league season as the top assist provider in Serie A, with a personal record of 12 assists, alongside Miralem Pjanic.
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Paul Pogba began the season well in the first few weeks, scoring four goals as the new designated penalty taker.
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Paul Pogba's form dipped towards the end of the season as Manchester United only won 2 of their last 12 games of the season as they were knocked out of the FA cup by Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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In January 2020, Paul Pogba underwent surgery on his ankle putting him out of action for a further four to eight weeks.
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On 1 June 2022, Manchester United announced that Paul Pogba would leave the club following the expiration of his contract.
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Four days later, it was reported by the media that Paul Pogba had suffered a muscle injury in training, and that he would be out of action for three weeks.
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Paul Pogba had to be subbed off after only 23 minutes due to a muscle injury.
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On 11 September 2023, Paul Pogba was provisionally suspended from playing due to a failure of a drug test, as non-endogenous testosterone was found in his test results following a match against Udinese on 20 August.
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On 15 November 2024, Juventus announced that they had reached a mutual agreement with Paul Pogba regarding the termination of his contract, starting from the following 30 November.
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Paul Pogba began his international career for France with the national youth football team.
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Paul Pogba made his youth international debut on 23 September 2008 in the team's opening match of the campaign against Wales in Llanelli.
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Paul Pogba was a part of the team that played at the 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship scoring both of his goals with the team at the tournament.
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Paul Pogba made his debut with the under-19 team in its first match of the season against Italy on 6 September 2011.
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On 11 June 2012, Paul Pogba was named to the squad to participate in the tournament.
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Paul Pogba was the captain of the team that won France's first ever FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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Paul Pogba was named the best player of the tournament.
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On 22 March 2013, Paul Pogba made his debut for the French senior team in a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Georgia.
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On 6 June 2014, Paul Pogba was named in France's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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On 13 July 2014, Paul Pogba was named the tournament's Best Young Player.
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In May 2016, Paul Pogba was named by national side manager Didier Deschamps to France's 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016, to be played on home soil.
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On 17 May 2018, Paul Pogba was named in the France squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
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Paul Pogba was ruled out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar following knee surgery.
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Paul Pogba is known for his powerful and accurate shots from distance.
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Paul Pogba has often been compared with former France international Patrick Vieira in his youth.
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Paul Pogba is known for his ability to make forward runs from deeper areas of the pitch.
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Paul Pogba has been married to Bolivian model Maria Zulay Salaues since 2019 and they have two children together.
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In March 2022, Paul Pogba said that he had suffered from depression whilst being managed by Jose Mourinho at Manchester United during 2018.
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Paul Pogba explained that he was harassed during Juventus training and that he thought about quitting football.
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Paul Pogba appeared in an Adidas 2018 World Cup commercial alongside other footballers like David Beckham, Lionel Messi, and Mohamed Salah, as well as American singer Pharrell Williams.