Marco Verratti
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Verratti | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2012 | Pescara | 74 | (2) |
| 2012- | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012– | Italy U-21 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2012 | |||
Marco Verratti (born 5 November 1992 in Pescara) is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
Club career
A technically gifted playmaker with notable passing skills,[2] Verratti developed in the Pescara youth system, making his first team debut in the 2008-2009 season at the age of 16. In the 2009–10 season he appeared more regularly for Pescara, and since then he has become a key player in the first team. His performances have generated national media coverage as a potential star of the future and Italian international.[2]
He achieved significant media exposure throughout the 2011–12 season, as new head coach Zdeněk Zeman decided to move him into a defensive playmaker position in his trademark 4–3–3 formation; in his new role, Verratti immediately became a key figure of his team. Due to his successful season as a deep-lying playmaker, he is often compared to Andrea Pirlo, one of the greatest deep-lying playmakers and Marco Verratti's favourite player.
On the 18 July 2012, Verrati signed a 5-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain[3]
International career
He made his debut with the Italy U-21 on 28 February 2012, playing as a starter in a friendly match against France.
On 13 May 2012, Verratti was included into Cesare Prandelli's preliminary 32-man list for the UEFA Euro 2012, being one of only two Serie B players (the other being Torino's Angelo Ogbonna) to be part of it.[4] He was subsequently cut from the squad on 28 May 2012. [5]
References
- ^ "MARCO VERRATTI" (in Italian). Delfino Pescara 1936. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ a b "Marco Verratti" (in Italian). SKY.it. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ "Marco Verratti joins PSG". Paris Saint-Germain. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ^ "Euro 2012, i 32 di Prandelli La sorpresa è Verratti" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 13 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Prandelli trims seven players from Italy squad". goal.com. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
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