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Full name | Paulo Exequiel Dybala[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 15 November 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Laguna Larga, Córdoba, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Roma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2011 | Instituto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Instituto | 38 | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | Palermo | 89 | (21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2022 | Juventus | 210 | (82) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022– | Roma | 45 | (24) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015– | Argentina | 38 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:42, 10 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2023 |
Paulo Exequiel Dybala (born 15 November 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Serie A club Roma and the Argentina national team. He is noted by sports journalists for his dribbling, speed, and goal-scoring ability.[2][3][4]
Nicknamed "La Joya" ("The Jewel") in his prime,[5] Dybala began his senior club career in 2011 playing for Instituto de Córdoba, before signing for Palermo in 2012, at age 18, where he won a Serie B title. In 2015, Dybala signed for Juventus and won five league titles and four Coppas Italia. He was also voted Serie A Most Valuable Player in the season where Juventus won its record 9th Serie A title in a row, and he was included in the Serie A Team of the Year four times, and ranks as Juventus' ninth-highest all-time goalscorer. In 2022, he joined roma.