Paulo Dybala

Paulo Dybala
Dybala with Argentina in 2017
Personal information
Full name Paulo Exequiel Dybala[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth Laguna Larga, Córdoba, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
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
Men's football
Representing  Argentina
FIFA World Cup
Winner 2022 Qatar
Copa América
Third place 2019 Brazil
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Winner 2022 England
*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.

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
  2. ^ "13 fun facts about Paulo Dybala".
  3. ^ "The top 15 best dribblers in the world of football right now 2023". 16 February 2023.
  4. ^ "FIFA Rating".
  5. ^ Marcos Villalobo (10 October 2011). "Los maestros de la 'joya'" [The "Jewel's" teachers] (in Spanish). La Mañana Cordoba. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2015.