Paulo Dybala

Paulo Dybala

Dybala taking a corner for Palermo in 2014
Personal information
Full name Paulo Bruno Exequiel Dybala[1]
Date of birth (1993-11-15) 15 November 1993
Place of birth Laguna Larga, Cordoba, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Juventus
Number 21
Youth career
2003–2011 Instituto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011–2012 Instituto 38 (17)
2012–2015 Palermo 90 (21)
2015– Juventus 24 (13)
National team‡
2015– Argentina 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 February 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2015

Paulo Bruno Exequiel Dybala (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaulo ðiˈβala]; born 15 November 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus and the Argentina national team.

Due to his creative style of play, pace, talent, technique, and eye for goal, he has been nicknamed La Joya (The Jewel, in Spanish).[3]

Early life

His grandfather, Bolesław Dybała, was from the village of Kraśniów in Poland.[4] His family also has Italian origins through a maternal grandmother from the Province of Naples.[5][6]

Club career

Instituto de Córdoba

Nicknamed La Joya[7] or El pibe de la pensión,[8] Dybala made his professional debut in the Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division) with his hometown club Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, when he was 17 years old. In total he played 40 games with the club, scoring 17 goals.[9][10] He was the youngest to score a goal beating the record of Mario Kempes, Dybala was also the first to play 38 consecutive games in a professional league in the country by beating again Kempes, and he was also the first to score two hat-tricks in a season and has scored in six consecutive games, surpassing the previous record of four games.[11]

Palermo

Dybala running with the ball for Palermo in 2015.

On 29 April 2012, U.S. Città di Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini announced the signing of Dybala stating "We have got Paulo Dybala – the new Sergio Agüero". Later the same day however, Instituto's general secretary José Teaux, stated that the man who had completed the negotiations with Palermo, did not have the mandate to sell him.

On 20 July 2012, Palermo released a press announcement confirming the signing of Dybala, who signed a four-year deal with the Sicilian club.[12] He debuted with the rosanero in a Serie A match against Lazio. Dybala scored his first and second goal in Italy on 11 November 2012 when Palermo defeated Sampdoria at home by 2–0.[13]

Dybala had his breakthrough season in the 2014–15 Serie A where he scored 10 goals in the first half of the season, forming a successful striking partnership with fellow Argentine-Italian Franco Vázquez and being linked with several top European clubs.[14] He finished the season with 13 goals and 10 assists, as one of the top assist providers in the league.[15]

Juventus

On 4 June 2015, Juventus announced the signing of Dybala on a five-year deal for a fee of €32 million (plus €8 million in add-ons).[16][17] He was assigned the number 21 shirt, which was previously worn by Andrea Pirlo, who left the club.[18] On 8 August, he came on as a 61st-minute substitute for Kingsley Coman against Lazio in the 2015 Supercoppa Italiana. He scored the second goal in the 73rd minute in a 2–0 win in Shanghai.[19] On 30 August 2015, Dybala made his second league appearance, scoring his first league goal in the 87th minute in a 2–1 defeat to Roma.[20] He scored his first career Coppa Italia goal in a 4–0 win over cross-city rivals Torino on 16 December.[21]

International career

Thanks to his dual citizenship, Dybala is eligible to play for Poland and Italy but he has expressly stated that he feels Argentine and has always dreamed of playing for Argentina.[22] Despite having sealed his decision of representing Argentina's colours, Dybala maintains that he feels a strong connection to his grandfather's country of origin, referring to it as "my family's blood".[23]

Dybala was called by the Argentina Under-17 to participate in the XVI Pan American Games, but in the end he did not take part in the competition. On 19 July 2012 he received his first call in the Argentina Under-20, but declined the invitation.

On September 22, 2015 he was called for the first time for the Argentina senior team by manager Gerardo Martino,[24] but his first appearance would be on 13 October 2015 coming from the bench replacing Carlos Tevez in the 75th minute during a World Cup Qualifier 2018 match with Paraguay.[25]

Style of play

A quick, creative, and agile player, with good technical ability,[26][27][28][29][30] Dybala is known for his dribbling skills and close control in limited spaces,[30] as well as his ability to protect and hold up the ball for team-mates with his back to goal.[31] Due to his pace, positioning, and ball skills, he excels during counter-attacks,[31] and at beating the offside trap when making attacking runs.[32] A hardworking player, he is also known for his defensive contribution.[31] Dybala is capable both of creating chances for team-mates, as well as scoring goals himself, due to his vision and ability to play off of other players, as well as his powerful, and accurate ball striking ability;[32] he is also effective at scoring with his head due to his acceleration and ability to anticipate defenders.[30][31] A versatile forward, he is capable of playing in any offensive position: he has been deployed as a striker, as a supporting forward, as an attacking midfielder, as a playmaker, as a false-9,[33] or even as an inverted winger on the right, where he is able to cut into the centre and curl shots on goal with his stronger left foot.[30][31] He is also accurate from free kicks and penalties.[34][35] His playing style has drawn comparisons with compatriots Sergio Agüero,[36] Javier Pastore,[37] Carlos Tevez,[38] Omar Sivori,[39] and Lionel Messi,[26] as well as former Italian forwards Vincenzo Montella,[40] Alessandro Del Piero,[41] and Roberto Baggio.[42] In 2014, Don Balón named him one of the 100 most promising young players in the world born after 1993.[43]

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 13 February 2016)

Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Instituto de Córdoba
2011–12 381700——3817
Total 381700——3817
Palermo
2012–13 27310——283
2013–14 28520——305
2014–15 341310——3513
Total 892140——9321
Juventus
2015–16 24133260113316
Total 24133260113316
Career total 1515172601116454

Honours

Club

Palermo[9]
Juventus[9]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Dybala sets sights on silverware". Juventus FC. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Paulo Dybala". juventus.com.
  3. ↑ Marcos Villalobo (10 October 2011). "Los maestros de la "joya"" [The "Jewel's" teachers] (in Spanish). La Mañana de Cordoba. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Paulo Dybala – "nowy Messi" z polskimi korzeniami" (in Polish). Sport.onet.
  5. ↑ "Scatta raduno rosanero: 25 convocati, assente giustificato Dybala" (in Italian). Corriere del Mezzogiorno.
  6. ↑ "Nazionale, Conte vuole Dybala in azzurro". Sport Mediaset (in Italian). 26 November 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "La Joya está bien" (in Spanish). Olè. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "El pibe de la pensión" (in Spanish). I'm Cordoba. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 "Paulo Dybala Player". Soccerway. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Paulo Dybala player 2" (in Spanish). Instituto Atletico Central Cordoba. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "Dybala, el pibe de los récords" [Dybala, the kid of Records] (in Spanish). MundoD. 27 March 2012.
  12. ↑ "DYBALA HA FIRMATO" [DYBALA SIGNED] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  13. ↑ http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/match-report/-/match-report/Palermo-Sampdoria/47894
  14. ↑ "Football - Serie A - Standing - Top Scorers - 2014-2015 - - Yahoo! Eurosport". yahoo.com.
  15. 1 2 "Serie A 2014-15 Statistics: Assists". ESPN FC. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Agreement with Palermo for the acquisition of the player Paulo Dybala" (PDF). Juventus F.C. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Paulo Dybala: Juventus sign striker from Palermo for £23m". BBC Sport. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Paulo Dybala: Juventus is the perfect club for me". Goal.com. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  19. ↑ "Juventus 2-0 Lazio: Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala hand Juve win as new strikers seal Italian Super Cup for Serie A champions". Daily Mail. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  20. ↑ "Roma 2 – Juventus 1". Lega Serie A.it. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  21. ↑ "Coppa: Four-star Juve crush Toro". Football Italia. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  22. ↑ "Italia, Dybala dice no: "Grazie Conte, ma sogno l'Argentina"" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  23. ↑ "Paulo Dybala, "La Joya" Documentary: "Me gustaría defender la sangre de mi familia y de mi abuelo pero creo que soy Argentino."" (in Spanish). 2AngryMen TV. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  24. ↑ "El Tata no está pipón | Olé" (in Italian). 22 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "Argentina draw with Paraguay, still winless in World Cup qualifying". ESPN FC. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  26. 1 2 Paolo Menicucci (9 May 2015). "UEFA.com's weekly wonderkid: Paulo Dybala". UEFA. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  27. ↑ Di Feo, Giulio (13 December 2011). "Mercato, non solo Tevez Juve-Guarin, Napoli-Dybala" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  28. ↑ "GATTUSO: "C'è tanto entusiasmo, colpito da Dybala. Dal mercato mi aspetto ..."" (in Italian). Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  29. ↑ Lo Iacono, Salvatore (19 April 2012). "Palermo, occhi puntati su Paulo Dybala" (in Italian). Il Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  30. 1 2 3 4 Calamai, Luca (14 January 2012). "Inter, ecco baby Dybala Arouca alla Fiorentina?" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 Chioffi, Stefano (29 April 2012). "Paulo Dybala, 17 gol per stregare il Palermo" (in Italian). Il Corriere dello Sport. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  32. 1 2 Nick Norrington (26 November 2014). "Scouting Report: Palermo's Dybala to become better than Lionel Messi?". ESPN FC. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  33. ↑ Mirko Graziano (18 January 2016). "Juve, Dybala tra Sivori e Tevez. E Messi disse: "È uno di noi"" [Juve, Dybala between Sivori and Tevez. And Messi said: He's one of us"] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  34. ↑ Paolo Menicucci (18 January 2016). "Messi and Pirlo in one? Dybala driving Juventus up Serie A". UEFA.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  35. ↑ Camillo Forte (3 July 2015). "Allegri ha già deciso i tiratori scelti della Juve" [Allegri has already decided Juve's chosen set-piece takers] (in Italian). Tuttosport. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  36. ↑ "Zamparini: "Preso il nuovo Aguero"" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport.
  37. ↑ Norrito, Massimo. "Dybala, il bomber con la faccia da bambino pronto a fare innamorare il "Barbera"". La Repubblica. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  38. ↑ "Dybala aims to emulate Tevez success at Juve". Four Four Two. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  39. ↑ James Horncastle (17 December 2015). "Horncastle: Juventus' new leader? Why Paulo Dybala should be given the No.10 shirt". Calciomercato.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  40. ↑ "Dybala: il grande colpo, Lo Monaco: "Erede di Montella"" (in Italian). Live Sicilia.
  41. ↑ Fabiana Della Valle (16 November 2015). "Juventus, Dybala vola a ritmo dei top: meglio di Tevez e di Del Piero" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  42. ↑ Ivan Zazzaroni (14 December 2015). "Paulo Dybala come il “primo” Roberto Baggio" [Paulo Dybala like the "first" Roberto Baggio] (in Italian). Sport Notizie 24. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  43. ↑ "La Top 101 dei giovani più promettenti di ‘Don Balon’: quanti italiani!" (in Italian). Calcio Mercato News. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  44. ↑ "Palermo's Smiling Assassin Pablo Dybala Smiling All The Way To Superstardom". beIN Sports. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
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