Paris Saint-Germain, located in the romantic capital and developed city, is undoubtedly the most concerned French football club at present, and the starlight of the overall squad is placed in all of Europe, which can be said to be completely worthy of any of the other five major league giants. Of course, running-in and chemical reactions are another matter.
Looking back at the history of Paris Saint-Germain, it was founded in 1970, and in the Century-old clubs everywhere in European professional football, it is actually a very young and well-known team. Compared with the traditional European football giants, Greater Paris does need to accumulate the heritage of giants and champions.
In terms of team history, Paris Saint-Germain had three highlight periods, the first two were relatively short small peaks, the best result was only a Ligue 1 title, the first was in the mid-eighties, the second was in the mid-nineties.
The third is the highlight period that is still in progress in the mid-2010s. Because of the entry of the Qatari consortium, Paris Saint-Germain has been very strong in the free market in the past cycle, and it will continue to work hard in the next few years with the goal of pointing the sword at Europe.
After all, it has always been a football club located in a famous European city, and perhaps the current Paris Saint-Germain is not the first choice for the development of popular stars, but many famous football celebrities have started here, or are willing to stop for several years or visit here, such as Mr. Golden Globe Xiao Luo, Beckham, Nigerian superstar Okocha and so on.
So, combining the overall fame of the players, the strength of the players, the contribution to the team and other three major factors, as of now, who should be listed in the top ten players in the history of the greater Paris team? In this article, the author will sort it out a little and take stock of the top ten lists for reference. Of course, due to space limitations, if there is a choice of discussion or lost pearls, you are welcome to leave a message in the comment area to share your opinions.
10. Leo Messi
Team age: < 1 year;
During this period, he helped the team to receive honors: none.
As a green superstar with seven Ballon d'Or awards and the closest to the existence of the king, Messi has chosen to bid farewell to his long-time home team Barcelona in the past 2021 and choose to join Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. There is no doubt that in the history of the Paris team, Messi is the most famous and historical star they have ever had.
Joining Paris Saint-Germain is not an honor for Messi; having a player of Messi's level is an honor for Paris Saint-Germain. As far as the contribution to Greater Paris is concerned, Messi still needs time to prove it a little, but his arrival has injected unlimited business opportunities and attention into the team and Ligue 1, making Greater Paris truly a popular team at the top level.
IX. Paulletta
Team age: 6 years
During this period, he helped the team to receive honors: 2 French Cups
Paulletta from Portugal, nicknamed "Eagle of Azores", is the portuguese national team's all-time goalscorer king before Cristiano Ronaldo, and the performance of the national team with 47 goals in 88 games in his national team career is quite strong, and the strength of the heyday is positioned as an intercontinental first-class striker.
Looking back on Paulletta's career, he has developed in Ligue 1 over many years, with the most deadly period from 2003 to 2008 playing for Paris Saint-Germain. By the time he came to Paris, Paulletta was already a top scorer in his thirties, but in six years of Paris, he regained his second spring and re-emerged as a first-class striker in Europe. In 167 matches for Paris, Paulletta scored 109 goals, maintaining his status as the all-time top scorer of Paris Saint-Germain for more than a decade, and was also the star of Paris Saint-Germain in the early new century.
Unfortunately, with Paulletta, The best result of Greater Paris was a league runner-up. Compared with Lyon, Marseille and other teams at that time, the overall competitiveness of Paris Saint-Germain's squad is still a lot worse.
VIII. Luis Fernandez
Team age: 8 years
During this period, he helped the team to receive honors: 1 Ligue 1 title and 2 French Cups.
Luis Fernandez was a defensive midfielder active in the 1980s and early 1990s, when together with Platini, Tigana and Girese, formed the luxurious Four Kings midfield line in France, helping the national team to the top of Europe as a main international, and was a regular national team.
In terms of club career, Luis Fernandez was the representative player who started from Paris Saint-Germain and reached the peak of fame, scoring 30 goals in 225 appearances for Greater Paris between 1978 and 1986. Paris Saint-Germain was able to reach the top of Ligue 1 in 1986, and Luis Fernandez, who was very defensive and outstanding in the ball, can be called the representative of the team's first brilliant period in the history of the team.
VII. George Weah
Team age: 4 years
During this period, he helped the team to win honors: 1 Ligue 1 title, 2 French Cup titles, 1 French League Cup.
After reaching the top of Ligue 1 for the first time in 1986, Paris Saint-Germain did not have the capital to regain the capital of France's top team until the mid-1990s, and in 1994 it once again successfully challenged the Ligue 1 title.
At the climax of the second small peak in team history, the striker from Liberia, George Weah, can be called the soul of Greater Paris in this period. In addition to helping the team dominate in France, Georges Weah almost single-handedly took the team's European performance to another level.
In the 1995 Champions League, George Weah scored seven goals, becoming the Golden Boot of the Champions League that year, leading the team to the final four of the Champions League, and was out after losing to AC Milan in the semi-finals. Incidentally, the Ballon d'Or was restructured and opened to non-European players, and George Weah was the first non-European player to win.
In the history of paris Saint-Germain, Georges Weah is also one of their star players who has grown into a Ballon d'Or winner in the team, and how can the representative of the top ten players in the history of the team skip Georges Weah?
VI. Angel Di Maria
During this period, he helped the team win honors: 4 Ligue 1 titles, 5 French Cups, 4 French League Cups, 3 French Super Cups.
Back then, [Angel Wings] Di Maria thought that the value of 59.7 million pounds had jumped from Real Madrid to Manchester United, and since then she has put on manchester United's symbolic No. 7 shirt. However, in the first season of Manchester United, Di Maria's performance declined and her value did not meet expectations.
Adhering to the idea of stopping losses in time, Manchester United sold Di Maria to Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 for a discount of 44.5 million pounds a year later. Prior to this, there were many frustrated players in the Premier League regaining their glory in Ligue 1, such as Bashin, Depay, etc., and Di Maria joined this rank after arriving in France, once again playing a world-class flying wing performance.
After the arrival of Neymar and Mbappe, Di Maria's status in the team was reduced and the starting position was difficult to guarantee. However, Di Maria is still an important part of the team and always plays well in the playing opportunities that are available. As we all know, Di Maria and Messi have a very pleasant cooperation, he has played the role of Messi's savior more than once in his career, and now the two Argentine compatriots have joined forces again, I don't know what kind of championship spark can be wiped out later?
V. Killian Mbappe
During this period, he helped the team win honors: 3 Ligue 1 titles, 3 French Cups, 3 French League Cups, 2 French Super Cups.
As a native French player, Mbappe rose to fame at Monaco as a teenager and played a super-rookie performance that shocked European football and shocked all the giants in the 16/17 season. That year, the less than 19-year-old Mbappe made 44 appearances and scored 26, leading the team to break the monopoly of Paris for several years in the league to become the French league, and also saved the team in the Champions League again and again, leading the team to the final four.
In the summer transfer window before the start of the 17/18 season, the wealthy Paris Saint-Germain signed Mbappe, who had high hopes of becoming a future Ballon d'Or winner, in the form of a loan and then a buyout, but Mbappe waited until next season to play for the team.
At about the same time, Paris Saint-Germain bought Neymar, and since then the strong Paris has truly had the ability to challenge the top of Europe. The topic returns to Mbappe, and given his talent and age, perhaps the time has come to leave Greater Paris to develop.
Neymar da Silva Santos
During this period, he helped the team win: 3 Ligue 1 titles, 3 French Cups, 3 French League Cups, 2 French Super Cups.
Back in the bustling summer transfer window of 2017, the ambitious Paris Saint-Germain club came up with a record-breaking fee of 220 million to buy out Brazil's Neymar, who has a four-year contract with Barca, who successfully played Mbappe in the big Paris round, taking the already powerful Paris to a higher level in the intensity of the squad.
With the blessing of the new double core, Paris has also made a breakthrough in The European War, reaching the Champions League final in 2020, but unfortunately lost to Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. For Neymar, the purpose of the original transfer here was to lead the team to the top of Europe in Paris as a king. With the growth of his service and the accumulation of honors, the 29-year-old Neymar is likely to become the undisputed GOAT in the history of the Paris team in the near future, of course, provided that he remains healthy.
III. Thiago Silva
During this period, he helped the team win honors: 7 Ligue 1 titles, 5 French Cups, 6 French League Cups, 5 French Super Cups.
Prior to joining Paris Saint-Germain in 2012, Thiago Silva developed in Fruminense in the Brazilian Division and ac Milan in Serie A, becoming a serie A champion centre-back worth around €40 million. After joining Paris, Thiago Silva continued to play well, and has been on the discussion list of the world's strongest centre-backs for many years, making great contributions to the revitalization of Greater Paris.
Since landing in Ligue 1, Thiago Silva has been a mainstay in Paris, during which time he became the captain of the team. It is worth mentioning that after leaving Paris in 2020, Silva moved to Chelsea in the Premier League, and in 2021 won the long-dreamed Champions League title and became the oldest player to appear in the Champions League final, the club's career is not regrettable.
II. Zlatan Ibrahimović
Team age: 4 years;
During this period, he helped the team to win honors: 4 Ligue 1 titles, 4 French Super Cups, 3 French League Cups.
Back in 2012, the then director of Paris Saint-Germain, the former AC Milan Meritorious Player, announced the team's merger from Serie A giants AC Milan to Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva. Since then, Paris Saint-Germain has entered the most glorious golden age in the history of the team.
At that time, the outside world seemed to the outside world that the 31-year-old Ibrahimovic had not developed smoothly in his previous club journey, and his transfer to Paris in Ligue 1 after the turn of the year was likely to be the beginning of his retirement period, but Ibrahimovic proved to the outside world with an extremely strong performance that he was still the world's top center forward.
In his 179th game for Paris Saint-Germain, Ibrahimovic scored 154 goals and contributed 60+ assists, and his ability to drive and end the attack is still surprising. In his final season before leaving Ligue 1, Ibrahimovic scored 38 goals in the league, breaking the 40-year-old single-season goal record in Ligue 1.
In the four years of playing in Paris, Ibrahimovic won the Ligue 1 MVP three times and the Ligue 1 Golden Boot three times, showing the ability of the only class in Ligue 1 at that time, he not only helped Paris jump to the top european teams, completely changed the temperament of the team, but also raised the attention of Ligue 1 to another level with his personal charm.
By 2016, many big teams including Manchester United, Manchester City, Milan and so on wanted to chase Ibrahimovic, and the parent team Paris, which had already entered the consortium, also wanted to leave Ibrahimovic with the highest courtesy, but Ibrahimovic had a lack of freshness in French life, determined to leave, and summed up his four years of Paris on social media with such a classic words that have become football classics: when he came, he was a king, and when he went, he was a legend!
Edinson Cavani
Team age: 7 years
During this period, he helped the team win honors: 6 Ligue 1 titles, 5 French Cups, 6 French League Cups, 4 French Super Cups.
As a representative of the all-round striker, Cavani has a world-class level in technical indicators such as speed, technology, positioning, confrontation, header, shooting, tactical awareness, physical fitness, etc., and the enthusiasm of individual participation in defense, the dedication attitude of every ball must be fought, and the generosity of team atmosphere that takes precedence over personal grievances have impressed many fans.
Looking back at the Uruguayan's career, after becoming famous at Serie A Club Palermo, entering the pinnacle of Serie A Club Napoli, and becoming the top striker of Ronaldo, Messi and Falcao in the efficiency of the golden balls in Europe at that time, Cavani transferred to Paris Saint-Germain in 2013 with a record record of 64 million euros in the French football league, becoming the hero of the team's ZTE.
From leading the team, to giving up the center for Ibrahimovic as a center forward, to partnering Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, Edinson Cavani accompanied Paris fans through three versions of the team's jump period. When he left the team in 2020 at the age of 33, Edinson Cavani left 7 years to play 301 games in all competitions and contributed 200 goals, leaving the team as the team's all-time top scorer. With the financial strength of Greater Paris and the increasing stardom of the team, perhaps Cavani's curry position has become less prominent in the history of the team over time, but I believe he has always been a Paris superstar that local fans miss.