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How Well Do You Know Paul Pogba!

Amruta Deshpande
Do you think you know everything about this footballer? Take this challenge and prove yourself!
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Paul Labile Pogba is a French professional footballer born in Lagny-Sur-Marne, France on 15th March 1993.
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Even though Paul Pogba has a French nationality, he was born to Yeo Moriba of Congolese ancestry and Fassou Antonie from Guinea. They both were immigrants in France.
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Paul Pogba has two elder brothers Florentin and Mathias who are twins and all three of them are professional football players. While Paul plays for France, his brothers play for New Guinea.
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Paul started his football career when he was just six. He played for US Roissy-en-Brie and later joined US Torcy where he served as a captain of the Club’s under-13 team.
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Paul began his senior career with Manchester United in 2011. In 2012 he began playing for Juventus and was back at Manchester United in 2016.
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Paul Pogba is the first midfielder to wear jersey number 6 in the history of the Premier League. Only Jonny Evans and Wes Brown wore the number 6 previously, but they both were defenders.
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France won the first U-20 World Cup in 2013, and thus became the first nation to win all five FIFA 11-a-side men's titles - FIFA World Cup, FIFA Confederations Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA U-17 World Cup and Olympic gold medal.
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Paul scored his first international goal in the 73rd minute against Belarus in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualification match played at Central Stadium, Belarus on 10th September 2013.
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Paul Pogba extended France’s lead over Croatia to 3-1 with a 59th minute goal struck from the edge of penalty area, after his initial shot had been blocked. Eventually, France won their second FIFA World Cup.
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His long legs help to control the ball and keep it in possession and so he is nicknamed Il Polpo. This translates to ‘Paul the Octopus’. His other nicknames are 'La Pioche', 'The Joker'and Pogboom.
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Paul Pogba started dating Bolivian model Maria Zulay Salaues in August 2017. The couple were blessed with a son in January 2019.
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Paul Pogba is a social media freak and in view of the same, Twitter honored him with a hashtag emoji as a replica of his face, making him the first ever football player to have his own hashtag emoji.
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