Adrien Rabiot

Adrien Rabiot
Rabiot playing for France in 2018
Personal information
Full name Adrien Rabiot
Date of birth (1995-04-03) 3 April 1995
Place of birth Saint-Maurice, France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Paris Saint-Germain
Number 25
Youth career
2001–2003 Créteil
2003–2004 Alfortville
2004–2008 Créteil
2008 Manchester City
2008–2009 Pau
2009–2010 Pôle Espoirs de Castelmaurou
2010–2012 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Paris Saint-Germain B 9 (0)
2012– Paris Saint-Germain 144 (12)
2013 → Toulouse (loan) 13 (1)
National team‡
2010 France U16 2 (0)
2011–2012 France U17 5 (0)
2012 France U18 1 (0)
2012–2013 France U19 20 (4)
2014 France U20 6 (0)
2013–2016 France U21 19 (1)
2016– France 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:18, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:18, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Adrien Rabiot (French pronunciation: ​[adʁijɛ̃ ʁabjo]; born 3 April 1995) is a French international footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain.

He has spent most of his career with Paris Saint-Germain, making his debut with the first team in 2012 and winning 16 major honours, including four Ligue 1 titles and a treble in 2015–16.

Rabiot was capped 53 times for France at youth level, and made his debut for the senior team in 2016.

Club career

Rabiot was born in Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, and played youth football for several teams, including two spells at Créteil-Lusitanos and a few months at Manchester City.[2] On 2 July 2012, after excelling at the Camp des Loges, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain.[3]

Rabiot was promoted to the senior team by manager Carlo Ancelotti ahead of the 2012–13 season.[4] In the club's pre-season he started in the penalty shootout defeat to Barcelona,[5] and, on 26 August, played his first game in Ligue 1, a 0–0 home draw against Bordeaux.[6]

Rabiot made his UEFA Champions League debut on 6 November 2012, playing injury in a 4–0 group stage home win over Dinamo Zagreb.[7] In January of the following year he was loaned to fellow league side Toulouse,[8] scoring his first professional goal on 9 March 2013 which was the game's only at Brest, from 25 yards.[9]

Returned to PSG, Rabiot contributed with 46 games and six goals[10][11] combined as the team won back-to-back domestic leagues from 2013 to 2015, but seemed to be on the verge of leaving the club as his mother Véronique acted as his main advisor during negotiations for a better contract.[12][13] He started the 2015–16 campaign by getting sent off for two yellow cards after only 29 minutes, in the opening match against Lille (eventual away 1–0 win).[14]

Rabiot scored his first goal in European competition on 25 November 2015 to open a 5–0 Champions League group win at Malmö,[15] and repeated the feat the following 9 March in a 2–1 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, putting PSG into the quarter-finals 4–2 on aggregate.[16] Four days later, he scored in a 9–0 routing at bottom team Troyes that sealed the league title with eight games remaining.[17]

On 23 April 2016, Rabiot was sent off in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue, a 2–1 win over Lille.[18]

International career

On 13 August 2013, aged just 18, Rabiot made his first appearance for the French under-21 team, starting in a 0–0 friendly draw with Germany in Freiburg.[19] He was on stand by for the full side's UEFA Euro 2016 squad,[20] but did not make the final cut.

Rabiot made his debut on 15 November 2016 against Ivory Coast, starting and being replaced by Thomas Lemar after 78 minutes of the 0–0 friendly home draw, due to a hamstring injury.[21][22] On 17 May 2018, he was put on the reserve list by manager Didier Deschamps for the 2018 FIFA World Cup squad.[23] However, he controversially refused to be put on the standby list, emailing the coach and saying he would not "be able to follow the training programme". Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation, commented: "He made a bad decision. He penalises himself and sanctions himself alone."[24]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 September 2018[25]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[nb 1] League Cup[nb 2] Europe[nb 3] Other[nb 4] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Paris Saint-Germain 2012–13 60101010—90
2013–14 25210216000343
2014–15 21450304000334
2015–16 24161417310426
2016–17 27341305000394
2017–18 33151318111505
2018–19 510000101071
Total 141122231633242121423
Toulouse (loan) 2012–13 1310000——131
Career total 155122231633242122823

International

As of match played 27 March 2018[26]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 201610
201740
201810
Total60

Honours

Club

Paris Saint-Germain

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Rabiot Adrien" (in French). Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Adrien Rabiot: "Quelque chose de grand"" [Adrien Rabiot: "Something great"]. Le Parisien (in French). 9 July 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Premier contrat professionnel pour Adrien Rabiot" [First professional contract for Adrien Rabiot] (in French). Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Rabiot, la dernière surprise signée Ancelotti" [Rabiot, the last surprise signed Ancelotti] (in French). Le 10 Sport. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "PSG: Le fabuleux destin d'Adrien Rabiot" [PSG: The fabulous destiny of Adrien Rabiot]. Le Parisien (in French). 8 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Rabiot, la révélation parisienne!" [Rabiot, the Parisian revelation!] (in French). Football.fr. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Le PSG aux portes de la qualification" [PSG on the verge of qualification] (in French). UEFA. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Adrien Rabiot prêté à Toulouse" [Adrien Rabiot loaned to Toulouse] (in French). Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  9. ↑ "Stade Brestois-TFC (0–1): Rabiot relance Toulouse" [Stade Brestois-TFC (0–1): Rabiot puts Toulouse back on track] (in French). Eurosport. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  10. ↑ "PSG, Rabiot aux anges après son double" [PSG, Rabiot in heaven after brace]. Goal. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "PSG – Reims (3–2): Paris lorgne sur le triplé" [PSG – Reims (3–2): Paris eyes three-peat]. Le Parisien. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Transfert: la mère de Rabiot règle ses comptes avec le PSG et réclame un départ!" [Transfer: Rabiot's mother settles the finance with PSG and demands out!]. Maxifoot. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Adrien Rabiot, pour l'exemple?" [Adrien Rabiot, as an example?]. So Foot. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Lille 0–1 PSG: Lucas Moura rifles 10-man Parisiens to win". Goal. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Ibrahimović's happy return as Paris thrash Malmö". UEFA. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "Paris Saint-Germain beat Chelsea because of Adrien Rabiot's hair". Fox Sports. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "PSG win Ligue 1 title as Zlatan Ibrahimovic nets nine-minute hat trick". ESPN FC. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  18. ↑ "PSG 2–1 Lille: Di Maria nets winner in cup final". Goal. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  19. ↑ "Amical: Allemagne-France (0–0)" [Friendly: Germany-France (0–0)] (in French). Foot 365. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  20. ↑ "N'Golo Kante in France's Euros squad; Lacazette, Gameiro, Ben Arfa miss out". ESPN FC. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "France fail to break down Ivory Coast in goalless friendly". ESPN FC. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  22. ↑ "Rabiot: I think my goose is cooked". Fox Sports Asia. 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  23. ↑ "Alexandre Lacazette and Anthony Martial on standby for France World Cup squad and Dimitri Payet out". Sky Sports. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  24. ↑ "Adrien Rabiot: France midfielder refuses to be on World Cup standby list". BBC Sport. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  25. ↑ "A. Rabiot". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  26. ↑ "Adrien Rabiot". European Football. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  27. ↑ "Paris Saint-Germain set record with fourth straight Coupe De France crown". Goal. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  28. ↑ "Technical report" (PDF). UEFA. pp. 18&ndash, 19. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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