21. Paulo Dybala

Paulo Dybala: Team History, Transfers, and Honors

Paulo Dybala History and Highlights

One of the names to have consistently been touted to become one of Europe’s biggest footballing superstars over the last few years, Paulo Dybala finding himself at Roma at what should be the peak of his career, could be considered underwhelming by some.

It’s hard to dispute that his time at Juventus beforehand was anything but a success.

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Origins

Born in central Argentina, Paulo Dybala has Polish and Italian origins. However, there was never any doubt that it would be the Argentina national team that he would end up putting on the shirt for. The Italian connection would prove to be a huge part of his career, though.

Early Career

Paulo Dybala burst onto the scene in Argentina as a 17-year-old, at which age he scored 17 goals in a season for his hometown team Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba. That season he also became the first player in Argentinian league history to play 38 consecutive matches.

With that kind of success, it wouldn’t take long until the European teams started sniffing around.

Moving to Italy

Palermo won the race to sign the exciting prospect, bringing him in for €8.6 million in April 2012. Dybala got game time from the off, but he wouldn’t become a regular starter for the team until 2014.

All of a sudden, he was one of the most exciting names in the league as he scored 10 goals in the first half of the 2014-15 league season. By the end of the league campaign, he had 13 goals and ten assists to his name, once again stoking the flames of desire from the biggest names in European football.

Juventus Come Knocking

At the end of that year, Italian giants Juventus came swooping in with a €40 million transfer. Fans were pleased with the beginning of his Juventus career, and he maintained an impressive scoring rate for such a new face at the club.

This era marked the peak of Juventus ‘dominance over Italian football during the 2010s. They won three domestic doubles, and Dybala was a crucial spearhead to their success, his impact on the team growing each season.

His contributions were recognized in 2017 when he won sixth place in the 2017 UEFA Best Player of the Year Award.

The disintegration of the Love Affair

In 2018 Dybala’s form started the dip, and so did that of Juventus. By the end of the 2018-19 season, Paulo Dybala had only managed to score 10 goals in all competitions. Although Juventus again managed to win the title that year, was increasingly up for discussion. Transfer rumors naturally followed.

End of a Love Affair

By the time Dybala eventually got his transfer in 2022, he had worked his way up to being Juventus’s ninth-highest all-time goalscorer, with the same amount of goals as the legendary Roberto Baggio.

He began his Roma career as one of the undisputed star players, and with his golden years still ahead of him, who knows what heights he can take his new side to? Their recent winner of the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League suggests it’s a team on the up. 

Paulo Dybala Trivia

• Paulo Dybala has won a position in the Serie A team of the year an impressive four times and was indisputably a key cog in the most dominant Italian side in recent memory.
• He has also won 5 league titles and four Coppas Italia. The Serie B title that he won with Palermo before his move to Juventus can be considered the starter to his bigger trophy haul.
• Is he playing the 2022 Qatar World Cup Final this year?