Verratti improves his record!
Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti cemented his place as the competition's most successful player by winning the Trophée des Champions for the ninth time in his career with a 4-0 victory over Nantes at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sunday 31 July.
Having won the competition in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022, the man who also holds the record for most appearances in the competition (9 appearances) is ahead of his teammate Marquinhos (in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022 with the club from the capital), who is now alone in second place with 6 wins, and former Parisians Grégory Coupet (in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 with Lyon) and Hatem Ben Arfa (in 2005, 2006 and 2007 with Lyon, 2010 with Marseille and 2016 with Paris), and Anthony Réveillère (in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2012 with Lyon), who have won the trophy 5 times.