The Parisian Advent calendar - 11 for...
As Christmas approaches, PSG.FR is taking the opportunity to look back each day at one of Paris Saint-Germain's key numbers for the year. Day 11.
11 FOR... THE NUMBER OF PARISIANS TAKING PART IN THE FIFA WORLD CUP Qatar 2022
11 players featuring for 7 nations. Paris Saint-Germain was represented in numbers at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Among them, first and foremost, we find Kylian Mbappé, who remains in the running with his France side who are through to the semi-finals. They will face another Parisian in Achraf Hakimi, who also qualified with his Moroccan teammates. A third player from the club from the capital has also made it into the final four of the competition: Lionel Messi, who will try to guide Argentina to the final in his fifth World Cup.
The country with most Rouge et Bleu representatives is no other than... Portugal, with Danilo Pereira, Nuno Mendes and Vitinha all featuring. Their neighbours in Spain boasted two Parisians in their ranks: Carlos Soler and Pablo Sarabia.
The Seleção also had two players from the club from the capital: Captain Marquinhos and the indispensable Neymar Jr. Finally, one of Paris Saint-Germain's goalkeepers was also in action in Qatar: Keylor Navas, who captained Costa Rica.