”I was 19 when I arrived. PSG is now my life. I have a thought for Jean-Marc Pilorget, who had this record for a long time. Wearing this jersey is a huge responsibility. Making history is a source of great pride for me.”he confided in the speech he gave at the Parc des Princes last weekend against Lyon.
PSG is my life.
But beyond the history of Paris Saint-Germain, the Brazilian defender is now preparing to enter the French Pantheon with a ninth title in Ligue 1. Only one player has done as well before: his former partner Marco Verratti, today who left to continue his career in Qatar but who arrived in Paris a season before Marquinhos (in 2013).
In addition to these nine coronations, there are also twenty other collective trophies won on French soil: six League Cups (a record which will never be broken given that the competition stopped in 2020), eight Champions Trophies as well as only six French Cups. And perhaps soon a seventh since Paris will challenge Lyon in the final on May 25. This would be his 30th trophy for PSG, a total again only achieved by Verratti.
Marquinhos would therefore only be missing one title to be the only record holder in all competitions in France. The Champions League? “We are going to get this title of champion of France. The Coupe de France final is here, we're going to go get it too. And the Champions League, we will also go and get it”was in any case motivated by the one who single-handedly embodies the evolution of the Qatari version of PSG.
