Blaise Matuidi is a French midfielder who plays for PSG. Today he is 29 years old, and he is one of the best central midfielders in the world. Blaise Matuidi plays more in his own half of the field than in another's, and is almost always responsible for defensive rather than offensive actions.
Carier start
Today, absolutely everyone knows who Blaise Matuidi is, but a couple of years ago he was considered an ordinary average player, and in his youth he did not show particularly impressive hopes. Yes, he was talented, but no one saw in him a new star, which he became closer to thirty years of age. But first things first.
Born Matuidi April 9, 1987 in France in a family of Angolan immigrants. At the age of six, he joined the football academy of the small club Fontenay. He spent five years there, until in 1998 he moved to another club, Vincennes. He lingered on a new place for another three years, in 2000 he entered training at a prestigious football school called “Clerfontaine”. While the young talent was engaged there, he moved to the base of the Creteil club, for which he played for three years at the youth level. And only in 2004 he entered the system of the professional club "Troyes", speaking in the second division. A year later, Blaise Mathewidi entered into a professional agreement with the club, having already managed to play two matches for the main team at the age of seventeen. In Troyes, the midfielder spent another two years as a professional player, having entered the field 66 times and scoring four goals. Then he was noticed by a large French club Saint Etienne, which in 2007 paid five million euros for his young talent.
Go to Saint-Etienne
Footballer Blaise Mathewidi was definitely talented, but at that time no one believed that he would fly to great heights. A club such as Saint-Etienne was considered the limit for him - and the midfielder was glad that he had moved there. From the first season, he became a base player, having spent 37 matches in the shirt of the new club. In total, Mathewidi played for Saint-Etienne for four years, and during this time he appeared on the field 154 times in all tournaments, including 9 matches in Eurocups. He scored only three goals, but this was a reasonable explanation - as mentioned earlier, Matuidi is a defensive midfielder, and at that time he generally acted as a defensive player. With his game, he attracted the attention of the strongest club in France “PSG”, which no one was in a hurry to compete with - on the world stage Mathewidi was unknown.
The game for PSG
However, in the Paris club Mathewidi, despite the fact that he was not a top talent, they immediately gave a place at the base, thanks to which he was able to develop. As a result, in the first two years he became a fairly reliable base player, and after three he was considered one of the best midfielders in France and slowly got to the top he had been striving for so long. After a slight decline in the 14/15 season, Mathewidi made a sudden breakthrough and by 2015 was already considered a top player. At the same time, in five years at PSG, he played 237 matches, scoring 26 goals in them. This season he has entered the field 11 times, scoring one goal and giving an assist.
Team appearances
Matuidi made his debut for the French team back in 2011, when he played for Saint-Etienne. In the end, Blaise went to the 2012 European Championship , but spent all the matches on the bench. At the 2014 World Cup, he was already the main player in the national team, spent all five matches, four of which were without replacement, and scored one goal - against Switzerland. In October 2014, he first brought the national team to the match with a captain's armband. At the 2016 European Championships, Mathewidi was also one of the key players - he played in all matches, reaching the finals with the national team. He also gave an assist in the quarterfinals against the Iceland national team. In total, the midfielder has 54 matches and 8 goals for the national team.
Personal life
The personal life of the football player was just fine. Blaise's wife, Matuidi Isabella, gave him three charming children - the son of Eden and two daughters, Naël and Miliana.