Paulo Dybala

**Paulo Dybala** (born 15 November 1993) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Roma and the Argentina national team.

He began his career as a professional footballer in 2011 in the Argentine Second division. In 2012, he moved to Europe and signed for Palermo. His great performances in Serie A got him a transfer to Juventus in 2015.

Due to his creative style of play, pace, technique, talent, and eye for goal, he has been nicknamed _La Joya_ ("The Jewel" in Spanish_._)

## Early life

Dybala was born in Córdoba, Argentina. His grandfather, Bolesław Dybała, was from the village of Kraśniów in Poland. His family also had Italian origins through his maternal grandmother named Da Messa from the Province of Naples.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Instituto de Córdoba|2011–12|Primera B Nacional|38|17|0|0|—|2|0|40|17|||
|rowspan="4"|Palermo|2012–13|Serie A|27|3|1|0|—|—|28|3|||
|2013–14|Serie B|28|5|2|0|—|—|30|5|||||
|2014–15|Serie A|34|13|1|0|—|—|35|13|||||
|rowspan="8"|Juventus|2015–16|Serie A|34|19|4|2|7|1|1|1|46|23|
|2016–17|Serie A|31|11|5|4|11|4|1|0|48|19|||
|2017–18|Serie A|33|22|4|1|8|1|1|2|46|26|||
|2018–19|Serie A|30|5|2|0|9|5|1|0|42|10|||
|2019–20|Serie A|33|11|4|2|8|3|1|1|46|17|||
|2020–21|Serie A|20|4|1|0|5|1|0|0|26|5|||
|2021–22|Serie A|29|10|4|2|5|3|1|0|39|15|||
|rowspan="3"|Roma|2022–23|Serie A|25|12|2|1|11|5|—|38|18||
|2023–24|Serie A|6|2|0|0|1|0|—|7|2||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Argentina|2015|3|0|
|2016|3|0|||
|2017|6|0|||
|2018|6|1|||
|2019|11|1|||
|2020|0|0|||
|2021|2|0|||
|2022|5|1|||
|2023|2|0|||

- _Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dybala goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|20 November 2018|Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina|18||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|2|6 July 2019|Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil|24||2–0|2–1|2019 Copa América||||||||
|align="center"|3|1 June 2022|Wembley Stadium, London, England|33||3–0|3–0|2022 Finalissima||||||||

## Honours

**Palermo**
- Serie B: 2013–14

**Juventus**
- Serie A: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Coppa Italia: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
- Supercoppa Italiana: 2015, 2018
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2016–17

**Roma**
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2022–23

**Argentina**
- FIFA World Cup: 2022
- CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions: 2022

**Individual**
- Serie A Team of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20
- Serie A Player of the Month: July 2020
- Serie A Most Valuable Player: 2019–20
- ESM Team of the Year: 2016–17
- UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 2022–23
- Coppa Italia top goalscorer: 2016–17
- Serie A top assist provider: 2014–15

**Records**
- Supercoppa Italiana all-time top scorer: 4 goals

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Paulo Dybala
- **image**: 2017 FRIENDLY MATCH RUSSIA v ARGENTINA - Paulo Dybala 01 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Dybala with Argentina national football team, Argentina in 2017
- **full name**: Paulo Bruno Exequiel Dybala
- **birth place**: Laguna Larga, Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba, Argentina
- **height**: 1.77 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward, attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: A.S. Roma, Roma
- **clubnumber**: 21
- **youthyears1**: 2003–2011
- **youthclubs1**: Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, Instituto
- **years1**: 2011–2012
- **clubs1**: Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, Instituto
- **caps1**: 38
- **goals1**: 17
- **years2**: 2012–2015
- **clubs2**: Palermo F.C., Palermo
- **caps2**: 89
- **goals2**: 21
- **years3**: 2015–2022
- **clubs3**: Juventus F.C., Juventus
- **caps3**: 210
- **goals3**: 82
- **years4**: 2022–
- **clubs4**: A.S. Roma, Roma
- **caps4**: 31
- **goals4**: 14
- **nationalyears1**: 2015–
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps1**: 38
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **club-update**: 18:30, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 29 March 2023