5 facts about Anyar Real Madrid, goalkeeper Alphonse Areola

Real Madrid and Paris Saint Germain (PSG) have agreed to exchange goalkeepers. Kaylor Navas joined PSG while Alphonse Areola was officially in uniform at Real Madrid on Tuesday (9/9/2019).

The name Alphonse Areola was widely commented on by the Southeast Asian football public during the 2018 World Cup. As a member of the French team, Areola is known for its Filipino blood.

Nevertheless, he was born and raised in France. Areola was born in Paris on February 27, 1993. Filipino blood comes from both parents. In 2011, Dan Palami, coach of the Philippines national team, called him, but Areola refused.

The 26-year-old goalkeeper can be considered a product of the original PSG academy. He began his studies at the PSG academy in 2006 and four years later he was promoted to the PSG B team. Only in 2013 his name became part of the PSG team. .

Real Madrid's interest in attracting Areola and exchanging it with Keylor Navas is certainly based on the reason for his expertise under the crossbar.

Alphonse Areola is the second Filipino player to play in the Spanish League. This is Paulino Alcantara, the first Filipino player to have a career in Spain. Alcantra was the Barcelona striker when the club was formed.

Quoted by Marca, Alcantra has a father of a Spanish soldier and his mother is a Filipino woman. Joan Gamper, who formed Barcelona, was interested in Alcantra's skills while still defending FC Galeno.

In 1912, Alcantra made his debut in Barcelona when he was only 15 years old. At that time, Barcelona fought against Catala SC at Campionat de Catalunya (the Catalonian League which was the predecessor of La Liga). In this match, Barcelona won 9-0.

Unlike Areola, Alcantra chose to maintain the birthplace of the mother. He defended the Philippine national team at the Far East Championship Games. Strangely, his team defeated Japan with a score of 15-2 (the Philippines' biggest win so far).
Clairefontaine dropout

When he was a player at the PSG academy, Areola was loaned to one of France's famous academies, INF Clairefontaine. The academy that was built in 1988 is the candradimuka crater of the best French soccer player.

At this academy, many of the best French players have learned, such as Nicolas Anelka, Kylian Mbappe, Henry Therry, Louis Saha and many others.

Besides producing the best French players, the academy also produces some of the world's best players such as Medhi Benatia, Raphael Guerreiro and Sebastien Bassong.
Take notes at Villarreal

During PSG's goalkeeper status, Areola has always been a loan player for other clubs. Real Madrid have become the 4th club on loan from Areola. For Areola, playing at LaLiga is nothing new.


In 2015-2016, he was loaned out to Villarreal. Working with a team nicknamed El Submarino Amarillo, Areola was able to record another record. He was listed as not conceding for 620 minutes while defending Villarreal. This note then brought PSG to bring it home in 2016.
Without the need to play to win a World Cup title

When France won the 2018 World Cup title, Areola set a separate record. City of the Mirror, he became the goalkeeper who won the World Cup title even without having to play even once.

In 36 years, Areola has won the World Cup title, even though he did not even play on the World Cup stage in Russia. He also did not record playing time for France when he was called up for the first time in the national team in early 2018 at the time.
Allegedly hostile to Neymar

French media Le Parisien has indicated that the name Areola has become the figure of a young player who has been criticized by Neymar.

During last season, when PSG was in a bad condition due to many defeats, Neymar said that a number of PSG young players would not accept advice from experienced players.

Areola and Presnel Kimpembe are two players that Neymar regards as dissidents at PSG. "We are more experienced, so they need to be more respectful and listen more," Neymar said at the time.

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