Fourteen years before the long -awaited coronation of PSG in the Champions League with Gianluigi Donnarumma in the goals, an Italian player was the first goalkeeper of the Qatarian era. In July 2011, Salvatore Sirigu was recruited less than 4 million euros from Palermo, such as his teammate in Sicily Javier Pastore (bought for 42 million by Leonardo).
Without being phenomenal, Sirigu has long responded in the goals of the red and blue. He is notably elected player of November, a few weeks after his arrival. Solid in his cages, he contributed to the first title of Qatari PSG in 2013, with Thiago Silva, Alex or Mamadou Sakho before him, but convinces less later, especially during the successive eliminations of the formation of Laurent Blanc in the Champions League.
In the summer of 2015, PSG finally decided to recruit Kevin Trapp to Frankfurt, for 10 million euros, and Sirigu, pushed towards the exit by Olivier Létang (sports director at the time), played the role of lining for a season. While Alphonse Areola is put in competition with the German goalkeeper by Unai Emery (to finally pass number 1), Sirigu is loaned to Seville but also loses his place. He returned to the capital in 2017 to terminate his contract.
Two guards put forward: Coupet and Sirigu
The former Italian goalkeeper of PSG is now put forward by Ligue 1+. While waiting to broadcast the matches of the French championship, the LFP platform offers the “top stops” of two guards “Having marked the history of Ligue 1”: Grégory Coupet and Salvatore Sirigu! In its top 10, “Salva” pushes missiles sent by Lucas Ocampos, Franck Tabanou, Mevlüt Erdinç or Nicolas Benezet. His best stop? A magnificent flight on a head of ex-Nice Carlos Eduardo.
Sirigu was an Italian international from 2010 to 2022 (28 selections), by playing a match of the 2014 World Cup (the last World Cup disputed by the Azzurri) and by being the Donnarumma lining during the coronation at the Euro in 2021. The goalkeeper spent by Nice (2023-2024) completed the loop by finding Palermus last season. He has just left the Sicilian club and thought, at 38, to hang up the crampons.
