Sakina Karchaoui goes up in rank this season. The tricolor international (93 selections, 4 goals) was appointed captain of the PSG women's team. It is the new coach of the capital's club, Paulo Cesar, who formalized the news this Friday.
“” With her exemplarity and all she has been for several years in the club is something that was close to my heart, she is able to take this role and respect all that she must do as a captain to the letter “Said Fabrice Abriel's successor at a press conference organized on the sidelines of the 1st day of the championship against Lens, this Saturday (9 p.m.).
“This choice is me to do it, I am lucky to have a group of eight executives including Paula (Dudek), Gredge (Mbock), Jackie (Groenen) or Kate (Kiedrzynek) so that everything goes well “Added the Brazilian technician, who evolved at PSG between 2002 and 2007.
Karchaoui, obvious after the departure of Geyoro
Last season, Fabrice Abriel had put the locker room on the back by deciding to remove the armband from Grace Geyoro to give it to Paula Dudek. Geyoro who has just left Paris Saint-Germain to join London City Lionesses. A record transfer to women's football, estimated at 1.6 million euros.
According to Paulo Cesar, his decision to entrust the armband to Sakina Karchaoui was “not at all” conflictual. “”
I took responsibility, I gave my point of view, there are decisions that I decide with the players and others than not, he explained. They all know that I will not go through a media, I will be directly in the locker room if we have small conflicts. »»
As a reminder, Sakina Karchaoui arrived at PSG in 2021 after a visit by Montpellier and OL. Last year, the 29 -year -old player extended her contract with the Red and Blue until June 2028.
