PAULETA NAMED NEW LIGUE 1 AMBASSADOR
Pedro Pauleta was officially unveiled today by the French Professional Football League as one of the new ambassadors for Ligue 1 Conforama for 2020.
The LFP strengthened its ambassador team by announcing the appointment of Pedro Pauleta alongside Frédéric Déhu, Ludovic Giuly, Jean-Pierre Papin, and Mikaël Silvestre, joining existing ambassadors Edmilson and Didier Drogba.
Notably present at the presentation and signing ceremony was the current President of the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Nathalie Katia Boy de la Tour.
Through their illustrious careers and past achievements as footballers, each of these players has left an indelible mark on the history of the French championship. The LFP can now count on these seven renowned former players to help develop Ligue 1 Conforama both in France and internationally. Throughout 2020, they will make appearances at major international trade fairs, trophy presentations, and events organized by the LFP and its partners to promote the initiatives driven by the League and the country's professional clubs.
Pedro Miguel PAULETA Top scorer of the championship in 2006 and 2007, the former Paris Saint-Germain and Girondins de Bordeaux striker, then 46 years old, played in France for 8 seasons.
Recruited in the summer of 2001, Pauleta scored a hat-trick on his debut for Girondins.
Voted Ligue 1 Conforama Player of the Year during his second and third seasons in France, Pauleta transferred to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2003, where he played for five years and became an idol at the Parc des Princes. Promoted to club captain, he won two French Cups in 2004 and 2006, in addition to the League Cup in the 2008 season.
In total, the number 9 registered 109 wins in 211 matches for PSG—enough to become the club's all-time leading goalscorer before being surpassed by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and later Edinson Cavani. Overall in Ligue 1 Conforama, the "Cyclone of the Azores" scored 141 goals in 266 appearances.
Comments