Who is Mathias Pogba? All you need to know about French superstar Paul Pogba’s brother
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Last month, Mathias Pogba became well-known after sharing an odd video on his social media accounts. The athlete, who spoke in four languages throughout the two minutes and 41 seconds of the video, promised shocking discoveries regarding his brother Paul, his agent Rafaela Pimenta, and France star Kylian Mbappe.
Professional footballer Mathias most recently played for Belfort of France. The striker, who was born in Conakry, Guinea, together with his twin brother Florentin, first progressed through Celta’s development programme before joining Quimper, where he was given his first professional contract in 2009.
He played for Wrexham, Crewe Alexandria, Pescara, Crawley Town, Partick Thistle, Sparta Rotterdam, Tours, Manchego Ciudad Real, Lorca, Racing Murcia, and Tabor Sezana throughout his nomadic career. For the 2021–2022 season, Pogba joined Championnat National 2 team, Belfort, in 2021, officially on August 10. He only participated in 12 games there due to an injury.
Why has Mathias Pogba been in news lately?
In an odd video that he released online, Mathias claimed to have “explosive” information regarding the Juventus player and others. While playing for Manchester United and Wrexham, respectively, the 32-year-old and Paul lived together.
In the viral video he said: “The French, English, Italian and Spanish public, in other words, the whole world, as well as my brother’s fans, and even more so the French team and Juventus, my brother’s teammates and his sponsors deserve to know certain things.”
“In order to make an informed decision if he deserves the admiration, respect and love of the public. If he deserves his place in the French team and the honour of playing in the World Cup. If he deserves to be a starter at Juventus. If he is a trustworthy person, that any player deserves to have at his side.” Mathias also promised that the revelations would be “explosive”.
On February 5, 2013, Mathias made his debut for Guinea at the international level in a friendly match against Senegal. For the final 30 minutes of Guinea’s 1-1 draw, he came off the bench to play alongside twin brother Florentin Pogba. He earned five caps before leaving the Syli Nationale in 2017, however he never played in an Africa Cup of Nations competition.
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