Marquinhos equals a Ligue 1 record in the 21st century | OneFootball

Marquinhos continues to leave a unique mark on Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain. At 32, the PSG center-back and captain has just reached the 27-goal mark in the French top flight, a remarkable total highlighted by the official Ligue 1 website after his equalizer in Lille/PSG.

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The stat deserves a small clarification, but it remains especially impressive. With his goal in the dying seconds against Lille, Marquinhos now has 27 Ligue 1 goals. He therefore joins Mathieu Debuchy and Loïc Perrin as the highest-scoring defenders in the French league in the 21st century.

A remarkable achievement for a center-back who has never needed penalties to artificially boost his total. After arriving at PSG in 2013, the Brazilian has scored in 11 of his 14 Ligue 1 seasons. His most prolific campaign remains the 2021-2022 season, during which he scored five league goals.

Marquinhos, 44 goals in the Paris shirt

That efficiency is not limited to Ligue 1, either. His equalizer in Lille was his 44th goal in all competitions for Paris Saint-Germain. That is a particularly high total for a center-back and illustrates Marquinhos’ importance in the opposition box, especially in the air and from set pieces.

This new figure above all adds to an already exceptional collection of records. PSG’s all-time most-capped player, Marquinhos also became this summer the first player to reach 40 trophies won with the same club. But his 27 Ligue 1 goals tell another side of his longevity: that of a defender capable, season after season, of making an impact in the opposition box as well.

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