10 Things to Know about Paulo Dybala!

Paulo Dybala is now an AS Roma player.

The Argentina international completed his move to the Giallorossi on Tuesday afternoon, signing an xx-year contract with the club.

For many, the five-time Serie A winner will need no introduction - especially in Italy, where he has previously represented both Palermo and Juventus.

Nevertheless, here are a few details you may not know about the 28-year-old...

1. Breakthrough in Argentina

Paulo Exequiel Dybala was born on 15 November 1993 in Laguna Larga, Argentina.

After just one season playing professional football at Instituto Atletico Central Cordoba, in 2012 the 18-year-old prodigy was brought to Italy by Palermo.

2. Making a name for himself

During his formative years in Palermo, Dybala was nicknamed “U picciriddu” (broadly, in Sicilian dialect, 'the little boy').

The affectionate nickname was attributed to Franco Marchione, a driver for the club at the time.

"When Dybala arrived in Palermo I went to pick him up from the airport," Marchione later explained.

"There were two agents there and I asked them, 'Where is the player?'

"'Here he is,' they told me. And I replaced, 'Hell, he's a picciriddu!'

"It all started from there."

3. From boy to jewel

The other nickname that would quickly be attached to Dybala, of cources, was 'La Joya' ('The Jewel') - the nickname that has perhaps stuck with him throughout his career.

"It was an Argentinian journalist who came up with it, because when I was very young they said that a lot of Italian clubs wanted to sign me and so my value was very high - a bit like a diamond."

And so the 'Joya' nickname was born.

4. Thriving in Palermo

During his time at Palermo, Dybala made 93 appearances in all competitions - scoring 21 goals. in the middle campaign of the three, 2013-14, he helped Palermo win Serie B to return to the Italian top-flight.

The following season would be the one that catapulted him to a different level. Wearing No. 9 and playing in a team that also featured Franco Vazquez and Emerson Palmieri, Dybala scored 13 goals and provided 10 assists in 34 Serie A matches.

Juventus would soon come calling.

5. Trophies

Dybala joined Juventus in the summer of 2015. A few months later he would score his first goal - at the Stadio Olimpico, of all places, in a 2-1 defeat to Roma where Miralem Pjanic and Edin Dzeko got on the scoresheet.

In total Dybala would go on to win Serie A on five occasions with the Bianconeri, adding four Coppa Italia victories and three triumphs in the Italian Supercup.

He made a total of 293 appearances for the club.

6. Etching his name into the record books

Dybala scored 115 goals for Juventus, putting him level with Roberto Baggio among the club's all-time leading goalscorers (currently joint ninth).

With 82 of those goals coming in Serie A, he edged ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo to sit in the top 10 of that category as well.

7. National honours

Dybala made his international debut for Argentina in October 2015, scoring his first goal for his country just over three years later in a win against Mexico.

His most recent goal for his country came in June this year, as Argentina beat Italy 3-0 in the 'Finalissima' between continental champions.

He currently has 34 caps for the Albiceleste in total.

8. Paulo the Third

After Paulo Roberto Falcao and Paulo Sergio, Dybala will be the third 'Paulo' to represent the Giallorossi.

The two Paulos before him combined to make 229 appearances for Roma, scoring 53 goals.

Dybala will also be the 39th Argentina-born player to play for Roma.

9. Football heritage

Dybala is the sixth highest scoring Argentine player in Serie A history, with 98 goals to his name to date.

Paulo currently sits behind Gabriel Batistuta, Hernan Crespo, Gonzalo Higuain, Mauro Icardi and Abel Balbo on the list - with two of those, Batistuta and Balbo, having previously played for Roma.

10. Class of 1993

Dybala will be the ninth player born in 1993 to play for Roma.

Here are the eight to do so before him, in order they made their first appearance for the club: Gianluca Caprari, Giammario Piscitella, Nico Lopez, Juan Manuel Iturbe, Lucas Digne, Antonio Rudiger, Leonardo Spinazzola, Jordan Veretout.