It went quickly, very quickly. Seven years after her first achievement (May 3, 2015 in Rodez) and at only 23 years and three months, Marie-Antoinette Katoto becomes this Saturday the top scorer in the history of PSG with 132 goals in 147 games. A total that allows her to exceed the 131 units of Marie-Laure Delie with whom she shared the Parisian locker room between 2014 and 2018. In Brittany this afternoon against En Avant Guingamp, the French international scored twice for a resounding victory.
“It’s a source of pride, she confided to us on January 28 about this upcoming record. Since the first day, the first match… I tell myself that I am also getting older (smile). Even if 23 years old is fine… It’s a pleasure to pass a very great player at the club, Marie-Laure, a very great attacker. It is always a pleasure to inscribe your name in history”.
This season again, she is making her talent speak on all grounds in France and Europe. The native of Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), where we found him recently for a meeting with admiring schoolgirls, scored 17 goals in 18 games in all competitions with PSG. In addition to nine achievements with the France team in six outings. Difficult to stop it, even against the toughest opponents like Lyon in the Coupe de France (3-0) last week.
“And she still has room for maneuver, assured her trainer Didier Ollé-Nicolle on Friday morning at a press conference. It has already achieved exceptional things and we can see that it is taking a step forward in consistency. She is a very great French player. When I first met her this summer, my goal was to take her to be one of the best players in the world, to be known as the best striker. She is on the right track”.
If it will be difficult to get Lyon in the league, Katoto’s PSG can aim for the Coupe de France and the Champions League as a double this season. Before a Euro with the Blue for the attacker. Nice goals to consider one day the Ballon d’Or.
