Mathias Pogba

Mathias Pogba is a figure I can't help viewing with mixed feelings. The Guinean forward, twin of Florentin and older brother of Paul, had a real career of his own, from Celta Vigo's youth ranks to Wrexham and Crewe Alexandra, and he represented Guinea. But the world mostly knows him as someone's brother, and his name surfaces in tangled controversies tied to that family. Living forever under the prefix of being a famous sibling looks exhausting, with the light and the shadow both oversized. I don't envy that position, and I try to remember the player behind the headlines.

Name (English)

Mathias Pogba

Name (Japanese)

マティアス・ポグバ

Reading

まてぃあす・ぽぐば

Born

August 19, 1990 (age 35)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

Origin

Conakry, Conakry Region, Guinea

Height

190 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B0%E3%83%90

Tags

• Conakry Region
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.