Mathias Pogba's biography, age, wife, height, brother, Instagram, blackmail accusations

Mathias Pogba's biography, age, wife, height, brother, Instagram, blackmail accusations

Kevin Omuya
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:10 PM

Mathias is a Guinean-born striker but was raised in Paris. According to Mathias Pogba's biography, he was born alongside two other brothers, Florentin and Paul, also professional footballers. Mathias is best remembered for his tenure with the Eredivisie team Sparta Rotterdam.

Mathias Pogba's age
Mathias Pogba of Sparta Rotterdam during the Dutch Eredivisie match vs sbv Excelsior at the Sparta stadium Het Kasteel on April 07, 2017 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Photo: VI Image
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After growing up in Paris, he joined Celta Vigo's youth system with his twin brother Florentin. He said language challenges, living abroad, and being away from his family made his time there difficult. Nevertheless, he returned to France and joined Quimper, scoring twice in one season. Riyad Mahrez was his roommate at the club.

Profile summary

Full name

Mathias Fassou Pogba

Gender

Male

Date of birth

19 August 1990

Age

32 (as of August 2022)

Zodiac sign

Leo

Place of birth

Conakry, Guinea

Current residence

Belfort, France

Nationality

French/Guinean

Ethnicity

Black

Religion

Christian

Height in feet

6'3"

Height in centimetres

191

Weight in kilograms

87

Weight in pounds

190

Hair colour

Black and blue

Eye colour

Black

Siblings

Florentin and Paul Pogba

Occupation

Professional football player

Position

Forward

Jersey number

19

Current team

Belfort

National team

Guinea

Net worth

$60 million

Social media

Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

Mathias Pogba's biography

Mathias Pogba's biography
Mathias Pogba (L) and Byron Moore of Crewe after Johnstone's Paint Trophy Northern Section Finals vs Coventry City at the Alexandra Stadium on February 20, 2013, in Crewe, England. Photo: Paul Thomas
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He was born in Conakry, Guinea but was raised in Paris. He has two siblings who are also professional soccer players. Mathias played for Manchego in the Tercera División. As a youth, he played for Celta Vigo, Wrexham, Crewe Alexandra, Pescara, and Crawley Town. He joined Tours in September 2018 after short stints with Partick Thistle and Sparta Rotterdam.

Mathias Pogba's age

He was born on 19 August 1990. He is 32 years old as of August 2022. Raised in Paris, he enrolled with his identical brother Florentin in the Celta Vigo youth program. He claimed his time there was challenging because of language hurdles, living abroad, and being separated from his family when the two departed the club in 2009.

Mathias Pogba's height

He stands at the height of 6'3" or 1.91m. He signed up with Quimper of the fourth division, where he spent one season scoring twice in the league.

Mathias Pogba's blackmail accusations

Mathias Pogba's blackmail accusations
Mathias Pogba of Sparta Rotterdamduring the Dutch Eredivisie match vs PSV Eindhoven at the Sparta stadium Het Kasteel on April 01, 2017 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Photo: VI Images
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Separately, RMC reports that Pogba has made a police complaint concerning an alleged extortion and blackmail attempt involving organized criminals, childhood friends, and his brother Mathias. Reportedly, these individuals are attempting to extract €13 million from France international for "services rendered." 

Get France Football News further explains that,

“Pogba is understood to have said that he was trapped by childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles during an incident in Paris,” as part of various interviews with authorities.

Law enforcement who was on the case said,

“The recent declarations of Mathias on social media are not, unfortunately, a surprise. They continue on from threats and attempts of extorsion against Paul.”
“The relevant authorities, in both Italy and France, were informed of it all a month ago and we are not going to add anything else with respect to that matter.”

Who are Paul Pogba's brothers?

Who are Paul Pogba's brothers?
Paul Pogba of France celebrates victory with mother Yeo Russia Final at Luzhniki Stadium on July 15, 2018, in Moscow, Russia. Photo: Robbie Jay Barratt
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Florentin and Mathias are Paul Pogba's blood brothers. Florentin and Mathias are twins, as Paul is their youngest brother.

Mathias Pogba's brother

Mathias has two brothers who play football professionally. His younger brother Paul plays for Italian club Juventus and the France national football team, while his twin brother Florentin plays for Indian club ATK Mohun Bagan.

The siblings were raised in Paris. While playing for Wrexham and Manchester United, respectively, Mathias and Paul shared a residence. When the Paris attacks took place on November 13, 2015, Mathias was at the Stade de France watching his brother Paul play in an international friendly against Germany.

Mathias Pogba's wife

Mathias Pogba has never married. There is no information about his girlfriend or his marital status.

Is Mathias Pogba related to Paul Pogba?
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba during an event at Dover street market on July 23, 2022, in Los Angeles, United States. Photo: Daniele Badolato
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Paul and Mathias are blood brothers. Before following his more well-known brother Paul to the UK, where he played for Wrexham and Crewe Alexandra, Mathias, who began his career as a youngster at Celta Vigo, briefly played for Quimper in France.

Where is Paul Pogba from?

He is from a commune called Lagny-Sur-Marne in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the Seine-et-Marne department in Île-de-France, 26.1 km from the centre of Paris. Lagny-sur-Marne is a commune in the "new town" of Marne-la-Vallée. It is in the Val de Bussy sector, one of four sectors.

How old is Paul Pogba?

He was born on 15 March 1993. He is 29 years old. Paul is a French professional football player competing for the France national team and Serie A club Juventus. He typically plays as a central midfielder, but he can also be used as a left winger, an offensive midfielder, a defensive midfielder, or a playmaker deep in the penalty area.

Mathias Pogba's social media

Mathias Pogba has both Instagram and Twitter social media handles. The current reactions to the allegations against his brother can be found in his social media posts.

The suspicions that Mathias was a significant player in the attempted €13 million blackmail of the Juventus midfielder prompted him to respond on social media. Mathias alleged in an inflammatory social media post that his brother was attempting to manipulate the story about the incident.

He said (via Get Football News France):

“Hahahaha, what I expected to happen has happened: my little brother is finally starting to show his true face. Since it was he who started talking, to lie to the police and who brought out the information, you can’t blame me. Paul, you really wanted to shut me up completely to lie and send me to prison, I suspected it. Now it’s true, my version of the facts actually happened and unlike you, I have enough to prove my words and your lies.
“I’ll tell you again: brother, manipulating people is not good! It’s not about money: You implicated me in spite of myself, I almost died because of you, you left me in a hole and you want to play the innocent one. When everything is said people will see that there is no bigger coward, bigger traitor and bigger hypocrite than you on this earth.”

Because there is no information about his father, Mathias Pogba's biography omits him. He has participated in several clubs in France, Italy, and the Netherlands. He appears to be retiring from football in the upcoming years due to his advanced age.

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Kevin Omuya is a Content Writer with 4 years of experience who joined Sports Brief in 2022. In 2019 he held a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism & Digital Media from KCA University.