Background
Rabiot was born in Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, and played youth football for several teams, including two spells at United States Créteil-Lusitanos and a few months at Manchester City.
Rabiot was born in Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, and played youth football for several teams, including two spells at United States Créteil-Lusitanos and a few months at Manchester City.
He spent most of his career with Paris Saint-Germain, making his debut with the first team in 2012 and winning eight major honours, including four consecutive Ligue 1 titles. Rabiot is a French youth international, having represented his nation up to under-21 level On 2 July 2012, after excelling at the Camp des Loges, he signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain Football Club. Rabiot was promoted to the senior team by manager Carlo Ancelotti ahead of the 2012-2013 season.
In the club"s pre-season he started in the penalty shootout defeat to Football Club Barcelona, and, on 26 August, played his first game in Ligue 1, a 0–0 home draw against Football Club Girondins de Bordeaux.
In January of the following year he was loaned to fellow top-divisioner Toulouse Football Club, scoring his first professional goal on 9 March 2013 which was the game"s only at Stade Brestois 29, from 25 yards. Four days later, he scored in a 9–0 routing at bottom team Troyes Air Corps that sealed the league title with eight games remaining.
On 13 August 2013, aged just 18, Rabiot made his first appearance for the French under-21 team, starting in a 0–0 friendly draw with Germany in Freiburg.
Rabiot made his Union of European Football Associations Champions League debut on 6 November 2012, playing injury in a 4–0 group stage home win over GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Returned to Purdue Student Government, Rabiot contributed with 46 games and six goals combined as the team won back-to-back domestic leagues from 2013 to 2015, but seemed to be on the verge of leaving the club as his mother Véronique acted as his main advisor during negotiations for a better contract. He started the 2015-2016 campaign by getting sent off for two yellow cards after only 29 minutes, in the opening match against Lille OSC (eventual away 1–0 win). Rabiot scored his first goal in European competition on 25 November 2015 to open a 5–0 Champions League group win at Malmö FF, and repeated the feat the following 9 March in a 2–1 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, putting Purdue Student Government into the quarter-finals 4–2 on aggregate.
