Ferran Torres joins exclusive Paris Saint-Germain debut club after Rennes double

Ferran Torres has matched a rare Paris Saint-Germain achievement after scoring twice on his first official appearance for the club in their meeting with Rennes.

The Spain forward’s memorable debut places him alongside Cameroon great Patrick Mboma, who remains the first Paris Saint-Germain player associated with this particular landmark. Torres has now joined a select group of attackers whose first competitive outing for the Paris club ended with two goals.

Mboma set the precedent in 1994. Representing the Lions Indomptables, the legendary striker scored twice against Vac FC during the qualifying rounds of the Champions League. His performance marked a striking arrival on the Parisian stage and became part of the club’s history.

More than three decades later, Torres has revived that achievement with his double against Rennes. The match gave the Spanish forward an immediate opportunity to make his mark in Paris, and he took it by scoring twice in his first official appearance in the club’s colours.

The feat is notable because it has been achieved so rarely. After Mboma’s effort in 1994, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the only other player to reproduce the accomplishment in the league, scoring twice against Lorient in 2012.

Torres’ opening performance therefore links him not only with Mboma, but also with the Swedish striker, whose Paris Saint-Germain career included the same kind of two-goal beginning in a league fixture. The comparison places Torres in the company of two prominent figures from the club’s attacking history.

Mboma’s double against Vac FC remains the original reference point for this achievement. It has endured in the club’s records as an example of an emphatic first impression, created during the Champions League qualification campaign more than 30 years ago.

Ibrahimovic later repeated the feat against Lorient, ensuring that Mboma’s accomplishment was not left as a one-off in Paris Saint-Germain’s history. Torres has now become the latest name attached to that record, following his two goals against Rennes.

For the Spain forward, the debut provided an immediate connection with important moments from the club’s past. His performance has revived the memory of Mboma’s landmark appearance and brought Torres into a small circle that includes two of Paris Saint-Germain’s most recognisable attacking names.

The significance of the occasion lies in both its timing and its rarity: Torres scored twice in his first official match for Paris Saint-Germain, just as Mboma had done in 1994 and Ibrahimovic later managed against Lorient in 2012. In doing so, he has begun his Paris Saint-Germain career by following a path first opened by the Cameroon icon.