"Gianluigi Donnarumma has chosen to wear the unorthodox number 99 shirt at Manchester City following his deadline day move from Paris St-Germain. The Italy international goalkeeper wears that number because he was born in 1999, and has sported it during his time in Paris and at his boyhood club AC Milan. The 26-year-old wears the number one shirt at international level, but that squad number is already occupied at City by goalkeeper James Trafford."
"Donnarumma wore numbers 1, 50 and 99 in France but was prevented from wearing the latter until 2022-23 when Ligue 1 scrapped rules dictating that clubs could only use numbers 1-30. Under those rules, goalkeepers were restricted to either 1, 16 or 30, meaning the Italian had to get special dispensation to wear the number 50 shirt for the 2021-22 season."
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Gianluigi Donnarumma will wear the number 99 shirt at Manchester City after his move from Paris St-Germain. He chose 99 because he was born in 1999 and previously wore the number at PSG and AC Milan. Donnarumma wears number one for Italy, but that shirt is taken at City by James Trafford. No player has worn 99 in a Premier League match before. England permits squad numbers 1–99. Ligue 1 only allowed 1–30 until 2022–23, restricting goalkeeper numbers and forcing Donnarumma to obtain dispensation to wear 50 in 2021–22. Spain limits numbers to 1–25.
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