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Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba
Didier aug 2014.jpg
Drogba playing for Chelsea in 2014
Personal information
Full name Didier Yves Drogba Tébily
Date of birth (1978-03-11) 11 March 1978 (age 38)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1989–1991 Abbeville
1991–1993 Vannes
1993–1997 Levallois
1997–1998 Le Mans
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Le Mans 64 (12)
2002–2003 Guingamp 45 (20)
2003–2004 Marseille 35 (19)
2004–2012 Chelsea 226 (100)
2012–2013 Shanghai Shenhua 11 (8)
2013–2014 Galatasaray 37 (15)
2014–2015 Chelsea 28 (4)
2015–2016 Montreal Impact 33 (21)
National team
2002–2014 Ivory Coast 104 (65)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2016.

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (French pronunciation: ​[didje dʁɔɡba]; born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. He has been named African Footballer of the Year twice, winning the accolade in 2006 and 2009.

After playing in youth teams, Drogba made his professional debut aged 18 for Ligue 2 club Le Mans, and signed his first professional contract aged 21. After finishing the 2002–03 season with 17 goals in 34 appearances for Ligue 1 side Guingamp, he moved to Olympique de Marseille, where he finished as the third highest scorer in the 2003–04 season with 19 goals and helped the club reach the 2004 UEFA Cup Final.

In the summer of 2004, Drogba moved to Premier League club Chelsea for a club record £24 million fee, making him the most expensive Ivorian player in history. In his debut season he helped the club win their first league title in 50 years, and a year later he won another Premier League title. In March 2012, he became the first African player to score 100 Premier League goals, and also became the only player in history to score in four separate FA Cup finals the same year, when he scored in Chelsea's win over Liverpool in the 2012 final. He also played in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final, in which he scored an 88th-minute equaliser and the winning penalty in the deciding shoot-out against Bayern Munich. After spending 6 months with Shanghai Shenhua in China, and one and a half seasons with Turkish club Galatasaray where he scored the winning goal in the final of the 2013 Turkish Super Cup, Drogba returned to Chelsea in July 2014. With a career record of scoring 10 goals in 10 finals winning 10 trophies at club level, Drogba has been referred to as the "ultimate big game player."


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