Emmanuel Adebayor
Adebayor in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Lomé, Togo | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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İstanbul Başakşehir | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | OC Agaza | ||
| 1999–2001 | Metz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Metz | 44 | (15) |
| 2003–2006 | Monaco | 78 | (18) |
| 2006–2009 | Arsenal | 104 | (46) |
| 2009–2012 | Manchester City | 34 | (15) |
| 2011 | → Real Madrid (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 33 | (17) |
| 2012–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | 59 | (18) |
| 2016 | Crystal Palace | 12 | (1) |
| 2017– | İstanbul Başakşehir | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000– | Togo | 75 | (30) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 January 2017 |
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Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (French pronunciation: [ɛmanɥɛl adəbɛjɔʁ]; born 26 February 1984) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir. He previously played for English clubs Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace, as well as French sides Metz and Monaco and Spanish team Real Madrid. He was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2008.
Adebayor represented the Togo national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the country's début, and to date only, appearance at the World Cup. In January 2010, Adebayor was one of the players involved when the Togo team's bus came under gunfire on the way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, after which he retired from national team duty. In 2013 he returned to the Togo team for the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa, where he helped them to qualify for the quarterfinals. He is currently Togo's all-time top goalscorer with 31 goals.
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