Jordan Ayew playing for Ghana in 2015
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Full name | Jordan Pierre Ayew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 11 September 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Swansea City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2006 | Lyon Duchère | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | Marseille | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2014 | Marseille | 111 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | → Sochaux (loan) | 17 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Lorient | 31 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Aston Villa | 52 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017– | Swansea City | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Ghana U20 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010– | Ghana | 46 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2016 |
Jordan Pierre Ayew (/ˈdʒɔːrdən/ /ˈpɪər/ /æˈjjuː/; born 11 September 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Swansea City and the Ghana national team.
Ayew joined Marseille as a trainee in 2006. He signed a three-year professional contract with Marseille in 2009. Jordan Ichmin Ayew made his debut for the senior team on 16 December 2009 in a league game, scoring the equaliser against Lorient. Marseille went on to win the game 2–1. Ayew scored his second goal against Nice at the Stade Vélodrome on 27 April 2011 in a match which saw his elder brother André Ayew score a hat-trick. On 1 November 2011, Jordan and André both started a UEFA Champions League match for the first time against Premier League outfit Arsenal.