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Didier Drogba

Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (born 11 March 1978 in Abidjan) is a retired Côte d'Ivoire professional football player.

Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba (2019) (cropped).jpg
Drogba in 2019
Personal information
Full nameDidier Yves Drogba Tébily[1]
Date of birth11 March 1978 
     (aged 48)
[2]
Place of birthAbidjan, Ivory Coast
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
Dunkerque
1988–1989Tourcoing[4]
1989–1991Abbeville
1991–1993Vannes
1993–1997Levallois
1997–1998Le Mans
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2002Le Mans64(12)
2002–2003Guingamp45(20)
2003–2004Marseille35(19)
2004–2012Chelsea226(100)
2012–2013Shanghai Shenhua11(8)
2013–2014Galatasaray37(15)
2014–2015Chelsea28(4)
2015–2016Montreal Impact33(21)
2017–2018Phoenix Rising21(13)
Total500(212)
National team
2002–2014Ivory Coast105(65)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

He lived in Abidjan until he was 5 years old and then he moved to France to live with his uncle, Michael Goba. His uncle had been a professional football player in Côte d'Ivoire.

Career

In the 2006/07 season, he was the top scorer of the English Premier League with 20 goals. Drogba played for Le Mans at Ligue 2 in 1998. He moved to Olympique Marseille in 2003 and scored 29 goals in the next season. In July 2004, Drogba moved to Chelsea in the English Premier League. Drogba stayed at Chelsea for about 10 years. Drogba was a member of Côte d'Ivoire’s national team and was their top scorer with 65 goals in 105 appearances.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Others Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Le Mans 1998–99 French Division 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 — — 2 0
1999–2000 French Division 2 30 7 0 0 2 0 — — 32 7
2000–01 French Division 2 11 0 3 1 0 0 — — 14 1
2001–02 French Division 2 21 5 1 1 2 1 — — 24 7
Total 64 12 4 2 4 1 — — 72 15
Guingamp 2001–02 French Division 1 11 3 0 0 0 0 — — 11 3
2002–03 Ligue 1 34 17 3 4 2 0 — — 39 21
Total 45 20 3 4 2 0 — — 50 24
Marseille 2003–04 Ligue 1 35 19 2 1 2 1 16[c] 11 — 55 32
Chelsea 2004–05 Premier League 26 10 2 0 4 1 9[d] 5 0 0 41 16
2005–06 Premier League 29 12 3 1 1 0 7[d] 1 1[e] 2 41 16
2006–07 Premier League 36 20 6 3 5 4 12[d] 6 1[e] 0 60 33
2007–08 Premier League 19 8 1 0 1 1 11[d] 6 0 0 32 15
2008–09 Premier League 24 5 6 3 2 1 10[d] 5 0 0 42 14
2009–10 Premier League 32 29 4 3 2 2 5[d] 3 1[e] 0 44 37
2010–11 Premier League 36 11 2 0 0 0 7[d] 2 1[e] 0 46 13
2011–12 Premier League 24 5 3 2 0 0 8[d] 6 0 0 35 13
Total 226 100 27 12 15 9 69 34 4 2 341 157
Shanghai Shenhua 2012 Chinese Super League 11 8 0 0 — — — 11 8
Galatasaray 2012–13 Süper Lig 13 5 0 0 — 4[d] 1 0 0 17 6
2013–14 Süper Lig 24 10 3 1 — 8[d] 2 1[f] 1 36 14
Total 37 15 3 1 — 12 3 1 1 53 20
Chelsea 2014–15 Premier League 28 4 2 0 5 1 5[d] 2 0 0 40 7
Montreal Impact 2015 MLS 11 11 0 0 — 0 0 3[g] 1 14 12
2016 MLS 22 10 2 1 — 0 0 3[g] 0 27 11
Total 33 21 2 1 — 0 0 6 1 41 23
Phoenix Rising 2017 USL 13 9 0 0 — — 1[h] 1 14 10
2018 USL 8 4 0 0 — — 4[h] 3 12 7
Total 21 13 0 0 — — 5 4 26 17
Career total 494 209 43 21 28 12 102 50 12 5 679 303
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup, Turkish Cup, Canadian Championship
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Football League Cup
  3. ↑ Eight appearances and five goals in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and six goals in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  6. ↑ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Appearance(s) in USL Playoffs

International

See also: List of international goals scored by Didier Drogba
Source:[1]
National Team Year Friendlies International
Competition 		Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals
Ivory Coast
2002 0 0 1 0 1 0
2003 4 1 3 3 7 4
2004 3 3 4 3 7 6
2005 3 1 5 6 8 7
2006 7 4 8 4 15 8
2007 6 3 2 1 8 4
2008 2 1 6 3 8 4
2009 1 1 5 6 6 7
2010 5 2 6 2 11 4
2011 2 1 3 4 5 5
2012 4 2 10 7 14 9
2013 2 1 7 3 9 4
2014 3 3 3 0 6 3
Total 42 23 63 42 105 65

Honours

Drogba holding the European Cup following Chelsea's penalty shootout victory over Bayern Munich
Drogba banner made by Chelsea's fans

Marseille

Chelsea

Galatasaray

Phoenix Rising

Individual

Records

Chelsea

  • Most goals scored by a non-English player: 164 goals.[75]
  • Most goals scored in Cup Finals: 9 goals.[76]
  • Most goals scored in European club competitions: 36 goals.[77][78]
  • Most Premier League hat-tricks: 3 hat-tricks (shared-record).[79]
  • Most Premier League goals in a season: 29 goals in 2009–10.[80]
  • Most Premier League Golden Boot wins: 2 (2006–07 and 2009–10).
  • Most Premier League away goals scored in a season: 15 in 2009–10.[81]
  • Most goals in all competitions in a season by a foreign player: 37 goals in 2009–10.[82]
  • First player to score a Champions League hat-trick.[83]
  • Oldest player to score in the Champions League: 36 years, 8 months, 14 days.[84]

Other

  • Most assists in the Premier League by an African player: 54 assists.[85]
  • Most goals and assists combined for with another player in the Premier League: 36 with Frank Lampard.[86]
  • One of seven players to score an opening weekend Premier League hat-trick.[87]
  • One of six players to score a hat-trick in consecutive Premier League games.[88]
  • The only player score in and win both English domestic cup finals in the same season.[89]
  • The only player to score in three League Cup finals.[90]
  • The only player to score in four FA Cup finals.[91]
  • Most goals scored at the New Wembley Stadium: 8 goals.[92]
  • Most goals scored in UEFA club competitions by an African player: 50 goals.[93]
  • Most goals scored in the Champions League by an African player: 44 goals.[93]
  • Oldest African goal scorer in the Champions League: 36 years and 259 days old.[94]
  • Most appearances in Champions League by an African player: 94 matches.[93]
  • Most goals scored for an English team in the Champions League: 36 goals with Chelsea.[95]
  • One of eleven players to score hat-tricks for multiple clubs in the Champions League.[96]
  • Ivory Coast national team all-time top scorer: 65 goals.[97]

Didier Drogba Media

References

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