Description
T�bily Didier Yves Drogba, known as Didier Drogba, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League as a striker, and 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 scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. In October 2012, he was voted by Chelsea supporters as the club's greatest ever player. He has also 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 Chelsea for a club record �24 million fee, making him the most expensive Ivorian player in history.
Born
March 11th, 1978 in Abidjan (Age 46)
Teams
Montreal Impact F.C. (2015-) | Chelsea Football Club (2014-2015) | Galatasaray S.K. (2013-2014) | Shanghai Shenhua F.C. (2012-) | Chelsea Football Club (2004-2012) | Olympique de Marseille (2003-2004) | En Avant de Guingamp (2002-2003) | Ivory Coast national football team (2002-) | Le Mans U.C. 72 (1998-2002) | Club América |
Last Changes
2024/03/15
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2024/03/15
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2024/02/29
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic (Certified/COA))