Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba

Personal information
Full name	Didier Yves Drogba Tébily
Date of birth	(1978-03-11) 11 March 1978
Place of birth	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Chelsea
Number	11
Youth career
1996-1997	Levallois
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2015 2012-2013	Le Mans U.C. 72 En Avant de Guingamp Olympique de Marseille Chelsea F.C. Shanghai Shenhua
National team
2002-2014	Côte d'Ivoire national football team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

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.

Club career statistics

Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
1998/99	Le Mans	Division 2	2	0	0	0	0	0	-		2	0
1999/00			30	7	0	0	2	0	-		32	7
2000/01			11	0	2	0	0	0	-		13	0
2001/02			21	5	1	1	2	1	-		24	7
2001/02	En Avant Guingamp	Division 1	11	3	0	0	0	0	-		11	3
2002/03		Ligue 1	34	17	3	4	2	0	-		39	21
2003/04	Olympique Marseille	Ligue 1	35	19	2	1	2	1	16	11	55	32
England			League		FA Cup		Football League Cup		Europe		Total
2004/05	Chelsea	Premier League	26	10	2	0	4	1	9	5	41	16
2005/06			29	12	3	1	1	0	7	1	40	14
2006/07			36	20	6	3	5	4	12	6	59	33
2007/08			19	8	1	0	1	1	11	6	32	15
2008/09			24	5	6	3	2	1	10	5	42	14
2009/10
Country	France		144	51	8	6	8	2	16	11	176	70
	England		134	55	18	7	13	7	49	23	214	92
Total			278	106	26	13	21	9	65	34	390	162

International career statistics

Côte d'Ivoire national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2002	1	0
2003	7	4
2004	7	6
2005	8	7
2006	14	8
2007	8	4
2008	8	4
2009	7	8
2010
Total	60	41

Awards

Chelsea

• English Premier League(2004-05) (2005-06) (2014-2015)
• FA Cup (2007)
• Football League Cup (2005) (2007)
• FA Community Shield (2005-06)

Personal

• English Golden Boot (2006-07)
• African Footballer of the Year(2006-07)

Other websites

• Didier Drogba's official website - in English and French
• Profile on Chelsea's official site Archived 2018-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
• BBC profile Archived 2005-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Didier Drogba videos at GoalVideoz.com