Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba (born the March 11th 1978 with Abidjan, Ivory Coast) is a Football or ivorien. He currently plays for the club English of Chelsea and for the team of Ivory Coast of which he is the captain.

Career in club

Childhood

Didier Drogba, “Tito” as its close relations call it, leaves the Africa for Brest whereas it is only five years old. He joined his uncle Michel Goba, footballer professional. After a passage to Valves, Didier signs a license with Levallois-Perret at 15 years. It is as from this moment that it builds its fame.

Mans and Guingamp

19 years old, Didier Drogba engages with Mans. After two seasons with the club, it signs its first professional contract it is then 21 years old. Two years after, with a mitigated assessment of 12 goals in 64 matches, it joined Guingamp in January 2002, to discover the Ligue 1. But it sees there its beginning of career marked especially by the wounds. In 2002 - 2003, it is pointed out amateurs of Ligue 1 by marking 17 goals.

The Olympic one of Marseilles

Before being made replace by Jose Anigo at the post of trainer of the Olympic of Marseilles, Alain Perrin makes come Drogba to the club in 2003. It spends there one season during which it appears like one of the largest European attackers of the moment, by registering 19 goals in championship and 11 goals out of cut of Europe and reaching the final of the UEFA Cup (lost against Valence CF). It will remain in particular like one of the rare players, with the inhabitant of Saint-Etienne Dominique Bathenay and the Marseilles Mathieu Valbuena, to have registered a goal for a French club with Anfield Road, the mythical stage of Liverpool Football Club.

Drogba with Chelsea

In July 2004, it joined Chelsea (England), the club of the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovitch, for a transfer evaluated to 33 million euros, in spite of its personal reserves and especially those of the Marseilles public, which does not want to let leave its new pet, unlike the president of the OM of the time, Christophe Bouchet.

At the time of the season 2004 - 2005, it gains with Chelsea the title of champion of England as well as the Coupe of the League under the orders of Jose Mourinho. At the beginning of the season 2005 - 2006, Didier offers to his club the Community Shield thanks to one doubled vis-a-vis Arsenal. At the end of this season, it again gains the title of champion of England for the second consecutive year, holding even a record of goal with 51 achievements over the unit of the season.

At the time of the season 2006 - 2007 it gains with Chelsea the Coupe of the English League and the F cup, and finishes better striker of the First League with 20 achievements.

International career

Drogba makes its beginnings in national team the September 8th 2002 against the team of South Africa. It registers its 1st goal with the elephants the February 11th 2003 at the time of a match vis-a-vis the Cameroun (victory 3-0 of of the Ivory Coast).

At the time of the winter 2006, it finally takes along the Ivory Coast of the cut of Africa of the nations, lost vis-a-vis the Egypt.

Captain of the selection, it leads in June the Ivory Coast to the Mondial 2006, where the elephants shine but are unfortunately eliminated with the first tower of the competition in the group of dead the with the Argentine, the Netherlands and the Serbia. He is however the first player of the Ivory Coast to mark a goal out of world cup vis-a-vis in Argentina.

Characteristics of the player

Drogba is known for its power, its play of head, its movements back with the goal and its striking of ball, its speed, its goals with long distance, very extremely of the left foot.

Statistics

Prize list

With Marseilles

Finalist of the UEFA Cup 2004

With Chelsea

Champion of England 2005 and 2006 Victorious
of the cut of England 2007 Victorious
of the Cut of the English League 2005 and 2007 Victorious
of the Community Shield 2005
Finalist of the Community Shield 2006 and 2007

With the Ivory Coast

Finalist of the Cut of Africa of the Nations 2006

Personal distinctions

Godfather of association “shoes of the heart”
Named Ambassador of the city of Mans on July 9th 2005
Appointed ambassador of the Program of the United Nations for the Development (UNDP) in Geneva, on January 24th 2007

Balloon of African gold 2006
Fourth with the classification of the gold Balloon mondialized 2007
Better player of the season 2003/2004 League 1 Frenchwoman
more beautiful goal of the season 2003/2004 League 1 Frenchwoman
Better European striker of the season 2003/2004 (11 Goals)
Better frontier runner of the season 2005/2006 First League English
Better striker of the season 2006/2007 First League English
African Record of the goals in UEFA Champion' S League (21 Goals marked until December 1st, 2007)
foreign Player France Football of the year 2003 with Marseilles
Eleven of Gold 2004
Africa d' Or 2004
Shoe of Gold 2005
Lion of Gold 2005 and 2006
Talent of African Gold 2006
Balloon of gold African 2006
Better Player playing apart from Africa with FIF Award 2006
Superprix Sport-Ivory 2007
BBC London Footballer off the Year award 2007

Others

First striker for a French club against with Anfield Road (11/03/ 2004 1 - 1)
First striker of the Ivory Coast in World cup (10/06/ 2006: Argentina 2 - 1)
Fifth larger striker of Chelsea over one season of all times behind inter alia Greaves and Dixon.
First player of Chelsea has had to reach the bar of the 30 goals for more than 20 years (33 goals 2006-2007).
First goal in official match with Wembley Stadium since 2000.
Sporting African best paid.
Famous in its country so much so that a beer was baptized on its behalf. There exists also a dance " Drogbacité" immitant its technical epic on the ground.
Figure on the covers of PES5, PES6 and PES 2008

External bonds

Official site of Didier Drogba
Site official No of Didier Drogba
Official site of Chelsea FC

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