Didier Drogba

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

Didier Drogba

Drogba in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Didier Yves Drogba Tébily[1]
Date of birth	(1978-03-11) 11 March 1978 (age 47)[2]
Place of birth	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Dunkerque
1988–1989	Tourcoing[4]
1989–1991	Abbeville
1991–1993	Vannes
1993–1997	Levallois
1997–1998	Le Mans
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2002	Le Mans	64	(12)
2002–2003	Guingamp	45	(20)
2003–2004	Marseille	35	(19)
2004–2012	Chelsea	226	(100)
2012–2013	Shanghai Shenhua	11	(8)
2013–2014	Galatasaray	37	(15)
2014–2015	Chelsea	28	(4)
2015–2016	Montreal Impact	33	(21)
2017–2018	Phoenix Rising	21	(13)
Total		500	(212)
International career
2002–2014	Ivory Coast	105	(65)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Ivory Coast Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up 2006 Egypt Runner-up 2012 Equatorial Guinea–Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearance in FA Community Shield
6. Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
7. Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
8. 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

• UEFA Cup runner-up: 2003–04^[6]

Chelsea

• Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15^[7]
• FA Cup: 2006–07,^[8] 2008–09,^[9] 2009–10,^[10] 2011–12^[11]
• Football League Cup: 2004–05,^[12] 2006–07,^[13] 2014–15;^[14] runner-up: 2007–08^[15]
• FA Community Shield: 2005,^[16] 2009^[17]
• UEFA Champions League: 2011–12^[18]

Galatasaray

• Süper Lig: 2012–13^[19]
• Turkish Cup: 2013–14^[20]
• Turkish Super Cup: 2013^[21]

Phoenix Rising

• Western Conference (USL): 2018^[22]

Individual

• Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2006,^[23] 2008,^[24] 2012^[25]
• Africa Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2012^[26]
• African Footballer of the Year: 2006,^[27] 2009^[28]
• Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2007^[29]
• Barclays Spirit of the Game Award^{[broken anchor]}: 2015^[30]
• BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009^[31]
• BBC Goal of the Month: October 2009^[32]
• CAF Team of the Year: 2005,^[33] 2006,^[34] 2009,^[35] 2010,^[36] 2012^[37]
• Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2007^[38]
• Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010^[39]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2006–07^[40]
• FA Community Shield Man of the Match: 2005^[41]
• FA Cup Final Man of the Match: 2010^[42]
• FIFPro World XI: 2007^[43]
• FWA Tribute Award: 2015^[44]
• Globe Soccer Awards Off the Pitch Award: 2022^[45][46]
• Golden Foot: 2013^[47]
• GQ Sportsman of the Year: 2012^[48]
• IFFHS All-time Africa Men's Dream Team: 2021^[49]
• Ivory Coast Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2012^[50]
• Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2003–04^[51]
• Ligue 1 Player of the Month: January 2004, May 2004^[52]
• Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2003–04^[53]
• Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2003–04^[54]
• MLS All-Star: 2016^[55]
• MLS Player of the Month: September 2015,^[56] October 2015^[57]
• Montreal Impact Top Scorer: 2015^[58][59]
• Onze d'Or: 2004^[60]
• Onze de Bronze: 2007^[60]
• Premier League Golden Boot: 2006–07,^[61] 2009–10^[62]
• Premier League Hall of Fame: 2022^[63]
• Premier League Most Assists: 2005–06^[64]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2006–07 Premier League,^[65] 2009–10 Premier League^[66]
• Time Top 100: 2010^[67]
• Turkish Footballer of the Year: 2013^[68]
• UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 2012^[69]
• UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2003–04^[70]
• UEFA President's Award: 2020^[71]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2007^[72]
• UNFP Trophy of Honour: 2019^[73]
• West African Footballer of the Year: 2010^[74]

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]