Emmanuel Adebayor

**Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor** (; born 26 February 1984) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as a striker. During his career, he played for English clubs Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace, as well as French side Metz, Monégasque team Monaco, Spanish team Real Madrid, Turkish clubs İstanbul Başakşehir and Kayserispor, Paraguay's Club Olimpia and Togolese club Semassi.

Since wearing the Zamalek t-shirt in 2008. Adebayor made a lengthy post on his public Facebook page describing his family troubles.

These troubles included several relatives asking for large amounts of money, his sister renting out a house he had bought for her without him knowing, and complications surrounding the death of his brother Peter. In July 2017, Adebayor stated in an interview regarding his family issues that his late brother had sent an official letter to Real Madrid asking them to not keep Adebayor on after his loan spell.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Metz|2001–02|Division 1|10|2|1|0|0|0|—|11|2||
|2002–03|Ligue 2|34|13|2|0|4|2|—|40|15||||
|rowspan="4"|Monaco|2003–04|Ligue 1|31|8|4|0|0|0|9|0|44|8|
|2004–05|Ligue 1|34|9|2|0|4|3|10|2|50|14|||
|2005–06|Ligue 1|13|1|0|0|1|0|7|3|21|4|||
|rowspan="5"|Arsenal|2005–06|Premier League|13|4|0|0|0|0|—|13|4||
|2006–07|Premier League|29|8|3|2|4|2|8|0|44|12|||
|2007–08|Premier League|36|24|2|2|1|1|9|3|48|30|||
|2008–09|Premier League|26|10|2|0|0|0|9|6|37|16|||
|rowspan="3"|Manchester City|2009–10|Premier League|26|14|2|0|3|0|—|31|14||
|2010–11|Premier League|8|1|0|0|0|0|6|4|14|5|||
|Real Madrid (loan)|2010–11|La Liga|14|5|2|1|—|6|2|22|8|||
|Tottenham Hotspur (loan)|2011–12|Premier League|33|17|4|1|0|0|0|0|37|18||
|rowspan="4"|Tottenham Hotspur|2012–13|Premier League|25|5|1|0|0|0|8|3|34|8|
|2013–14|Premier League|21|11|1|0|1|1|2|2|25|14|||
|2014–15|Premier League|13|2|1|0|1|0|2|0|17|2|||
|Crystal Palace|2015–16|Premier League|12|1|3|0|—|—|15|1||||
|rowspan="4"|İstanbul Başakşehir|2016–17|Süper Lig|11|6|5|1|—|—|16|7|||
|2017–18|Süper Lig|30|15|1|1|—|5|1|36|17||||
|2018–19|Süper Lig|19|3|4|1|—|1|0|24|4||||
|Kayserispor|2019–20|Süper Lig|8|2|0|0|—|—|8|2||||
|Olimpia|2020|Paraguayan Primera División|2|0|0|0|—|2|0|4|0|||

### International

|rowspan="2" scope="col"|Team|rowspan="2" scope="col"|Year|colspan="2" scope="colgroup"|Competitive|colspan="2" scope="colgroup"|Friendly|colspan="2" scope="colgroup"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="20"|Togo|scope="row"|2000|5|0|0|0|5|0|
|scope="row"|2001|2|0|0|0|2|0|||
|scope="row"|2002|3|1|0|0|3|1|||
|scope="row"|2003|5|2|0|0|5|2|||
|scope="row"|2004|5|4|0|0|5|4|||
|scope="row"|2005|5|6|1|0|6|6|||
|scope="row"|2006|6|0|2|0|8|0|||
|scope="row"|2007|2|2|3|2|5|4|||
|scope="row"|2008|3|4|3|1|6|5|||
|scope="row"|2009|5|1|1|0|6|1|||
|scope="row"|2010|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
|scope="row"|2011|1|0|0|0|1|0|||
|scope="row"|2012|2|2|1|1|3|3|||
|scope="row"|2013|4|1|0|0|4|1|||
|scope="row"|2014|6|2|colspan="2"|—|6|2|||
|scope="row"|2015|1|1|0|0|1|1|||
|scope="row"|2016|3|0|5|0|8|0|||
|scope="row"|2017|4|0|4|1|8|1|||
|scope="row"|2018|2|0|2|0|4|0|||
|scope="row"|2019|1|1|0|0|1|1|||

## Honours

**Monaco**
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2003–04

**Arsenal**
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2006–07

**Real Madrid**
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11

**Crystal Palace**
- FA Cup runner-up: 2015–16

**Togo**
- Four Nations Tournament (Ghana) third place: 2007

**Individual**
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2007
- African Player of the Year: 2008
- BBC Goal of the Season: 2007–08
- Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Emmanuel Adebayor
- **image**: Emmanuel Adebayor - Lech - Manchester 026.jpg
- **caption**: Adebayor warming-up with Man City in 2010
- **fullname**: Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor
- **birth place**: Lomé, Togo
- **height**: 1.91 m
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1998–1999
- **youthyears2**: 1999–2001
- **youthclubs1**: OC Agaza
- **youthclubs2**: FC Metz, Metz
- **years1**: 2001–2003
- **clubs1**: FC Metz, Metz
- **caps1**: 44
- **goals1**: 15
- **years2**: 2003–2006
- **clubs2**: AS Monaco FC, Monaco
- **caps2**: 78
- **goals2**: 18
- **years3**: 2006–2009
- **clubs3**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps3**: 104
- **goals3**: 46
- **years4**: 2009–2012
- **clubs4**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
- **caps4**: 34
- **goals4**: 15
- **years5**: 2011
- **clubs5**: → Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid (loan)
- **caps5**: 14
- **goals5**: 5
- **years6**: 2011–2012
- **clubs6**: → Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur (loan)
- **caps6**: 33
- **goals6**: 17
- **years7**: 2012–2015
- **clubs7**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **caps7**: 59
- **goals7**: 18
- **years8**: 2016
- **clubs8**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace
- **caps8**: 12
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2017–2019
- **clubs9**: İstanbul Başakşehir F.K., İstanbul Başakşehir
- **caps9**: 60
- **goals9**: 24
- **years10**: 2019
- **clubs10**: Kayserispor
- **caps10**: 8
- **goals10**: 2
- **years11**: 2020
- **clubs11**: Club Olimpia, Olimpia
- **caps11**: 2
- **goals11**: 0
- **years12**: 2021–2023
- **clubs12**: AC Semassi FC, Semassi
- **totalcaps**: 448
- **totalgoals**: 162
- **nationalyears1**: 2000–2019
- **nationalteam1**: Togo national football team, Togo
- **nationalcaps1**: 87
- **nationalgoals1**: 32