Didier Drogba

**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.

## Career statistics 
### Club 
### International 
:Source:

**Chelsea**
*Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15
*FA Cup: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
*Football League Cup: 2004–05, 2006–07, 2014–15; runner-up: 2007–08
*FA Community Shield: 2005, 2009
*UEFA Champions League: 2011–12

**Galatasaray**
*Süper Lig: 2012–13
*Turkish Cup: 2013–14
*Turkish Super Cup: 2013

**Phoenix Rising**
*Western Conference (USL): 2018
**Individual**
*Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2006, 2008, 2012
*Africa Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2012
*African Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009
*Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2007
*Barclays Spirit of the Game Award: 2015
*BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009
*BBC Goal of the Month: October 2009
*CAF Team of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012
*Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2007
*Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010
*ESM Team of the Year: 2006–07
*FA Community Shield Man of the Match: 2005
*FA Cup Final Man of the Match: 2010
*FIFPro World XI: 2007
*FWA Tribute Award: 2015
*Globe Soccer Awards Off the Pitch Award: 2022
*Golden Foot: 2013
*GQ Sportsman of the Year: 2012
* IFFHS All-time Africa Men's Dream Team: 2021
*Ivory Coast Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2012
*Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2003–04
*Ligue 1 Player of the Month: January 2004, May 2004
*Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2003–04
*Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2003–04
*MLS All-Star: 2016
*MLS Player of the Month: September 2015, October 2015
*Montreal Impact Top Scorer: 2015
*Onze d'Or: 2004
*Onze de Bronze: 2007 2009–10
*Premier League Hall of Fame: 2022
* Premier League Most Assists: 2005–06
*PFA Team of the Year: 2006–07 Premier League, 2009–10 Premier League
**Time* Top 100: 2010
*Turkish Footballer of the Year: 2013
*UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 2012
*UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2003–04
*UEFA President's Award: 2020
*UEFA Team of the Year: 2007
*UNFP Trophy of Honour: 2019
*West African Footballer of the Year: 2010

## Records 
### Chelsea 
* Most goals scored by a non-English player: 164 goals.
* Most goals scored in Cup Finals: 9 goals.
* Most goals scored in European club competitions: 36 goals.
* Most Premier League hat-tricks: 3 hat-tricks (shared-record).
* Most Premier League goals in a season: 29 goals in 2009–10.
* 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.
* Most goals in all competitions in a season by a foreign player: 37 goals in 2009–10.
* First player to score a Champions League hat-trick.
* Oldest player to score in the Champions League: 36 years, 8 months, 14 days.

### Other 
* Most assists in the Premier League by an African player: 54 assists.
* Most goals and assists combined for with another player in the Premier League: 36 with Frank Lampard.
* One of seven players to score an opening weekend Premier League hat-trick.
*One of six players to score a hat-trick in consecutive Premier League games.
* The only player score in and win both English domestic cup finals in the same season.
* The only player to score in three League Cup finals.
* The only player to score in four FA Cup finals.
*Most goals scored at the New Wembley Stadium: 8 goals.
*  Most goals scored in UEFA club competitions by an African player: 50 goals.
* Most goals scored in the Champions League by an African player: 44 goals.
* Most appearances in Champions League by an African player: 94 matches.
*One of eleven players to score hat-tricks for multiple clubs in the Champions League.
* Ivory Coast national team all-time top scorer: 65 goals.

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