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He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is known for his career at Chelsea, where he is the club’s top goalscorer as a foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goalscorer of all time.
Didier Drogba former footballer from Cote d'Ivoire Centre-Forward last club: Arizona United Soccer Club * Mar 11, 1978 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Didier Drogba, Ivorian football (soccer) player who was Cote d’Ivoire’s all-time leader in goals scored in international matches and was twice named the African Footballer of the Year (2006 and 2009). Learn more about Drogba’s life and playing career.
Explore Didier Drogba's legendary career, playing style, achievements, and influence on global and African football. Learn about his impact today.
Didier Drogba would become a Chelsea legend after his move from Marseille in 2004, but Jose Mourinho has revealed how he had to bravely convince Roman Abramovich to sign him
Didier Drogba was the figurehead for Ivory Coast's 'golden generation'. Their remarkable powers helped bring a damaged nation together.
Scouted by Paris Saint-Germain Didier continued his apprenticeship as a footballer. In particular, he had to learn patience, and to respect his manager’s decisions. Even though he was the “best in the team” according to Repcic, he didn’t have his manager’s confidence and found himself warming the bench for much of the time.
Drogba's rise to stardom began with his £24 million move to Chelsea in 2004. He became the club's most expensive signing at the time and played a crucial role in Chelsea's first Premier League title in 50 years.
Born on March 11, 1978, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Didier Yves Tebily Drogba left the shores of the Ébrié Lagoon at the age of 6 and embarked on an extraordinary destiny.
Blessed with pace, power and skill, Didier Drogba was instrumental in helping Chelsea to two successive Premier League titles in 2004/05 and 2005/06. The Ivorian’s 104 Premier League goals are the most by an African, many struck spectacularly from distance or powered in with his head.