Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba
Didier Yves Drogba Tébilyis an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Canadian Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. He has been named African Footballer of the Year twice, winning...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth11 March 1978
CityAbidjan, Ivory Coast
Nobody likes to be substituted but solidarity with the team always comes first.
I've had one month's holiday and I'm fresh now.
We win as a team, lose as a team and celebrate as a team. It didn't matter who got him out on the pitch, we just wanted him out there.
When I scored the two goals I was very fit and now I'm coming back, so I can't promise to score two goals
We are ready ... but I think it's 50-50. They are a good team so we'll see what happens.
Most Barcelona fans are kids who have watched football for the first time yesterday
I have won many trophies in my time, but nothing will ever top helping win the battle for peace in my country.
Our number one opponents are not Liverpool, Arsenal or Manchester United. It is ourselves at Chelsea.
When I arrived in France, I cried every day. Not because I was in France - I could have been anywhere - but because I was so far, far away from my parents. I missed them so much.
Football can generate excitement and bring people together.
All the fans know my love for Chelsea and I hope to be back here in the future in another role.
He predicts things. I have often heard him say things which are proved right minutes later. Its really impressive - almost mystical.
In football, the good thing is things can change in a second.
We promised you that our victory would bring back peace to our country.