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
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.
Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.
When you don't win games, yeah, you lose confidence. That's normal.
I believe a lot in destiny and I think that if something didn't happen, it was for a reason.
People have an opinion of Africa and it is not so good, but we have to let sport unite us all.
I think finals are there to be won, you know the feeling of losing a final is really bad. I prefer to lose a semi-final, quarter-final because I know I will forget... But the feeling of losing a final stays here forever. Even if you win two, three, four, five it stays. You know, I’m too scared to lose, so I give everything to win.
Everyone knows Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Messi, not only me, but for some it's hard to recognize that.
Most Barcelona fans are kids who have watched football for the first time yesterday
This is the reward of all my hard work, but also a sign of encouragement that I can still get better. I know that I am capable.
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.