Ivorian football star Didier Drogba is well known
for his prolific scoring as a forward for Chelsea,
as well as for being captain of the Côte d’Ivoire
national team for the last decade. Drogba has the
distinction of being highest goal-scorer of any
foreign player in the Premier League, and was even voted the best Chelsea player by supporters of the
club in 2012. Here are 17 things you didn’t
know about Didier Drogba.

His mother nicknamed him ‘Tito’
Drogba’s mother, Name, nicknamed him “Tito” after
President Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, whom she
greatly admired

He was sent to live with his uncle in France at a
young age
At age 5, Drogba was sent to live with his
professional footballer uncle, Michel Goba, in
France. He returned to his family in Abidjan three
years later after becoming homesick, but moved back to France after both his parents lost their jobs as
bank workers.

He was reunited with his parents in 1993 after
they moved to France
Drogba’s parents moved to Antony, a suburb of
Paris, in 1993. He moved back in with them and
his siblings, and began playing football on a more
frequent basis.

He played for Le Mans for four years
From 1998-2002, Drogba played in the second
division of the French football club Le Mans. The
four years were fraught with injury, but it was
also his first professional contract, and a rung on
the ladder to higher prospects.

His next big breaks
After Le Mans, Didier transferred to Ligue 1 soccer
club Guingamp, and his record goals attracted
Marseille, who bought him for £3.3 million
pounds. During his year of playing for Marseille,
he scored 19 goals and won the National Union of Professional Footballers Player of the Year
Award

He’s the most expensive Ivorian player in history
In the summer of 2004, Drogba signed a contract
with Chelsea for $40 million. He turned out to be
worth it, though, as he helped the club win its
first league title in 50 years.

He is Chelsea’s greatest player, according to many
In 2012, a poll of 20,000 fans administered by the
Chelsea club’s official magazine named Didier
Drogba the team’s greatest player ever

Both his brothers are footballers
Drogba’s two younger brothers, Joël and Freddy
Drogba, are also footballers. Freddy plays for the
French Ligue Youth 1 side Dijon.

Drogba was the first African player to score 100
premier league goals
In March 2012, he scored his 100th premier league
goal in a victory over Stoke City, becoming the 22nd
player ever, and the first African, to do so.

He was also the first player to be sent off in a
European Cup final for violent conduct
In the 117th minute of the 2008 Champions League
final, Drogba slapped Manchester United
defender Nemanja Vidic. Chelsea went on to lose
the game in penalties after Capt. John Terry took Drogba’s place in the shootout and missed.... To be continued..

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