After playing in the youth team, Drogba made a professional debut aged 18 for Ligue 2 club Le Mans. Big mistake too late, he signed his first professional contract aged 21 but not until the 2002-03 season, he realized his potential, scoring 17 goals in 34 appearances in Ligue 1 for Guingamp. During the same season he made the first international appearance for Ivory Coast in September and scored his first international goal the following February. He moved to Olympique de Marseille in 2003 for £ 3.3 million and its productive way to continue, finishing as the third highest scorer in the league with 19 goals and making the UEFA Cup Final 2004.
Drogba to move to Chelsea next season for record-breaking fee of £ 24 million, making him the most expensive player in the history of Ivory Coast. In addition, Drogba scored a goal set for 2005 FA Community Shield and League Cup finals and helped the club to their first ever league title win. Drogba came to known as one of the world's leading strikers in 2006 when he won the league title with Chelsea and the national team captain for the first time. In the 2006 World Cup he scored the first time in Côte d'Ivoire's goal of the competition and he was elected as the African Footballer of the Year 2006. The next season he finished as top scorer in the 2006-07 Premier League with 20 goals and also scored the winning goal in the 2007 League Cup and FA Cup final.
Away from the field, Drogba, known for his charity work and appointed by the United Nations Development Program as a Goodwill Ambassador in 2007. He has three children with Malian wife, Alla.
Didier Drogba defend Le Mans and GuingampCareer Club
Le Mans and Guingamp
Drogba started his career as a junior player at the club professional, semi-Levallois, gained a reputation as a productive scorer in the youth team and the coach was impressed with the professional attitude. His appearance earned him a place in the senior squad but, despite scoring on his debut, Ivory Coast 18 years failed to make an impression on Jacques Loncar, coach.When first team he finished school he moved the city to study accounting in college and he had to change clubs, became an apprentice in Ligue 2 club Le Mans. However, the first two years there was marred by injury and he is physically struggling to cope with the training and schedule.Former game coach Marc Le Mans Westerloppe later said that "Didier took four years to be able to training every day and play every week". Furthermore, Drogba complicated family life meant that he never attended a football academy and just started soccer practice as a mature adult daily.
Didier Drogba defend ChelseaSigned for Chelsea in July 2004 for £ 24 million, Drogba scored a goal in the third game for the club with a header against Crystal Palace. His season interrupted when he pulled stomach muscle against Liverpool that kept him out of action for more than two months. Chelsea won the Premiership, only their two leading English and their first championship in 50 years, and the League Cup, with Drogba scoring in extra time in the 3-2 final win against Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Drogba scored 16 goals in 40 games for Chelsea in his first season: 10th in the Premier League, five in the Champions League and one in the League Cup final.
Drogba started the 2005-06 season, scored two goals in the Community Shield win over Arsenal. His reputation was marred in the middle of Chelsea's alleged fraud during the 2-0 win over Manchester City. Replay showed that he had used his hand to control the ball before scoring the second of two goals.Coming just a week after a similar incident against Fulham in which the goal is disallowed, Drogba was accused of cheating. In a post match interview with the BBC, he admitted that he had handled the ball and seemed to recognize fraud, and said, "Sometimes I dive, sometimes I stand," before quickly pulling his comment: "I do not dive, I play my game ". Then experts speculated that the comments may have been due to Drogba's grasp of English to be poor.
Chelsea continued to defend the league title with two games to play, only to be the second team to win back-to-back titles in the English Premier League era. Again Drogba finished with 16 goals for the season, 12th in the league, two in the Community Shield, one in the Champions League and one in the FA Cup.
2006-07
After the departure of Damien Duff to Newcastle United, Drogba switched from the number 15 shirt worn for Chelsea since 2004, with the number 11 shirt left by Duff. This season of personal success for Drogba as he hit 33 goals in all competitions (more than gains in the previous two seasons combined), including 20 in the Premier League to win the Golden Boot. In doing so, he became the first Chelsea player since Kerry Dixon in 1984-85 to reach 30 goals in one season. Details of the 33 objectives are; 20 in the Premier League, six in the Champions League, three in the FA Cup and four in the League Cup.
Among the highlights score the winner from outside the penalty area against Liverpool, Everton and Barcelona, a 93-minute equalizer against Barcelona at the Nou Camp and Chelsea's second goal in the 2-1 League Cup final win over Arsenal. He also completed two hat-tricks, one against Watford and the other against Levski Sofia in the Champions League, Chelsea's first hat-trick in European competition since Gianluca Vialli in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1997. In the last competitive game that season, he scored the winning goal for Manchester United in the first FA Cup final at the new Wembley Stadium. This also means that he joined Norman Whiteside (Manchester United in 1983) and Mark Hughes (Manchester United in 1994) as players who have scored goals in both domestic Finals that same year in England, though Drogba was the first player to end in the winning team after scoring in both finals.
In January 2007, Ivory Coast Drogba was crowned Player of the Year, in front of the Kader Keita, Aruna Dindane, and Kolo Toure. In March, he was named African Player of the Year for the first time, in front of Samuel Eto'o and Michael Essien. His appearance during the season saw him named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year and runner-up to Cristiano Ronaldo in the PFA Player of the Year award.
Drogba facing problems off the pitch during the close season as a transfer from Marseille to Chelsea in July 2004 came under surveillance. The Stevens investigation in June 2007 expressed concerns because of lack of cooperation from agents Pinhas Zahavi and Barry.
2007-08
Yang musim 2007-08 mulai buruk bagi Drogba ketika ia menyatakan keraguan tentang kepergian manajer José Mourinho. Dia dilaporkan menangis ketika Mourinho mengatakan bahwa dia meninggalkan klub, dan berkata "kepergian Mourinho merusak keakraban tertentu kami di klub. Banyak di antara kita yang digunakan untuk bermain pertama dan utama bagi manajer. Sekarang kita perlu melupakan perasaan-perasaan dan mencari sumber motivasi lain ". Setelah klaim ini, Drogba kepada France Football Magazine "Saya ingin meninggalkan Chelsea. Ada yang rusak dengan Chelsea, The kerusakan besar di ruang ganti". Meskipun telah menandatangani kontrak selama empat tahun dengan klub pada tahun 2006, Drogba dilaporkan menunjuk beberapa klub favorit dalam wawancara, mengidentifikasi Barcelona, Real Madrid, Internazionale Milan atau tujuan masa depan mungkin, ia kemudian mengakui ia menyesal dan ini adalah 100% berkomitmen untuk Chelsea. Ia segera kembali kepercayaan dari papan dan penggemar, mencetak gol dalam kemenangan 2-0 Chelsea atas Middlesbrough pada 20 Oktober 2007, melawan Schalke 04 di Liga Champions empat hari kemudian, dan 2 gol melawan Manchester City, memberikan penampilan yang luar biasa dalam semua.
2008-09
Drogba suffered a series of injuries early in the season and struggled to regain fitness, missing games from August to November because of knee problems. He scored his first goal of the season in mid-November, but there is little reason to celebrate: he happened to disciplinary action and the three-match ban for throwing a coin into the stands and Chelsea suffered a League Cup defeat against Burnley.Drogba scored the second goal in the victory of the season 2 -1 against CFR Cluj in the Champions League, while the first goal coming Premiership season 2-0 win against West Bromwich Albion at the end of December 2008. After losing a lot of games through injury and suspension, Drogba had lost their first team and playing favorites manager Scolari striker Nicolas Anelka as the sole rather than the second pair. However, he decided to reconsider his position in the squad and Chelsea still keen to keep the Ivory Coast.
2009-10
Drogba started the season in good form for Chelsea, the net during penalty shoot-out in the Community Shield over Manchester United, scored twice before the 2-1 win over Hull City. Drogba received his help when he was fouled in the penalty area to give Chelsea, Frank Lampard converted, as appropriate, in a 3-1 victory over Sunderland. In the third match against West Chelsea's season-London rivals Fulham, Drogba scored his third goal this season. Drogba scored his fourth goal of the season, against Stoke City, Chelsea won the game ended 2-1 with the final attack of the added fifth Malouda.He at home against London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on September 20. He scored 100 goals for Chelsea in a 3-1 defeat against Wigan Athletic. Drogba was again important in the 2-0 win over title rivals Liverpool on October 4. He was involved in two goals, set up Anelka and then glancing header Malouda.He scored against Blackburn on October 24, 2009, bringing the count to an impressive 8 goals in 11 appearances, scoring three goals in some games. Drogba continued form of fine print a header against Bolton in the 4-0 thrashing in the Carling Cup, Drogba kept either team scored in the same week with another 4-0 win over Bolton in the Premiership. Drogba has so far scored nine goals and five assists to give this season in the Premier League.
After losing three games for Chelsea's Champions League with a ban, Drogba started all four games against Spanish sides Athletico Madrid. He scored two goals in the last ten minutes and the game ended 2-2. The latter is a great solo effort in which he defeated a number of opposition players and his first effort was saved by the goalkeeper but was then placed in the fracture. On November 29, Drogba scored a buffer against London rivals Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, the second from a free kick from outside the box. This brings gains for the season to 14 goals in 16 games. On December 12, Drogba continued to impress with 2 goals in a 3-3 draw against Everton FC.
Didier Drogba Ivory Coast CapsDrogba is the Ivory Coast international and helped the team qualify for the first time the World Cup held in Germany in 2006. He was the top scorer for the team Ivory Coast. His first cap came on 8 September 2002 against South Africa and he scored his first goal with "The Elephants" the February 11, 2003 against Cameroon with a 3-0 victory. He scored nine goals in eight qualifying games, the statistics one of the best records in international football.In February 2005 he was voted runner-up to Samuel Eto'o for the African Footballer of the Year award.
In February 2006, Ivory Coast captain Drogba for the second African Nations Cup final, scored the only goal in the semi-final match with Nigeria and removing critical point kicks in record-tying penalty kick of their 12-11 quarter-final win over Cameroon. However, they lost to Egypt in the final 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw, with Drogba shot was stopped by Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary in a penalty shoot-out.
In the 2006 World Cup, Côte d'Ivoire were drawn in a "group of death" with Serbia and Montenegro, the Netherlands and Argentina. On June 11, 2006, Drogba scored the first World Cup in his career and the history of his country in the opening match against Argentina, but his team lost 2-1. In the post game press conference, Drogba praised his team-mates for a good overall performance (singling out Bakari Kone and Didier Zokora in particular), but said that he and his team-mates must work as a team and be more efficient to have: "Football is not sport individuals, you win and lose as a team ... We have plenty of chances but did not take them and they do it. That is the difference between big teams like Argentina and small teams like us ".
Ivory Coast out of World Cup after the next game, losing 1-2 to the Netherlands, but came down to 0-2 win against Serbia and Montenegro 3-2 in their last group game, with Drogba watching from the sidelines following suspension. Drogba was seen celebrating wildly with Ivorian teammates in the dugout at the final whistle. He later told German television that he was "very proud" of his teammates, and felt that the team had done Africa proud, especially by showing determination and refused to accept defeat.
In 2008 African Nations Cup, Ivory Coast drawn in group with Nigeria, Mali and underdogs Benin. Drogba scored two goals in the group stage, opened the scoring in the 4-1 win over Benin and the first in the scorecard again in 3-0 win over Mali. Nigeria beat Ivory Coast earlier in the group of Salomon Kalou goal, and once they go through to the Quarter Finals comfortably, finishing top of Group B. In the quarter-final, Drogba on the score sheet once again in a 5-0 thrashing of Guinea in the last four goals came in the final twenty minutes. Semi-finals are rematch of 2006 final against Egypt, but it became the road to Didier and Ivory Coast, in the hands of 2006 champion, lost 4-1 and then no more fortunate in the third place play-offs, losing 4-2 to Ghana . Drogba ended with the top scorer for the Ivory Coast together with Salomon Kalou, Abdul Kader Keita and Boubacar Sanogo on three goals.
Appreciation Club
Chelsea:
- FA Premier League: 2004-05, 2005-06
- FA Cup: 2006-07, 2008-09
- FA Community Shield: 2005, 2009
- Football League Cup: 2004-05, 2006-07
- Onze d'Or: 2004 UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2004
- Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2004
- Ivorian Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2007
- African Footballer of the Year: 2006
- Premier League Top Scorer: 2007
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2007
- PFA Team of the Year: 2007
- FIFPro World XI: 2007
- Ivory Coast's all-time Top Scorer
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