Surname: Drogba
Firstname: Didier
Country: Ivory Coast
Date of birth: 1978-03-11
Birthplace: Abidjan
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 84.0 kg
Playing Career
Position: Striker
Clubs
Le Mans (Fra/1998 - Jan. 2002), Guingamp (Fra/Jan. 2002 - 2003), Marseille (Fra/2003-04), Chelsea (Eng/2004-2012), Shanghai Shenhua (Chi/June-Dec. 2012), Galatasaray (Tur/since Jan. 2013)
International appearances: 102
International goals: 65
International debut: 08/09/2002, Ivory Coast-South Africa (0-0)
Last international appearance: 05/06/2014, El Salvador-Ivory Coast (1-2)
Playing Honours
International
World Cup: first round (2006, 2010), 5 matches, 2 goals
African Nations Cup: finalist (2006, 2012), 4th (2008), quarter-finalist (2010, 2013), 24 matches, 11 goals
Club
-Champions League (2012), finalist (2008)
UEFA Cup: finalist (2004)
-English Championships (2005, 2006, 2010)
-FA Cups (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012)
-English League Cups (2005, 2007)
-Community Shields (2005, 2009)
-Turkish Championship (2013)
-Turkish Cup (2014)
-Turkish Supercup (2013)
Other honours
African player of the year (2006, 2009)
Last waltz for King of the Elephants
At 36 a diminished Didier Drogba leads Ivory Coast out to a third consecutive World Cup, hoping to guide his troops into the second round.
Drogba rightfully became a legend at Chelsea, crowning his time there with a crucial and world class headed goal against Bayern Munich to help clinch a desperately sought after Champions League title in 2012.
The giant centre-forward then moved to China for a king's ransom salary before switching to Galatasaray in Turkey. And while he looks diminished from when he was in his prime, Drogba is the type of warrior to drag one last great tournament from his aging limbs.
Twice African player of the year, twice Premier League top gun, he was also on the losing side in the final of the African Nations Cup in 2006 and 2012.