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—A compilation of three West African soccer legends – 🇨🇮 Ivory Coasts’ Didier “Tito” Drogba, 🇸🇳 Senegal’s El Hadji “Serial Killer” Diouf and 🇨🇲 Cameroon’s Samuel “Little Milla” Eto’o career highlights—
Ivory Coasts’ Didier “Tito” Drogba – 🇨🇮
Credit: Brian Minkoff – London Pixels
- Full name – Didier Yves Drogba Tébily
- Nickname – “Tito”, “The African King”, “The Drog”
- Nationality – Ivorian 🇨🇮
- Career accomplishments –
- Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament: 2006, 2008, 2012
- African Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009
- Alan Hardaker Trophy: 2007
- Ballon d’Or: 2006 (8th place), 2007 (4th place), 2009 (9th place)
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009
- CAF Team of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012
- Chelsea Players’ Player of the Year: 2007
- Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010
- ESM Team of the Year: 2006–07
- FA Community Shield Man of the Match: 2005
- FA Cup Final Man of the Match: 2010
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 5th team: 2013
- FIFA Ballon d’Or: 2010 (9th place), 2012 (8th place)
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 2005 (10th place), 2006 (6th place), 2007 (4th place), 2009 (6th place)
- FIFPro World XI: 2007
- FWA Tribute Award: 2015
- Golden Foot: 2013
- Ivory Coast Player of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2012
- Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2003–04
- Ligue 1 Player of the Month: January 2004, May 2004
- Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2003–04
- Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2003–04
- MLS All-Star: 2016
- MLS Player of the Month: September 2015, October 2015
- Montreal Impact Top Scorer: 2015
- Onze d’Or: 2004
- Premier League Golden Boot: 2006–07, 2009–10
- PFA Team of the Year: 2006–07 Premier League, 2009–10 Premier League
- Time Top 100: 2010
- Turkish Footballer of the Year: 2013
- UEFA Best Player in Europe Award: 7th place 2012
- UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 2012
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2007
- UNFP Trophy of Honour: 2019
Didier Drogba Chelsea F.C. club records
- Most goals scored by a non-English player: 164 goals
- Most goals scored in FA Cup Finals: 4 goals
- Most goals scored in Football League Cup Finals: 4 goals
- Most goals scored in Cup Finals: 9 goals
- Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League: 36 goals
- Most goals scored in international games as a Chelsea player: 46 goals
- Most Premier League hat-tricks: 3
- Most Premier League goals in a season: 29 (2009–10)
- Most Premier League Golden Boot wins: 2 (2006–07 and 2009–10)
- Most goals in all competitions in a season by a foreign player: 37
- Most Champions League hat-tricks: 1
Didier Drogba Ivory Coast national team records
- Ivory Coast all-time top scorer: 65 goals
- First Ivory Coast goal at FIFA World Cup (Ivory Coast vs. Argentina, 10 June 2006)
- Most Ivory Coast Player of the Year wins: 3 (2006, 2007 and 2012)
Didier Drogba English Premier League records
- Most goals scored in the Premier League by an African player: 104 goals.
- Most assists in the Premier League by an African player: 54 assists.
- Most goals and assists combined for with another player: 36 with Frank Lampard.
- One of seven players to score an opening weekend hat-trick.
- One of six players to score a hat-trick in consecutive games.
Chelsea Legend – Didier “Tito” Drogba Highlights – All Goals For Chelsea F.C. – 🇨🇮
Didier “Tito” Drogba Highlights – 11 Best Champions League Goals – 🇨🇮
Senegal’s El Hadji “Serial Killer” Diouf – 🇸🇳
Credit: Alasdair Middleton from Rothesay, Scotland
- Full name – El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf
- Nickname – “Serial Killer”
- Nationality – Senegalese 🇸🇳
- Career accomplishments –
El Hadji Diouf Liverpool F.C. club accomplishments
- Football League Cup: 2002–03
El Hadji Diouf Rangers F.C. club accomplishments
- Scottish Premier League: 2010–11
- Scottish League Cup: 2010–11
El Hadji Diouf Senegal national team accomplishments
- Africa Cup of Nations runner-up: 2002
El Hadji Diouf individual accomplishments
- African Footballer of the Year: 2001, 2002
- BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2002
- FIFA World Cup All-star team: 2002
- FIFA 100
El Hadji “Serial Killer” Diouf Highlights – Skills Assists and Goals – 🇸🇳
El Hadji “Serial Killer”Diouf Highlights – Senegal vs France | 2002 F.I.F.A. World Cup Korea/Japan – 🇰🇷 🇯🇵
Cameroon’s Samuel “Little Milla” Eto’o – 🇨🇲
Credit: Steindy
- Full name – Samuel Eto’o Fils
- Nickname – “Little Milla”, “Sammy”
- Nationality – Cameroonian 🇨🇲
- Career accomplishments –
- Young African Player of the Year: 2000
- African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010
- ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
- FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze Award: 2005
- FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006
- CAF Team of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Pichichi Trophy: 2005–06
- UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2005–06
- African Cup of Nations top goalscorer: 2006, 2008
- UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2006
- FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2010
- Coppa Italia top goalscorer: 2010–11
- Russian Premier League MVP Award: 2012–13
- Golden Foot: 2015
- Globe Soccer Player Career Award: 2016
Samuel Eto’o career records
- African Cup of Nations all-time top goalscorer
- RCD Mallorca all-time top goalscorer
- Cameroon all-time top goalscorer
Samuel “Little Milla” Eto’o Highlights | All Of His 53 Inter Milan F.C. Goals – 🇨🇲
Samuel “Little Milla” Eto’o Highlights – Goals, Skills, Passes & Assists – 🇨🇲
Samuel “Little Milla” Eto’o Highlights | All Of His Barcelona F.C. Goals (2004-2009) – 🇨🇲
Sources: E.S.P.N.–https://www.espn.com, F.I.F.A.–https://www.fifa.com, C.A.F.–https://www.cafonline.com, Bundesliga–https://www.bundesliga.com, YouTube–https://www.youtube.com
