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

—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