10 Things You Did Not Know About Didier Drogba

Meet Didier Drogba, he is an Ivorian professional soccer player who is currently playing for Chelsea. His soccer career took off at the age of 17 years old. He has been with Chelsea for 12 years now and he seems to be right at home with the club. We all know him on the field but not personally. Here are ten facts you did not know about Drogba.

1. His full names are Didier YvesDrogba Tebily, he is known as Didier Drogba.

2. Currently is he the club’s fourth highest goal scorer of all time.

3. His mother carried him for 10 months instead of nine months.

4. His parents wanted him to be a doctor.

5. His role model is Maradona.

6. At the age of five, his parents sent him to France to stay with his uncle since they were unemployed.

7. He has a foundation back at home called ‘Didier Drogba foundation”

8. To him football is a religion.

9. In his country there’s a drink named after him called Drogba beer.

10. He was one of the people who helped to stop the civil war Ivory Coast.