Abedi Pele

Abédi Pele (right) with former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo (2007)

Abédi Pele, civil Abédi Ayew ( born November 5, 1964 in Oko at Dome) is a former Ghanaian football player. When choosing to African Footballer of the Century of the 174 -centimeter midfielder behind George Weah and Roger Milla was chosen at No. 3.

In the Bundesliga he played from 1996 to 1998 50 times 1860 Munich and scored two goals here. He was also for Real Tamale United (1978-1982 and 1985 ), Al -Sadd (Qatar, 1982-1983 ), FC Zurich ( Switzerland, 1983-1984), AS Dragons FC de l' Ouémé (Benin, 1984), Chamois Niort (France, 1986-1987), FC Mulhouse (France, 1987), Olympique Marseille (France, 1987-1988 and 1990-1993), the OSC Lille (France, 1988-1990), Lyon (France, 1993 -1994 ), Torino Calcio (Italy, 1994-1996) and the Al Ain Club (UAE, 1998-2000) active.

In the Ghanaian national football team Ayew stepped 1982-1998 at a total of 73 times and scored 33 goals in this case, while the FIFA only recognizes 67 of these matches with the same number of goals. From 1991 to 1993, he was elected three times African Footballer of the year. When choosing to African Footballer of the century he was third behind the Cameroonian Roger Milla and George Weah of Liberia. From his more famous namesake Pelé, he was on the list of FIFA 100, which included his opinion 125 greatest living footballers.

Between 2002 and 2003 Abédi Pele was a member of the board of the Ghana Football Association. From 2003 he trained for a year his former club Real Tamale United. In early 2004, Pelé president and head coach of FC Nania Accra, whose first team he coached since.

Pele, whose younger brother Kwame Ayew is also footballer has, with his wife Maha three sons and a daughter named Imani. His sons, Rahim, Andre and Jordan currently play for the national team of Ghana.

Honors

  • African Footballer of the Year in 1991, 1992, 1993
  • BBC African Footballer of the Year 1992
  • FIFA 100
  • Order of the Volta
  • Coach of the tournament ( Coach of the tournament ) under the MTN FA Cup: 2011
Dome (Ghana) Al Sadd SC Chamois Niortais F.C. Olympique Lyonnais F.C. Nania Jordan Ayew
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