Emmanuel Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor in 2010

Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (born 26 February 1984 in Lomé ) is a Togolese football player of Nigerian descent to the position of a striker.

Career

Association

FC Metz

Adebayor's career began in his native Togo Lome at CDS, before he was discovered in 1999 at a youth tournament in Sweden by scouts of the French first division club FC Metz. Three years later, he stood in the Ligue 1 for the first time Metz on the court. In his first season he scored two goals in ten games and climbed on the end of the season in the Ligue 2 from. A league deeper Adebayor was better able to prevail and he helped FC Metz has 13 goals this season for direct re-emergence.

AS Monaco

After that season, he moved to AS Monaco in 2003. The Monegasque he was able to secure a regular place and scored eight goals in 31 missions, despite competition from Fernando Morientes and Shabani Nonda. However, at Monaco reaching the Champions League final Adebayor had little interest, since he was only a substitute for the most part and was no longer used after the quarterfinal. A season later, he played for the Monegasque 34 times and scoring nine goals.

Arsenal FC

During the winter break of the season 2005/ 06 Adebayor joined for about ten million euros for English club Arsenal. Mostly, he starred alongside Robin van Persie. Since November 2007, and in the absence of his injured partner, his goalscoring increased significantly. So he scored in the 2007/ 08 season total of 24 goals in 36 league games and finished in collaboration with Fernando Torres ranks second in the scoring charts in the Premier League. Because of his achievements, he was elected in 2008 as the first Togolese to African Footballer of the year.

Manchester City

For the 2009/10 season Adebayor joined Manchester City, where he received a five-year contract.

Real Madrid

In January 2011, Adebayor joined on loan until end of season to Real Madrid; Real addition possessed a purchase option for the Togolese striker. His debut for Real, he completed on 31 January 2011 against CA Osasuna. On 2 February 2011, he scored the first goal for his new club in the cup game against FC Sevilla and Real Madrid brought with it the final against FC Barcelona. On 6 February, he scored his first goal in the league Real Sociedad. The purchase option was not used by Real.

Tottenham Hotspur

In August 2011, Adebayor joined on loan to Tottenham Hotspur. After his first season with 17 goals in 33 appearances, he was finally obliged established in August 2012.

National

In qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2006 Adebayor, son scored Nigerian parents, eleven of the 20 matches of Togo and had thus a large share of first place in Group A, which authorized his home country for first-time World Cup. At the same time, he qualified with Togo by this placement for the African Cup of Nations 2006. Offering eleven hits he was also the top scorer in the African qualifying zone. Adebayor was in the national team bus was ambushed on the way to the African Cup of 2010 in Angola shortly after arriving in the Cabinda enclave of rebel FLEC. He was not injured. Because of the attack, he finished in April 2010 for the time being his international career and returned to Africa Cup 2013 back in the national team.

Achievements

AS Monaco FC 2007–08 Premier League Sevilla FC 2010–11 Copa del Rey 2013–14 Premier League Heurelho Gomes Danny Rose (footballer born 1990) Jan Vertonghen Roberto Soldado Erik Lamela Kyle Naughton Andros Townsend Michael Dawson (footballer) Nacer Chadli Christian Eriksen Brad Friedel Hugo Lloris
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