Player 49 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)

Name: Didier Drogba
Age: 36
National Team:  Ivory Coast
Team: Galatasaray
Position: Striker

Description of his Game:  Drogba's game includes ultimate skills and physical strength.  He's is powerful with both feet when striking the ball, equally deadly.

Didier Drogba's Highlights:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn-SekWHpuA

Career News: He is the captain and all-time top scorer for the Ivory Coast team, which he helped qualify for its first world cup in 2006.  Has played most of his career at Chelsea, where is the 4th highest goal scorer of all time. 

Interesting Personal Facts:   At the age of five was sent to France by his parents to live with his uncle, a professional footballer. His mother nicknamed him "Tito", after president Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, whom she admired greatly.  Drogba is credited with playing a vital role in bringing peace to his country.  After the Ivory Coast qualified for the 2006 World Cup, Drogba made a plea to the combatants, asking them to lay down their arms, a plea which was answered with a cease fire after five years of civil war.  On 24 January 2007, Drogba was appointed by the United National Development Programme (UNDP) as a Goodwill Ambassador.

Upcoming Matches Where You Can See Him Play:

Ivory Coast's National Team, First Round Games in Brazil 2014

June 14th - Ivory Coast vs. Japan

June 19th - Ivory Coast vs. Colombia
June 24th -Ivory Coast vs. Greece

Schedule:  http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43854/matches.html

Galatasaray  (Turkish League)
Schedule: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Galatasaray_S.K._season