Didier Drogba’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth & life story

  • Source of Wealth: Football
  • Age: 41
  • Birth Place: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
  • Height: 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
  • Weight: 200 lb (91 kg)
  • Marital Status: Married (Diakité Lalla)
  • Full Name: Didier Yves Drogba Tébily
  • Nationality: Ivorian
  • Date of Birth: 11 March 1978
  • Ethnicity: African
  • Occupation: Professional Football Player
  • Children: 3 (Iman, Kieran, Isaac)

Ivorian footballer, Didier Yves Drogba Tébily has a net worth of $90 million. Drogba played for Chelsea in the Premier League, where he was deputy vice-captain, and is the captain and all-time top scorer of the Côte d’Ivoire national football team. He currently plays as a striker for Montreal Impact, a Canadian Major League Soccer club. The Ivory Coast striker is Chelsea’s top scoring overseas player of all time, a success that rewarded him with a £105,000 a week contract. He had a contract with Chelsea — worth £105,000 a week — which expired in 2012. On 22 May 2012, Chelsea reported on its official website; Drogba will be leaving the club after his eight-year stay in west London. He signed a two and a half year-deal worth £200,000 a week with Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua F.C.

Drogba has reportedly spent more than £1 million for his Didier Drogba Foundation in 2012. He is raising £3 million towards the cost of building a children’s hospital in Abidjan, his home city in Ivory Coast. A charity ball was held in March 2012 at the Dorchester hotel in London for the foundation, the event generously supported by his former teammates and many others from the footballing world. All his proceeds from lucrative commercial deals with Pepsi, Nike and Samsung are diverted to charitable causes. His company, Clubnote, saw assets increase from £285,000 to £618,000 in 2011.

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