Talk:Didier Drogba

discussion of drogba
I added the tags. The "early years" and "OdM" headings were wikified, but someone's removed them. SteveO, 23:23, 18 March, 2006 (UTC)

I think someone must edit all the sequences "five 'word'" to "five 'word' five 'word' five 'word' five 'word' five 'word'". Eg) "five goals" to "five goals five goals five goals five goals five goals". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.92.3.107 (talk) 19:48, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

as much as i hate drogba and chelsea (gunners 4 life), i read in the sun that drogba is going to leave chelsea coz moronho left. just thought someone might want to add that one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.176.186.40 (talk) 07:47, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

"Didier adapted well to the FA Premier League" (first line of 'Chelsea'). I wouldn't agree with this. I think he's struggled since day one at his position (Striker). He's a very lucky player where the ball just bounces to him, but he has terrible control which you can't do in the premiership. Thnom 22:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


 * A bit harsh maybe, but it's all about opinions. I personally think he has done quite well and been far more than just very lucky. SteveO 23:34, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


 * A very foolish view. José regards Drogba as one of his 3 "must-keep" players for a reason. Drogba was top of the assists league of 05/06. His control is a lot better than he gets credit for. Hardrada 20:37, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


 * You are kidding right? His first touch is never good.  Top of the assists - I would be impressed had be been a midfielder, but when he generally gets employed as a lone striker with 2 midfielders out wide you need a CLINICAL finisher- not a guy who gives assists to players.  Thats what the wide-men are for.  Darius Vassell was a high assist guy - you saying he's good enough too?  It's a pretty blinkered view.   Lampard had 10 assists himself whilst bagging goals.


 * Along with his 11 assists, Drogba has scored 14 goals this season. That's 25 goals he's made or scored in 40 games, which isn't bad. In fact I'd say it's pretty good. Especially for a player whose first touch is apparently never good. Even more especially when you look at some of the top quality goals he's scored this season. Lampard has 20 goals and 9 assists (we must have a different source) from 49 games which makes them very similar ratio-wise. It seems that Drogba's bashers and defenders are as blinkered as each other then. SteveO 01:27, 15 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Drogba is 188 cm tall, not 180 cm


 * I changed the height, after looking at this: http://www.thefa.com/Features/UEFACup/Postings/2004/05/UEFACup_Drogba_Factfile.htm and http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/fo/profiles/7574.html. Chelsea page http://www.chelseafc.com/Player.asp?plid=12303&nav=players&title=Didier+Drogba lists him at 6'2", which is 187cm.  :) Thnom 12:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

"first player-owner in football history"
The article states that Drogba is the first ever player-owner, and has two citations that state this, but this overlooks Mohamed Kallon, who both owns and played for Kallon FC. 86.184.56.42 (talk) 17:11, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Removed 'amazing' season
Removed 'amazing' in the 2006-2007 season, I have changed it to very sucessful, also mentioned the teams relative failure compared to other seasons. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Diontheace (talk • contribs) 22:19, 3 January 2007 (UTC).

Height
I find it hard to believe Didier Drogba is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) when standing near Michael Essien who is 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) he looks near same height, even John Terry 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) looks taller than Didier. Secondly who put these conversions on most not have a tape measure in the house. 1.80 m = 5' 11'' not 1.81 m and 1.88 m = exactly 6 ft 2 in not 1.89 m - Culnacréann   17:14, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

bare in mind 2 inches isnt a hell of a lot, iron mike bison is very big built so looks bigger... plus you should get a section on charity work cos he does loads ie unicef

Comment: You should not judge someone's height just by looking at him. You should have written proof about this 188/180 cm matter and write the source where you got it from.

Looking at someone is usually a good way to judge someones height, seeing an inflated figure in print is not, although I do understand that Wikipedia needs citations. From my own "original research" (as in he was in the hospitality after the match) there isn't a chance in hell that he is 6ft 2 (and a half). I'm 6ft 1 and I could see straight over the top of his head, unless he has appauling posture and slouches when stood up he is more like 5ft 11 - 6ft (absolute max). MattUK (talk) 12:48, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Racism
Someone deleted most of this article and replaced it with racial abuse. I deleted it but is there a way to get the original article back, like when italy's article got deleted a while back? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.211.253.57 (talk • contribs)
 * You might want to have a look at WP:Popups. When you install navigation popups you can revert and undo edits with ease.Dave101 →talk  19:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Premiership goals
According to BBC sport. drogba has made 240 apperances and scored 601 goals in all competitions for chelsea.

Career Statistics
Apparently, in this section of the Didier Drogba article, so much information is missing. The only sections that are full are the Appearences and Goals. I believe that the rest should be removed for it is not helpful. It would be even better if someone made a research and filled it all up.
 * I agree that those sections should be removed for now, but maybe we ought to bring this up with some wikiproject to get help on. Miles Blues 21:15, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Recent Vandalism
I have been having a revert war with 211.172.66.237 who has been adding him to the Real Madrid page. I would like people to keep an eye out for this, and please note the IP is on it's final warning. Thanks, Jackrm 12:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Drogba won the European Golden Boot?
Who ever wrote that Drogba has won the European Golden Boot for the 2006/2007 year has to change it. It's Francesco Totti who won it, not Drogba. So, please this should be edited or I will file a complaint. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.119.62.37 (talk • contribs).
 * No, Drogba did not win the European Golden Boot, nor does the article claim he did. He won the English golden boot, and the succession box you deleted clearly stated this. SteveO 00:56, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Personal life?
Nothing about his off-the-field life? He is married to someone from Mali. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.206.77.171 (talk) 19:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah he has a wife from Mali. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.42.23.48 (talk) 19:55, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

religion category
I deleted the "Ivorian Christians" category, since it's not documented in the article. He may well be a Christian, but categories need to be documented in the article -- and that is particularly important for categories about beliefs and identities in biographies of living people. (added diff) --Lquilter (talk) 20:19, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

drogba dzaan magari fexburtelia visac drogba ar evaseba magari bandzia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.210.195.41 (talk) 15:08, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Copyedit
I've fixed much on the article including citations, rephrasing prose, changing present to past tense and removing libellous material. On a major note, following a mix of the two i've decided to write all dates in international format i.e. 2 June 2008 not June 2, 2008. When adding full dates to the article remember this. (see WP:Dates for more info)

Many parts of the article need citations, especially quotes from the player himself. Anyone who can find references would be most helpful.

Also - maybe this article needs a short paragraph on Drogba's personal life (wife, kids, outside of football stuff etc). Drogba's pretty media friendly so i'm sure interviews can be found on the net. I'd do it myself but as a Liverpool fan i feel i'm already too involved! Thanks. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 23:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and the lead is tiny please expand it per WP:LEAD. The trick is summarising, just put the most important and relevant things in there. Miss out minor details but don't put anything in there which is not covered elsewhere in the article. Thanks. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 23:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Rewrite
I've rewritten the article up to "Olympique". However other parts of the article still need citations to verify the information. One particular statement in the lead has been removed due to this:
 * Drogba holds the distinction of being the only player to score in three League Cup finals, in 2005, 2007 and 2008.

This should be reinserted if a reliable source can be found. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 21:28, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Olivier Tébily
Disappointingly, the writer of this article from The Times, or his lazy researcher, appears to have sourced the background stuff for the piece from Wikipedia. At the time (e.g. the 26 Dec 2006 version), the Wiki article did contain the "fact" that Drogba and Olivier Tébily are cousins, for which the only evidence appears to be that they share a family name.

The player's official site makes no mention of Tébily, nor does it mention another move after returning to his parents at Antony, near Paris, as a 15-year-old. The Levallois club which Drogba joined was the local professional club, based only a few miles from Antony. The Times article says that Tébily was at Chateauroux when Drogba was supposed to be living with him. In 1993, Tébily wasn't a professional player, and he didn't join Chateauroux until five years later; he was a 17-year-old boy in the youth academy at Niort (some 400km from Drogba's Paris suburban club, which would be a hellofa long way for him to go to training after school). cheers, Struway2 (talk) 08:53, 24 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Cheers for that, that's why I put Niort because I thought they just got the club wrong! I'm going to remove all citations from that source and find alternate ones as it's obviously unreliable. Luckily you picked it up so quickly. I'm amazed at the dearth of quality Drogba news articles, for such a high profile player I expected to find much more. Hopefully, by the time I'm done, lazy researchers will be quids in! Sillyfolkboy (talk) 11:46, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Source for Champions League disgrace tonight Barcelona
Here is source for Champions League disgrace tonight Barcelona. It tells of his words to television shouting that official is "fucking disgrace". I think Wikipedia is not a censor so proper words published no? Not little floating stars like in newspapers? These words heard all over Europe and the world I think. He will be in trouble for this action so it must be good to have it for his Wikipedia entry. Drogba in hot water from newspaper good source for this. Maybe others not have his exact word "fucking disgrace"? This does. Hope it helps. Not able to put it in myself because computer not allow me in.

''Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was furious after the Champions League semi-final defeat against Barcelona tonight and labelled referee Tom Henning Ovrebo a “disgrace”. An animated Drogba needed restraining by stewards and his manager Guus Hiddink at the end of the game. Drogba felt he should have had a penalty and his side also had two appeals turned down for handball, with the Spanish giants then grabbing a stoppage-time strike to go through on away goals. The Ivory Coast frontman, who was unhappy after being subbed in 72nd minute, approached the referee after the game. He then turned to the television camera, shouting that the official was a “f****** disgrace”. Chelsea fans also threw flags at the officials and the Barcelona bench. In the Champions League final last season against Manchester United, Drogba was sent off for raising his hands to Nemanja Vidic.''

I sine now do I. Make lots of numbers. Here it is. --86.40.216.154 (talk) 23:43, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Here is another one. If he gets in trouble these links will be useful. There is no reason to delete them please. --86.40.97.218 (talk) 16:10, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Charity
Drogba has this week donated over £3 million to a charity in the Ivory Coast. The biggest single charity donation a footballer has ever given, by a long long way.

He received the money from Pepsi, in payment for adverts he had done over the last 3 years. He then gave the fee straight to charity, to build a hospital in his home country.

For all the bad press Drogba gets, I think it would be nice if info on this could be put up. He's one of the biggest charity workers in the league. And £3 million is a huge, huge, one off sum.

I have no connection with Drogba by the way. I don't even support Chelsea. I just read it in a newspaper, and was very touched by the gersture, and rather amazed about the levels of charity work he secretly does.

You never hear him or his agent boasting about any of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.128.223.67 (talk) 21:44, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Politics
Someone needs to create a 'politics' section noting Drogba's contribution to politics in the Ivory Coast. The Telegraph credits Drogba with assisting to bring about the 2005 ceasefire: This is as important as anything he's achieved on the football pitch, or more so. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/2318500/Didier-Drogba-brings-peace-to-the-Ivory-Coast.html Double dangerous dave (talk) 04:32, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Spokane mom, 29 April 2010
editsemiprotected

On April 20, 2010 Didier Drogba was named a "Hero" on the 2010 Time Magazine 100 List of the "people who most affect our world".

Link: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984949_1985240,00.html

Spokane mom (talk) 18:06, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg DoneSpitfire 19 (Talk) 22:22, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Edit request 24 May 2010
editsemiprotected

Currently reads:

Drogba later helped move an African Cup of Nations qualifier to the rebel stronghold of Bouake a move which has been credited with affirming the peace process [3]. His involvement in the peace process lead to Drogba being named as one of the worlds 100 most influential people by Time Magazine.[4]

Should read (without the bold): (moving footnote 3 after period and correcting spelling of lead to led)

Drogba later helped move an African Cup of Nations qualifier to the rebel stronghold of Bouake a move which has been credited with affirming the peace process.[3] His involvement in the peace process led to Drogba being named as one of the worlds 100 most influential people by Time Magazine.[4] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bencarver (talk • contribs) 02:08, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Asimovv77, 4 June 2010
editsemiprotected

"On June 4th, Drogba was ruled out of the 2010 FIFA World Cup as he fractured his elbow in the friendly match with Japan. He received the injury in a high challenge from defender Tulio Tanaka. [53]"

he hasn't been ruled out of the 2010 WC, he's going to have surgery done to heal his broken arm and maybe he will be able to play in South Africa.

Asimovv77 (talk) 18:12, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ C T J F 8 3  pride 19:00, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Thesurrealbunny, 15 June 2010
Please change the words "Ivory Coast" on Didier Drogba's wikipedia page to "Côte d'Ivoire" as that is the official name of the nation and the government discourages the use of Ivory Coast. On Côte d'Ivoire's wikipedia page it reads: "The region, and then the country, was originally known in English as Ivory Coast. In October 1985, the government requested that the country be known in every language as Côte d'Ivoire[33] without a hyphen between the two words."

Thesurrealbunny (talk) 14:53, 15 June 2010 (UTC)


 * ✅ Done Seems reasonable enough, the term, Cote d'Ivoire is used in other places around Wikipedia so I see no reason why it shouldn't be used here as well. Cheers,-- Giants 27  ( Contribs  |  WP:CFL ) 15:13, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

I heard that drogba has retire from international soccer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.192.56.170 (talk) 21:39, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Good article
This article is rated B-class in quality but hat a good article template. This does not match. I also can't find it in the Good article list. --Jaellee (talk) 16:34, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

please add, Drogba's playing style as well as premier league goals & assists.
Someone should note down Drogba's playing style and premier league assists as well as league goals, for example:

Drogba is physically strong and as he's 6ft tall and has an athletic physique his sheer size makes him look like Goliath compared to opposition players. Also Drogba is fast and has pace & is excellent at defending set-plays with his strong header clearances and can score brilliant headers when he goes up for corners as well. And he is best at holding the ball by controlling a long ball pass with his chest and flicks the ball on for his team-mates, Drogba likes taking short distance direct, in-direct free-kicks as he's so good at them and Drogba has great accuracy & power in his long distance shooting. Drogba is a Striker and has scored 93 premier league goals and has 62 premier league assists to his name.

Drogba's goals and assists can been seen here on EPSN file: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/18727/didier-drogba?cc=5739 — Preceding unsigned comment added by LampsyTheCFCTalisman (talk • contribs) 22:21, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 77.103.220.223, 23 April 2011
The official chelsea matchday programme mentioned that Drogba has made 199 league appearences, not 197.

77.103.220.223 (talk) 21:44, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Please provide a source. C T J F 8 3  11:52, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from, 8 October 2011
I would like to add the assist record of Didier Drogba from his time in the Ligue 1 and Premier League. My source is Didier Drogba Bio, Stats, News. Here's the link http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/18727/didier-drogba?cc=5901

ChelseaFan25 (talk) 01:33, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * You are now confirmed, and should be able to make these changes yourself. Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Avic ennasis  @ 20:07, 10 Tishrei 5772 / 20:07, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 28 January 2012
Playing Style Drogba is powerful striker possessing immense strength and physical presence. He is a dynamic centre forward who also possesses excellent technical ability and a rocket like right foot having scored numerous long range goals throughout his career from general play or from free kicks. Due to these traits he is not only able to play as an intimidating target man bullocking his way through defences, and bringing others into the game through his impressive dribbling and passing (has amassed almost 70 assists for Chelsea) but also being deceptively quick is able to offer an outlet as a prototypical poaching striker. Much maligned for being a "big ego" and for being selfish at times as evidenced by his minor dispute with Frank Lampard for not being able to take a penalty which he believed would have helped him to win the golden boot on the last day of the 2009/2010 premier league season. However, he is recognised as a clutch performer having scored in a record 6 English cup finals and for regularly scoring against fellow heavy weights Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal where against the latter he has scored an incredible 13 goals in 13 games. Throughout his Chelsea career Drogba has had to compete for a spot in the team with the likes of legendary strikers Andriy Shevchenko and Hernan Crespo ( albeit not at their prime) as well as players such as Eidur Gudjohnsen, Nicholas Anelka and Fernando Torres, and while he has failed to striker up an effective partnership with the majority of them, he has always remained as the main striker attesting to his stature and importance to Chelsea.

Subrasub (talk) 17:12, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Without reliable sources, that edit violates our neutral point of view policy. OhNo itsJamie Talk 17:31, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 13 March 2012
121.203.28.52 (talk) 14:46, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You need to actually make a request-- Jac 16888 Talk 14:49, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 24 May 2012
to change his photo and his current club and goal and appearance AshikSaha (talk) 07:31, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 18 June 2012
Didier Drogba is no longer a Chelsea player.

Ykidolezi (talk) 09:33, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.   Mdann52 (talk) 16:16, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 6 October 2012
Drogba scored more than 100 goals during his time in Chelsea. More specific 157

Stasisael (talk) 02:09, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
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Edit request on 27 January 2013
At your earliest convenience, confirm the news concerning Drogba's signing with Galatasaray (see, e.g., The Guardian article http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jan/27/didier-drogba-galatasaray-deal) and update current team.Subwolffr (talk) 02:22, 28 January 2013 (UTC)Subwolffr


 * It has been added to the article. --Jnorton7558 (talk) 05:00, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

he signed contract with Galatasaray
"He would earned a sign-on fee €4 million per season" a signing on fee is only paid once when signing the contract, not per season

Can someone please fix this grammar as well? "would earned" --brendan (talk) 19:25, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

1, 2 --178.235.183.165 (talk) 11:04, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Yes, Didie Drogba officallly signed with Galatasaray on 18 month contract. Source: http://www.galatasaray.org/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olkan.oraldag (talk • contribs) 18:28, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

He will be wearing kit number 15 with Galatasaray. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olkan.oraldag (talk • contribs) 20:42, 28 January 2013 (UTC) Shanghai Shenhua dispute Galatasaray move  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.98.16.113 (talk) 12:24, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

he does not play for G'tasaray
HE SCORED 157 GOLOVS FOR CHELSEA, NOT 100!

Edit request on 7 May 2013
Fix the grammar at Galatasaray section. "He won hist first title with Galatasaray on 5 May 2013, with a 4–2 win over Sivasspor." hist to his

178.235.183.165 (talk) 13:15, 7 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Y Done --Jaellee (talk) 15:13, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Career statistics source
As no reliable source was provided, I am removing career statistics until it's verifiable per season, per club. Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 21:08, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2014
He left Galatasaray at the end of the season 2013-2014

Giray BUTUR (talk) 02:28, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2014
family relation Didier Drogba´s moms cousin is the striker danish Kenneth Zohore´s father´s mom.

94.145.173.29 (talk) 18:02, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to any article. - Arjayay (talk) 18:21, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 July 2014
//inside the "Return to Chelsea" section// On Monday, July 28 2014, it was announced that Drogba will wear the no. 15 shirt, which he wore when he signed for the club for the first time back in 2004. Mohamed Salah, who wore the number during the 2013-14 season would wear no. 17, which was vacated by Eden Hazard.

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2014/07/drogba-takes-15.html

14.96.155.65 (talk) 13:47, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Done Added with reference. LRD NO (talk) 14:02, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 August 2014
On 8th August 2014, Didier Drogba announced his retirement from internantional football having scored 65 goals in 104 appearances since his debut in 2002 at the age of 24.

Schneidau (talk) 14:01, 8 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to any article. - Arjayay (talk) 14:07, 8 August 2014 (UTC)

correct link?
In Drogba has also been known for his free kick ability, known to strike the ball with power and pace. Dr Ken Bray of Bath University has described him as a specialist especially from central positions

the correct affiliation is "the University of Bath" - can this be amended? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.208.242.206 (talk) 10:01, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

✅ Thanks, JMHamo (talk) 14:18, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 January 2015
Drogba has scored 2 goals in ucl this season vs maribor and schalke and only 1 goal in league cup

182.70.197.223 (talk) 13:26, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 30 October 2015
Nasim-zaman01 (talk) 01:06, 30 October 2015 (UTC) Hello, today Drogba has scored another goal for Montreal Impact. Could you please update the goal and appearance section and write 12 apps and 12 goals. thanks Kind regards, chelsea fan


 * No play-offs caps/goals in the infobox so its correct 86.58.36.235 (talk) 11:44, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Deferring to 86.58.36.235 about infobox rules. -- ferret (talk) 00:55, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 December 2015
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source : http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/didier-drogba Under stats

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 * Yes check.svg Done. Thanks for your patience while I wrestled with the table. /wia 🎄 /tlk  16:32, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

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Image issue
Too many images are congesting the article. It looks like jam-packed portraits are dangling on a wall. Low qualities ones should be removed. Ikhtiar H (talk) 04:08, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 7 September 2016
http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/didier-drogba Games Played Goals scored 76.71.165.224 (talk) 21:27, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 30 November 2016
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For individual honours add that he came 4th in the 2008 fifa world player of the year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year
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Semi-protected edit request on 9 December 2016
his 2016 playoffs stats 3 games 0 goal JayAsiBon94 (talk) 01:36, 9 December 2016 (UTC)
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Update
As sorry as I am to mention this, I think he divorced his wife. 136.56.80.128 (talk) 20:39, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Unless reliable sources report this, it won't change in the article. PRAXIDICAE💕  20:42, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
 * https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-didier-drogba-marriage-lalla-23321401
 * he also showed up at the Ballon D'or 2021 with his new girlfriend, Gabrielle Lemar. Pakibrit (talk) 18:19, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * you should change the article. 136.56.80.128 (talk) 22:13, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeMPSPNbZds 136.56.80.128 (talk) 17:39, 2 July 2022 (UTC)

Why can’t we change the article? Pakibrit (talk) 00:42, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2022
On 7th November, 2022, Didier Drogba converted to Islam. The source for this news: https://www.goal.com/fr/news/didier-drogba-embrasse-l-islam-les-images-de-la-reconversion/blt7b485c6ad388435d Hzay777 (talk) 18:39, 7 November 2022 (UTC)


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Semi-protected edit request on 19 June 2023
goals are 303 not 297 by calculation ليث الأحمد (talk) 06:13, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * It's true that the total of the goals is 303, but I'm not sure how to proceed. Some totals don't make much sense to me: eg. why is the Marseille-32 not counted? The same goes for Shanghai Shenhua. Something tells me that there is more to this than simple calculations, so I'll leave this to someone else. M.Bitton (talk) 13:24, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Math checks out Lightoil (talk) 12:25, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 March 2024
The goal for Chelsea from 2004-2012 is wrong it's not 100 goals 2001:F40:905:9F15:F8FB:6705:1CF2:6046 (talk) 03:57, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
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