Emmanuel Adebayor profile
Name
Emmanuel Adebayor
Born
February 26, 1984
Lome, Togo
Position
Striker
Squad Number
25
Previous Club(s)
Metz
Monaco
Joined Arsenal
January 13, 2006
Arsenal Debut
Birmingham City (a)
Premier League
February 04, 2006
Won 2-0
First Arsenal Goal
Birmingham City (a)
Premier League
February 04, 2006
Won 2-0
‘Ade’ enjoyed his best season as a professional footballer in 2007/8. He hit 30 goals in 48 appearances and carried the attack while Robin van Persie and Eduardo were injured.
The Togolese targetman has every attribute - pace, skill, strength and aerial ability - plus a tremendous work-rate. There were many great goals to choose from but the stand-out strikes were the volleys at Tottenham and Newcastle.
However Emmanuel is not only spectacular but consistent as well. Between last December and early February he scored in nine consecutive games for Arsenal, hitting the net 12 times in total. Just after that run he also ended an odd anomaly of not having scored in the Champions League. That goal came in the final seconds at Milan.
That was another example of Emmanuel’s handy knack of scoring big goals in big games. But then we could have predicted that after he notched just 21 minutes into his debut in January 2006 after moving from Monaco.
He received a Champions League runners-up medal in 2004 with the French side but started his career as a 17-year-old with Metz. Emmanuel has twice been nominated as African Footballer of the Year and his 11 goals for Togo in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup was the best on his continent.
He finished third in Arsenal.com's Player of the Season poll last term.
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