 Adebayor warming-up with Man City in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1984[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Lomé, Togo | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | OC Agaza | ||
| 1999–2001 | Metz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Metz | 44 | (15) |
| 2003–2006 | Monaco | 78 | (18) |
| 2006–2009 | Arsenal | 104 | (46) |
| 2009–2012 | Manchester City | 34 | (15) |
| 2011 | → Real Madrid (loan) | 14 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 33 | (17) |
| 2012–2015 | Tottenham Hotspur | 59 | (18) |
| 2016 | Crystal Palace | 12 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 60 | (24) |
| 2019 | Kayserispor | 8 | (2) |
| 2020 | Olimpia | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Semassi | ||
| Total | 448 | (162) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2019 | Togo | 87[a] | (32) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (French pronunciation: [ɛmanɥɛl adəbɛjɔʁ]; born 26 February 1984) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as a striker. During his career, he played for English clubs Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace, as well as French side Metz, Monégasque team Monaco, Spanish team Real Madrid, Turkish clubs İstanbul Başakşehir and Kayserispor, Paraguay's Club Olimpia and Togolese club Semassi.
He was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2008 while playing at Arsenal,[3] and during his latter career, when he joined Olimpia Asunción in 2020, he became the highest paid player in Paraguay.[4]
Adebayor represented the Togo national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the country's debut, and to date only, appearance at the World Cup. In January 2010, Adebayor was one of the players involved when the Togo team's bus came under gunfire on the way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, after which he retired from national team duty. In 2013, he returned to the Togo team for the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa, where he helped them to qualify for the quarter-finals. He is Togo's all-time top goalscorer with 32 goals.[5]
- ^ "Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor" (in French). L'équipe.fr. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Emmanual Adebayor". Player Profiles. Premier League. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Adebayor named Africa's best player for 2008". Arsenal F.C. 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
- ^ "Adebayor: El mejor pagado en la historia del fútbol paraguayo | Olimpia, Copa Libertadores". d10.ultimahora.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Togo vs Tunisia Preview". 30 January 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
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