Emmanuel Adebayor is a professional footballer from Togo, who was born in 1984 and is currently playing for Manchester City. He moved to Metz at the age of 15 before being signed by Monaco in 2003. He was signed by Arsenal for £7 million in 2006 making his debut on the 4th February against Birmingham where he scored in a 2-0 victory. In an Arsenal career that lasted just over 3 years he featured 104 times scoring 46 goals. Despite finding the net 16 times during the 2008/09 season, he was strongly criticised by Arsenal fans after being linked with AC Milan and Barcelona. In the summer of 2009 he moved to Manchester City and was labeled as a money-grabber by Arsenal’s fans. The bad blood between Adebayor and Arsenal fans reached a peak when the Gunners travelled to Eastlands in September 2009. In the match Adebayor appeared to stamp on
Robin van Persie and celebrated scoring a goal in front of his old team’s fans, sparking off a riot in the stand.
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Emmanuel Adebayor is an enigma. Well, some people would call him an enigma, others would call him a prima donna capable of moments of skill and lunacy in equal measure... more
Striker spoke of his joy after scoring on his home debut for Real Madrid as they beat Sevilla 20 to set up a Copa del Rey Final against Barcelona... more
The relative indifference the Arsenal supporters showed towards their former idol must have been far more painful for him than the extreme hostility they displayed a year ago... more
Adebayor scored 11 goals for Togo in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup making him the top scoring African player.
Adebayor was the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick home and away against the same side in the same season. This was done against Derby in 2007.
His full name is Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor.
He has been named Togo’s player of the year for 4 successive seasons.
He was named BBC African Player of the year in 2007.
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