Soccer. Didier Drogba officially ends his career

Former Ivorian international Didier Drogba confirmed Wednesday that he put an end to his career at 40 years after playing a final season in the jersey of Phoenix in the US 2nd Division.

"I would like to thank all the players, coaches, teams and fans I met who made this career a very special moment ," he wrote on his Twitter account. "A big thank you from the bottom of my heart to my family, + my personal team, for supporting me throughout my career, in both good and bad times," he continued. "Look forward to starting the next chapter, hoping God will bless me again, as he has done throughout my career," said the former Chelsea striker.

Drogba played in the final match of his long professional career started in 1998 at Le Mans on November 8 in Louisville, Kentucky, when his Phoenix team lost 1-0 in the US 2nd Division Championship final. to the local team. Drogba joined Phoenix, a team of which he is a shareholder, in 2017 after a season and a half spent in the North American elite, MLS, with Montreal (2015-16).

Drogba, passed by France (Le Mans, Guingamp, Marseille), England (Chelsea), China (Shanghai) and Turkey (Galatasaray), has won four championship titles in England and the 2012 Champions League with Chelsea, his club from 2004 to 2012 and in 2014-15.

He is with 65 goals in 104 selections the top scorer in the history of Ivory Coast that he has led to three World Cup finals (2006, 2010, 2014) and two finals, lost, of the Cup of Africa of Nations (2006, 2012).

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