Thumbs up: Jose Mourinho signed Drogba from Marseille for £24million in 2004 and helped Chelsea to their first Premier League crown in 2005
DIDIER DROGBA FACTFILE
1978: March 11 - Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
1998: Begins his professional career playing for Le Mans, where he scores 12 league goals in 68 appearances for the French Ligue 2 club.
2004: May - Voted Footballer of the Year in France.
July 19 - Chelsea agree terms with Marseille over the £24m signing of Drogba and the deal is completed a day later.
2005: May - Finishes the season with 16 goals as the Blues win the Premier League and League Cup.
2006: May - Chelsea retain the league title as Drogba again scores 16 times during the campaign.
May 19 - Scores an extra-time winner as Chelsea beat Manchester United in the FA Cup final.
2009: May 15 - Scores the winning goal as Chelsea beat Portsmouth 1-0 to complete the league and cup double.
2012: February 12 - Misses late penalty as Zambia go on to win African Nations Cup in a shoot-out.
Some different appearences of Drogba in the pitch.
April 18 - Solitary goal secures Champions League semi-final first leg victory over Barcelona.
May 19 - Heads a late equaliser in Champions League final against Bayern Munich and scores the penalty in the shoot-out which sees Chelsea crowned European champions for the first time.
May 22 - Chelsea announce Drogba is to leave.
1998: Begins his professional career playing for Le Mans, where he scores 12 league goals in 68 appearances for the French Ligue 2 club.
Didier Drogba, Chelsea Legend
2004: May - Voted Footballer of the Year in France.
July 19 - Chelsea agree terms with Marseille over the £24m signing of Drogba and the deal is completed a day later.
2005: May - Finishes the season with 16 goals as the Blues win the Premier League and League Cup.
2006: May - Chelsea retain the league title as Drogba again scores 16 times during the campaign.
May 19 - Scores an extra-time winner as Chelsea beat Manchester United in the FA Cup final.
2009: May 15 - Scores the winning goal as Chelsea beat Portsmouth 1-0 to complete the league and cup double.
2012: February 12 - Misses late penalty as Zambia go on to win African Nations Cup in a shoot-out.
Moments of madness: Drogba was hit with a UEFA ban after haranguing referee Tom Henning Ovrebo following Chelsea's controversial defeat to Barcelona in 2009 and was infamously sent off during Chelsea's Champions League Final defeat to Manchester United in Moscow in 2008 (below)
April 18 - Solitary goal secures Champions League semi-final first leg victory over Barcelona.
May 19 - Heads a late equaliser in Champions League final against Bayern Munich and scores the penalty in the shoot-out which sees Chelsea crowned European champions for the first time.
May 22 - Chelsea announce Drogba is to leave.
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