Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba was greeted by thousands of fans in his native country in Cote d’Ivoire after confirming his interest in becoming the next FA president. The former Chelsea and Galatasaray striker will be competing with four other candidates for the position which is the highest position in football administration in their country. The election is scheduled to hold on the 5th of September, and the former Ivorian striker is hoping his successful footballing career with club and country would help him win the elections.
Didier Drogba was mobbed by fans as he enters Ivorian FA presidential race. But the former Marseille forward’s ambition has suffered a huge blow after the Ivory Coast Footballers Association refuse to support his candidacy. According to the one time African player of the year he said: “Football is everyone’s sport, football brings people together, football unites.” “We can see it today with all these people gathered in front of the headquarters of the Ivorian football federation.
”It’s no secret that our football is going badly, and that is why with my team we are committed to contributing to the rebirth of Ivorian football.” “If my goal was not driven by a deep desire to give back to Ivorian football all that it has given me, to contribute to the development of football in my country, and if God was not in this candidacy, it would be difficult to be in front of you today.”
Didier Drogba remains his country’s highest goal scorer with 65 goals in 105 appearances and is the third most capped player after former Arsenal and Liverpool skipper Kolo Toure who has 120 and Didier Zokora with 123 caps respectively. The 42-year-old represented the Elephants in three World Cup and five AFCON tournaments in his 12-year spell.
The Chelsea legend Didier Drogba’s quest of becoming the new Ivory Coast football association president suffered a major disappointment as he was not able to pull a single vote at the end of the process with his contender Sory Diabate was still the highest votes. The former Blues striker was not the only the candidate with zero vote, the association’s current vice president Idriss Diallo was also left without a single vote from the ex-players.