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Didier Drogba is a modern Football legend, a status he acquired during his time with the Premier league side Chelsea and with the Ivory coast national team.
With the Blues he won four Premier League titles, four FA Cups, two FA Community Shield trophies and, one UEFA Champions League title.
The Ivorian star also had a great international career with 105 matches, appearing for his national team in the FIFA World Cups of 2006, 2010 and 2014, in addition to participating in five Africa Cup of Nations, where the Ivory Coast was a runner-up in 2006 and 2012.
This is what other Football legends said about him:
"He has always harmed us and he continues. He is a winner and he will be like that until the end of his life."
"He's won the African Footballer of the Year award like me. In his position, he's one of the few players who holds the ball up and scores lots of goals. He has scored nearly one in two for his whole career. He is two types of striker in one." – Samuel Eto'o
"He was a great player, a great friend and somebody who will be part of my life forever." – Jose Mourinho
" I have always seen Drogba as an example to follow in terms of a centre-forward. Just watching him train helped me. Just seeing him I was amazed. I specifically used to watch Chelsea, just to see Drogba" – Diego Costa
"Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o, two fantastic African footballers. So successful. And very nice characters as well. I got the luck to know them personally. They helped me a lot." – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
"Drogba – one of the best strikers I have seen. He had everything. Pace, really strong, good in the air – he was amazing." – Gerard Pique
"People talk about Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney, the great strikers, but he is right up there. People that score in finals and in the big games, he is right up there " - Frank Lampard
"There are a lot of players with fantastic technique, but they are not leaders. They have not made the most of their careers, because they do not have a strong character, personality or courage. You need all of those as much as technique. Didier has it all. When you find a player who has talent and is unselfish: hai vinto. You've won." – Carlo Ancelotti
"I kept saying to people, 'will somebody please shoot Drogba?' because his performances were unbelievable,"