Emmanuel Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor is, to my mind, one of Africa's finest strikers of his generation. Born in Lomé, Togo, the 191 cm forward carved out a remarkable career across Europe's elite: Metz, Monaco, Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Real Madrid, among others. Rising from a small nation to the biggest stages takes real ambition and pride, and his journey reads like a saga in itself. I admire his scoring instinct and his adaptability to wildly different leagues and cultures. There is a cool, resilient quality to how he navigated it all, and I have always found that hard-nosed survivor's edge quietly compelling.

Name (English)

Emmanuel Adebayor

Name (Japanese)

エマニュエル・アデバヨール

Reading

えまにゅえる・あでばよーる

Born

February 26, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rat

Origin

Lomé, Maritime, Togo

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Official sitehttps://www.emmanueladebayor.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/e_adebayor/
• Xhttps://x.com/E_Adebayor
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel%20Adebayor
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%87%E3%83%90%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386876

Tags

• Maritime
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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