Didier Drogba - Portrait of a Hero

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Cover; Title Page; Contents; Prologue; CHAPTER 1: Trouble in Paradise; CHAPTER 2: A New Life; CHAPTER 3: The Tour of France; CHAPTER 4: Hamburgers, Chocolate... and a Wife; CHAPTER 5: The Goals Begin; CHAPTER 6: Marseille - and Glory; CHAPTER 7: Mission Europe; CHAPTER 8: The Hero of the Vélodrome; CHAPTER 9: Joy at Anfield; CHAPTER 10: Chelsea and a £24 Million Price Tag; CHAPTER 11: The Challenge Begins; CHAPTER 12: Goalbound; CHAPTER 13: Life in the Premiership; CHAPTER 14: Chelsea on a Roll; CHAPTER 15: Who Can Stop the Blues?; CHAPTER 16: The Battle of Barcelona. CHAPTER 17: The Referee and the Death ThreatsCHAPTER 18: A Nation's Hero; CHAPTER 19: Homesick in the Rain; CHAPTER 20: Liverpool Destroyed; CHAPTER 21: The Elephants and the Lions; CHAPTER 22: Out of Africa; CHAPTER 23: The Knives Are Out; CHAPTER 24: 'Sometimes I Dive...'; CHAPTER 25: World Cup Heartache; CHAPTER 26: 'Sheva' Arrives; CHAPTER 27: Barcelona Revisited; CHAPTER 28: Ambassador Didier; CHAPTER 29: Wembley - and History is Made; CHAPTER 30: Exit Mourinho ... and Didier?; Copyright. Didier Drogba...the name strikes fear into defenders throughout football and excites fans around the world. The giant forward's life story is as amazing as some of the goals which have turned him into a hero on two continents. Born in 1978 in Abidjan, the capital of the troubled African state of Ivory Coast, he was sent to live in France with an uncle, a professional footballer, at the tender age of five. At the age of nineteen, Drogba signed with Le Mans before moving to Guingamp and becoming an Ivory Coast international. In 2004, Chelsea splashed out GBP 24 million to bring him from Olymp. Read more... Abstract: Cover; Title Page; Contents; Prologue; CHAPTER 1: Trouble in Paradise; CHAPTER 2: A New Life; CHAPTER 3: The Tour of France; CHAPTER 4: Hamburgers, Chocolate... and a Wife; CHAPTER 5: The Goals Begin; CHAPTER 6: Marseille - and Glory; CHAPTER 7: Mission Europe; CHAPTER 8: The Hero of the Vélodrome; CHAPTER 9: Joy at Anfield; CHAPTER 10: Chelsea and a £24 Million Price Tag; CHAPTER 11: The Challenge Begins; CHAPTER 12: Goalbound; CHAPTER 13: Life in the Premiership; CHAPTER 14: Chelsea on a Roll; CHAPTER 15: Who Can Stop the Blues?; CHAPTER 16: The Battle of Barcelona. CHAPTER 17: The Referee and the Death ThreatsCHAPTER 18: A Nation's Hero; CHAPTER 19: Homesick in the Rain; CHAPTER 20: Liverpool Destroyed; CHAPTER 21: The Elephants and the Lions; CHAPTER 22: Out of Africa; CHAPTER 23: The Knives Are Out; CHAPTER 24: 'Sometimes I Dive...'; CHAPTER 25: World Cup Heartache; CHAPTER 26: 'Sheva' Arrives; CHAPTER 27: Barcelona Revisited; CHAPTER 28: Ambassador Didier; CHAPTER 29: Wembley - and History is Made; CHAPTER 30: Exit Mourinho ... and Didier?; Copyright. Didier Drogba...the name strikes fear into defenders throughout football and excites fans around the world. The giant forward's life story is as amazing as some of the goals which have turned him into a hero on two continents. Born in 1978 in Abidjan, the capital of the troubled African state of Ivory Coast, he was sent to live in France with an uncle, a professional footballer, at the tender age of five. At the age of nineteen, Drogba signed with Le Mans before moving to Guingamp and becoming an Ivory Coast international. In 2004, Chelsea splashed out GBP 24 million to bring him from Olymp