Drogba's journey as a footballer.(Assignment)
Vanessa Pieters . 29 April 2021 . E veryone knows that football brings people together. It has a togetherness spirit. It's even better when your favorite football team has your favorite football player. Former captain of the Ivory Coast national team, born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Didier Drogba didn't have it all as a kid. His parents moved around quite often. His parents both lost their job, forcing him to move to his uncle, Michael Goba, in France when he was just 5 years old. But this surely didn't stop the small boy Drogba to quit on his dream of being a international football player. He however didn't stay long with his uncle as he got home sick and had returned back to his parents. Things seemed to be okay, but his parents lost their jobs for the second time. And so he had to move back with his uncle again. Of course Drogba had to work his way up. His performances earned him a place in the senior squad. Drogba got a once in a lifetime opportunity, one not man