Simon Kuper in the FT reports on the football career so far of Didier Drogba, which began when he was 5 years old: Didier Drogba is a case study in mobility
" Five-year-old Didier Drogba was moving to France to live with an uncle, a professional footballer.
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"Last Saturday Drogba, now aged 34, was a match-winner as Chelsea won its first ever Champions League. The Ivorian scored Chelsea’s equalising goal, then netted the decisive penalty. “Drogba’s final”, as it will surely be remembered, proved his last match of eight seasons with Chelsea. He says he is leaving London, and Shanghai Shenhua hopes to sign him. Since that flight from Abidjan, Drogba’s career has become a case study in how a modern professional (footballer or otherwise) should manage mobility.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
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If you've ever enjoyed predicting the outcome of a football match with friends, then you will no doubt get the same level of excitement from the online equivalent. But rather than just sharing a casual conversation, the Internet equivalent can track your achievements over the course of a season and give you greater cause for celebration (or envy) when all is said and done.
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