Name: Emmanuel Adebayor

Full name: Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor

Nationality: Togolese

Date of birth: 26 February 1984

Place of birth: Lomé, Togo

Position: Striker / Centre forward

National team: Togo

• National team career: 2000–2019
• National caps: 87
• National goals: 32

Notable clubs (chronological, senior career highlights):

• OC Agaza (Togo) — youth / early career
• Metz (France) — breakthrough in Europe
• Monaco (France)
• Arsenal (England) — became a high-profile Premier League striker
• Manchester City (England)
• Real Madrid (Spain) — loan
• Tottenham Hotspur (England)
• Crystal Palace (England)
• İstanbul Başakşehir (Turkey)
• Kayserispor (Turkey)
• Istiklol (Tajikistan)

Career highlights & achievements:

• Premier League Golden Boot contender during Arsenal years (notably prolific 2007–08 season).
• Key member of Togo national team; represented Togo at the 2006 FIFA World Cup (their first World Cup appearance).
• Domestic trophies: capped with club silverware including league cup and community shield type honours with various clubs (details vary by club and season).
• Individual honours include African-based recognition and multiple club-level top scorer awards.

Notable moments:

• Led Togo at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, scoring Togo’s first-ever World Cup goal qualifiers contributions and raising the profile of Togolese football.
• High-profile transfers in the Premier League and a reputation for physical presence, aerial ability and goal-scoring instincts.
• Controversial and emotional episodes: involvement in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations team bus ambush in Angola (he temporarily retired from international football afterward but later returned).

Retirement / Later career: Adebayor’s club career wound down with moves outside the top European leagues; he announced retirement from international football at times and officially stepped back from professional top-tier play in later years, while remaining a notable figure in Togolese football history.