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Abedi Ayew Pele
Abedi Pele in 2007
Personal information
Full name
Abedi Ayew
Date of birth
(1964-11-05) 5 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth
Kibi, Eastern Region, Ghana
Height
1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)
Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1970–1978
Great Falcons
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1980–1982
Real Tamale United
46
(21)
1982–1983
Al Sadd
8
(7)
1983–1984
Zürich
18
(9)
1984
Dragons l'Ouémé
8
(11)
1985
Real Tamale United
19
(7)
1986–1987
Niort
32
(14)
1987
Mulhouse
16
(5)
1987–1993
Marseille
112
(23)
1988–1990
→ Lille (loan)
61
(16)
1993–1994
Lyon
29
(3)
1994–1996
Torino
49
(11)
1996–1998
1860 Munich
50
(2)
1998–2000
Al Ain
31
(28)
Total
479
(159)
International career
1982–1998
Ghana
73
(19)
Managerial career
2004–
Nania (Head Coach and President)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Ghana
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner
1982 Libya
Runner-up
1992 Senegal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Abedi Ayew (/əˈbeɪdiəˈjuː/ə-BAY-dee ə-YOO; born 5 November 1964), known professionally as Abedi Pele, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and who served as captain of the Ghana national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest African footballers of all time.[2][3] He played for several European clubs and found his fame in the French Ligue 1 with Lille and Marseille, the latter where he won the UEFA Champions League in 1993, among other titles.[4] He was also the first to win CAF award in 1992.
^Abedi Pele at National-Football-Teams.com
^Ottmar Hitzfeld picks Abedi Pele as Africa's All-time best player
^The 50 Greatest African Players of All Time
^"Ghana and Marseille legend Abedi Pele breaks down during nostalgic television broadcast| Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
Abedi Ayew (/əˈbeɪdi əˈjuː/ ə-BAY-dee ə-YOO; born 5 November 1964), known professionally as AbediPele, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who...
the 1970s. In the early 1980s however, with emerging talents such as AbediPele, the Black Stars beat Libya in the 1982 African Cup of Nations final hosted...
magazine. The changes resulted in parallel Golden Ball awards given out to AbediPele and George Weah in 1993 and 1994 by the magazine, although the CAF sponsored...
Miroslav Stević, Jens Jeremies and Manfred Schwabl. Stars[tone] like AbediPele, Thomas Häßler and Davor Šuker played for 1860 as their careers were winding...
them finish runners-up in 2015. Ayew is the son of former Ghana captain AbediPele, and the brother of fellow players André and Ibrahim Ayew. Ayew joined...
every player on the pitch took a penalty. 4 goals Rashidi Yekini 3 goals AbediPele 2 goals Pierre Tchibota Tony Yeboah Jules Bocandé 1 goal Nacer Bouiche...
March 2023. LEGENDS – GoldenFoot “Golden Foot Awards 2012 – Ibrahimovic, Pele, And Cantona”. Amfm magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2018 Golden Foot Award 2021:...
years in his pursuit of the European Cup, such as Jean-Pierre Papin, AbediPele, Klaus Allofs, Eric Cantona, Chris Waddle, Enzo Francescoli, Manuel Amoros...
title. AbediPele concluded the competition with three goals, trailing just one goal behind the leading scorer, Rashidi Yekini. The then captain Abedi Ayew...
31 October 1990 (1990-10-31) Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy) Pelé's 50th Birthday 30 August 1995 (1995-08-30) Japan National Stadium, Japan...
The FIFA 100 is a list of Brazilian footballer Pelé's choice of the "greatest living footballers". Unveiled on 4 March 2004 at a gala ceremony in London...
and Hossam Hassan of Egypt, Roger Milla and Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon, AbediPele of Ghana, Kalusha Bwalya of Zambia, George Weah of Liberia, Rabah Madjer...
teams of each group advancing to quarter-finals. Ghanaian midfielder Abedi "Pele" Ayew, who scored three goals, was named the best player of the tournament...
Ghana's renowned ex captain AbédiPelé. Abedi and his first wife had Rahim, before Abedi married Maha, mother of Abedi's other children. Rahim is the...
current African Footballer of the Year and the tournament's best player, AbediPele was suspended and did not play for Ghana. 26 January 1992 Stade de l'Amitié...
(Uganda) 5 goals Kalusha Bwalya 4 goals John Moshoeu Mark Williams 3 goals AbediPele Ahmed El-Kass Imed Ben Younes Dennis Lota 2 goals Ali Meçabih Quinzinho...
Guerrero scored for the Rest of the World with AbediPele and Hossam Hassan (2) scoring for the Africans. Pelé kicked the match off ceremonially. Over 50...
Iswadi Idris Jakob Kjeldbjerg Jacob Laursen Suk Bahadur Hussein Saeed AbediPele Ryan Nelsen Kevin Keegan Hong Kong sent its team that consisted of players...
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