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Emmanuel Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Retired
Age42
CitizenshipTogo Nigeria
Height1.92 m
Footright
BornFebruary 26, 1984
👕500+ Apps 200+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists 🏴50+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

10
clubs played for
01/02
debut season
0.35
goals / match
Arsenal FC
top club · 142 apps

Career highs

€25.00m
peak value · 2009
€29.00m
top transfer fee · 09/10
30
best season · 07/08
86 / 32
int'l caps / goals
593Appearances
207Goals
60Assists
58Yellow cards
6Red cards
111Full matches (90′)
Full nameEmmanuel Adebayor
Name in home countrySheyi Emmanuel Adebayor
Date of birth1984-02-26 (42 yrs)
Place of birthLomé, Togo
CitizenshipTogo Nigeria
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height192.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2023-03-20
Contract expires
Mar 2023
Transfer: AC Semassi FC → Retired
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2021
Transfer: Without Club → AC Semassi FC
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2020
2020 — Olimpia Asunción
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2020
Transfer: Olimpia → Without Club
20/21 · Transfer
Feb 2020
Transfer: Without Club → Olimpia
19/20 · Transfer
Dec 2019
Transfer: Kayserispor → Without Club
19/20 · Transfer
Sep 2019
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Aug 2019
Transfer: Basaksehir → Kayserispor
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — Kayserispor
8 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
May 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
May 2019
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Oct 2018
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Basaksehir FK
24 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Mar 2018
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Dec 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Nov 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Oct 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Oct 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Sep 2017
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Basaksehir FK
36 matches · 17 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Feb 2017
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jan 2017
Transfer: Without Club → Basaksehir
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — Basaksehir FK
16 matches · 7 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
Transfer: Crystal Palace → Without Club
16/17 · Transfer
Jan 2016
Transfer: Without Club → Crystal Palace
15/16 · Transfer
Sep 2015
Transfer: Tottenham → Without Club
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — Crystal Palace
15 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Tottenham Hotspur
17 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2014
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Nov 2013
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Oct 2013
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2013
13/14 — Tottenham Hotspur
25 matches · 14 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 2012
Transfer: Man City → Tottenham
12/13 · Transfer · €6.40m
Jul 2012
12/13 — Tottenham Hotspur
34 matches · 8 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
May 2012
Transfer: Tottenham → Man City
11/12 · Return from loan
Aug 2011
Transfer: Man City → Tottenham
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — Tottenham Hotspur
37 matches · 18 G · 11 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2011
Transfer: Real Madrid → Man City
10/11 · Return from loan
Jan 2011
Transfer: Man City → Real Madrid
10/11 · Loan
Jul 2010
10/11 — Real Madrid, Manchester City
36 matches · 13 G · 1 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Arsenal → Man City
09/10 · Transfer · €29.00m
Jul 2009
09/10 — Manchester City
31 matches · 14 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — Arsenal FC
37 matches · 16 G · 6 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Arsenal FC
48 matches · 30 G · 5 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Arsenal FC
44 matches · 12 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2006
Transfer: Monaco → Arsenal
05/06 · Transfer · €10.00m
Jul 2005
05/06 — AS Monaco, Arsenal FC
34 matches · 8 G · 8 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2004
04/05 — AS Monaco
50 matches · 14 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Aug 2003
Transfer: FC Metz → Monaco
03/04 · Transfer · €3.20m
Jul 2003
03/04 — AS Monaco
44 matches · 8 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2002
02/03 — FC Metz
42 matches · 17 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2001
01/02 — FC Metz
11 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2001
Transfer: FC Metz B → FC Metz
01/02 · Transfer
Jul 1999
Transfer: AC Merlan Lome → FC Metz B
99/00 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €25.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
9,970 min
Minutes played by club
Olimpia Asunción 0.0%
Kayserispor 3.4%
Basaksehir FK 16.9%
Crystal Palace 6.2%
Tottenham Hotspur 18.0%
Manchester City 4.7%
Real Madrid 3.7%
Arsenal FC 15.7%
AS Monaco 23.1%
FC Metz 8.4%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Olimpia Asunción 1 2020 2020 4 0 0 0
Kayserispor 1 19/20 19/20 8 2 1 335
Basaksehir FK 3 16/17 18/19 76 28 8 1,680
Crystal Palace 1 15/16 15/16 15 1 1 616
Tottenham Hotspur 4 11/12 14/15 113 42 17 1,797
Manchester City 2 09/10 10/11 45 19 5 466
Real Madrid 1 10/11 10/11 22 8 0 367
Arsenal FC 4 05/06 08/09 142 62 18 1,570
AS Monaco 3 03/04 05/06 115 26 9 2,306
FC Metz 2 01/02 02/03 53 19 1 833

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

9€6.3M18€12.5M26€18.8M35€25M01/02 — 2 goals (FC Metz)201/0202/03 — 17 goals (FC Metz)02/03 — 1 assists1802/0303/04 — 8 goals (AS Monaco)03/04 — 2 assists1003/0404/05 — 14 goals (AS Monaco)04/05 — 3 assists1704/0505/06 — 8 goals (AS Monaco)05/06 — 8 assists1605/0606/07 — 12 goals (Arsenal FC)06/07 — 3 assists1506/0707/08 — 30 goals (Arsenal FC)07/08 — 5 assists3507/0808/09 — 16 goals (Arsenal FC)08/09 — 6 assists2208/0909/10 — 14 goals (Manchester City)09/10 — 4 assists1809/1010/11 — 13 goals (Manchester City)10/11 — 1 assists1410/1111/12 — 18 goals (Tottenham Hotspur)11/12 — 11 assists2911/1212/13 — 8 goals (Tottenham Hotspur)12/13 — 1 assists912/1313/14 — 14 goals (Tottenham Hotspur)13/14 — 4 assists1813/1414/15 — 2 goals (Tottenham Hotspur)14/15 — 1 assists314/1515/16 — 1 goals (Crystal Palace)15/16 — 1 assists215/1616/17 — 7 goals (Basaksehir FK)16/17 — 2 assists916/1717/18 — 17 goals (Basaksehir FK)17/18 — 4 assists2117/1818/19 — 4 goals (Basaksehir FK)18/19 — 2 assists618/1919/20 — 2 goals (Kayserispor)19/20 — 1 assists319/2004/05 — €6M05/06 — €9M06/07 — €10M07/08 — €12M08/09 — €23M09/10 — €25M10/11 — €23M11/12 — €17M12/13 — €25M13/14 — €13M14/15 — €9M15/16 — €7M16/17 — €2.5M17/18 — €2.5M18/19 — €2M19/20 — €1MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

01/02: 2201/0202/03: 171702/0303/04: 8803/0404/05: 141404/0505/06: 8805/0606/07: 121206/0707/08: 303007/0808/09: 161608/0909/10: 141409/1010/11: 131310/1111/12: 181811/1212/13: 8812/1313/14: 141413/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 7716/1717/18: 171717/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 2219/202020: 002020

Assists by season

01/02: 0001/0202/03: 1102/0303/04: 2203/0404/05: 3304/0505/06: 8805/0606/07: 3306/0707/08: 5507/0808/09: 6608/0909/10: 4409/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 111111/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 4413/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 2216/1717/18: 4417/1818/19: 2218/1919/20: 1119/202020: 002020
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2020 Libertadores Olimpia Asunción 2 0 0 0 1 0
2020 Primera División Apertura Olimpia Asunción 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Süper Lig Kayserispor 8 2 1 1 0 335
18/19 Europa League Qualifying Basaksehir FK 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Süper Lig Basaksehir FK 19 3 2 3 0 288
18/19 Türkiye Kupasi Basaksehir FK 4 1 0 0 0 272
17/18 Champions League Qu. Basaksehir FK 4 1 1 0 0 360
17/18 Europa League Basaksehir FK 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Süper Lig Basaksehir FK 30 15 3 8 0 166
17/18 Türkiye Kupasi Basaksehir FK 1 1 0 0 0 90
16/17 Süper Lig Basaksehir FK 11 6 1 1 0 139
16/17 Türkiye Kupasi Basaksehir FK 5 1 1 1 0 365
15/16 FA Cup Crystal Palace 3 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Premier League Crystal Palace 12 1 1 1 0 616
14/15 Europa League Tottenham Hotspur 2 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Europa League Qualifying Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 FA Cup Tottenham Hotspur 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 League Cup Tottenham Hotspur 1 0 0 1 0 0
14/15 Premier League Tottenham Hotspur 13 2 1 1 0 407
13/14 Europa League Tottenham Hotspur 2 2 0 0 0 90
13/14 FA Cup Tottenham Hotspur 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 League Cup Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 1 0 78
13/14 Premier League Tottenham Hotspur 21 11 4 0 0 164
12/13 Europa League Tottenham Hotspur 8 3 0 1 0 260
12/13 FA Cup Tottenham Hotspur 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Premier League Tottenham Hotspur 25 5 1 3 1 320
11/12 FA Cup Tottenham Hotspur 4 1 1 1 0 311
11/12 Premier League Tottenham Hotspur 33 17 10 3 0 167
10/11 Champions League Real Madrid 6 2 0 3 0 163
10/11 Copa del Rey Real Madrid 2 1 0 1 0 57
10/11 Europa League Manchester City 4 4 0 0 0 68
10/11 Europa League Qualifying Manchester City 2 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 LaLiga Real Madrid 14 5 0 0 0 147
10/11 Premier League Manchester City 8 1 0 1 0 240
09/10 FA Cup Manchester City 2 0 1 0 1 0
09/10 League Cup Manchester City 3 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Premier League Manchester City 26 14 3 1 0 158
08/09 Champions League Arsenal FC 7 5 2 2 0 122
08/09 Champions League Qu. Arsenal FC 2 1 0 0 0 115
08/09 FA Cup Arsenal FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Premier League Arsenal FC 26 10 4 3 0 188
07/08 Champions League Arsenal FC 8 3 1 2 0 203
07/08 Champions League Qu. Arsenal FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 FA Cup Arsenal FC 2 2 0 1 0 55
07/08 League Cup Arsenal FC 1 1 0 1 0 25
07/08 Premier League Arsenal FC 36 24 4 3 0 122
06/07 Champions League Arsenal FC 6 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Champions League Qu. Arsenal FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 FA Cup Arsenal FC 3 2 0 0 0 116
06/07 League Cup Arsenal FC 4 2 0 1 1 123
06/07 Premier League Arsenal FC 29 8 3 2 0 249
05/06 Champions League Qu. AS Monaco 2 0 1 0 0 0
05/06 Coupe de la Ligue AS Monaco 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Ligue 1 AS Monaco 13 1 1 0 1 947
05/06 Premier League Arsenal FC 13 4 4 0 0 252
05/06 UEFA Cup AS Monaco 5 3 2 0 0 144
04/05 Champions League AS Monaco 8 1 0 0 0 477
04/05 Champions League Qu. AS Monaco 2 1 3 0 0 146
04/05 Coupe de France AS Monaco 2 0 0 1 0 0
04/05 Coupe de la Ligue AS Monaco 4 3 0 0 0 75
04/05 Ligue 1 AS Monaco 34 9 0 2 1 282
03/04 Champions League AS Monaco 9 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Coupe de France AS Monaco 3 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Coupe de la Ligue AS Monaco 1 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Ligue 1 AS Monaco 31 8 2 2 0 235
02/03 Coupe de France FC Metz 4 2 1 0 0 106
02/03 Coupe de la Ligue FC Metz 4 2 0 0 0 163
02/03 Ligue 2 FC Metz 34 13 0 4 0 208
01/02 Coupe de France FC Metz 1 0 0 0 0 0
01/02 Division 1 FC Metz 10 2 0 2 0 356
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
99/00 1999-07-01 AC Merlan Lome FC Metz B Transfer 0
01/02 2001-07-01 FC Metz B FC Metz Transfer 0
03/04 2003-08-01 FC Metz Monaco Transfer 0 €3.20m
05/06 2006-01-13 Monaco Arsenal Transfer 7500000 €10.00m
09/10 2009-07-18 Arsenal Man City Transfer 25000000 €29.00m
10/11 2011-01-25 Man City Real Madrid Loan 23000000
10/11 2011-06-30 Real Madrid Man City Return from loan 17000000
11/12 2011-08-25 Man City Tottenham Loan 17000000
11/12 2012-05-14 Tottenham Man City Return from loan 23000000
12/13 2012-08-21 Man City Tottenham Transfer 25000000 €6.40m
15/16 2015-09-13 Tottenham Without Club Transfer 5000000
15/16 2016-01-26 Without Club Crystal Palace Transfer 5000000
16/17 2016-07-01 Crystal Palace Without Club Transfer 2500000
16/17 2017-01-31 Without Club Basaksehir Transfer 2500000
19/20 2019-08-26 Basaksehir Kayserispor Transfer 550000
19/20 2019-12-03 Kayserispor Without Club Transfer 550000
19/20 2020-02-11 Without Club Olimpia Transfer 550000
20/21 2020-07-01 Olimpia Without Club Transfer 0
21/22 2021-07-01 Without Club AC Semassi FC Transfer 0
22/23 2023-03-20 AC Semassi FC Retired Transfer 0
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
13/14 Dead leg 2013-10-31 2013-11-11 12 3
13/14 Groin injury 2013-11-28 2013-12-16 19 6
13/14 unknown injury 2014-01-02 2014-01-09 8 1
16/17 unknown injury 2017-02-06 2017-03-02 25 4
17/18 unknown injury 2017-09-18 2017-09-28 11 2
17/18 Rest 2017-10-16 2017-10-19 4 1
17/18 unknown injury 2017-10-30 2017-11-03 5 1
17/18 flu 2017-11-21 2017-11-24 4 1
17/18 unknown injury 2017-12-05 2017-12-08 4 1
17/18 unknown injury 2018-03-07 2018-03-12 6 1
18/19 Fitness 2018-07-26 2018-08-10 16 1
18/19 unknown injury 2018-10-20 2018-10-29 10 2
18/19 unknown injury 2019-05-01 2019-05-07 7 1
18/19 unknown injury 2019-05-19 2019-05-25 7 2
19/20 unknown injury 2019-09-29 2019-11-01 34 5
Current
Peak€25.00m
Low
Δ since start−€6.00m
€6.25m€12.50m€18.75m€25.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €550k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €13.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €14.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €23.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €17.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €23.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €23.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €25.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €23.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €18.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €11.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €12.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #3815 #4 86 32 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Kyle Walker 2 1 0
Edin Visca 2 14 0
Júnior Caiçara 2 4 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
07/08 Premier League Arsenal FC 24 36
11/12 Premier League Tottenham Hotspur 17 33
17/18 Süper Lig Basaksehir FK 15 30

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
11/12 Premier League Tottenham Hotspur 10 33
05/06 Premier League Arsenal FC 4 13
08/09 Premier League Arsenal FC 4 26

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
11/12 2012-05-14 Tottenham Man City Return from loan €23.00m
11/12 2011-08-25 Man City Tottenham Loan €17.00m
10/11 2011-06-30 Real Madrid Man City Return from loan €17.00m
10/11 2011-01-25 Man City Real Madrid Loan €23.00m

Teams faced most often by Emmanuel Adebayor's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Liverpool FC 139 40 37 62 194 234 -40 29%
Manchester United 134 35 32 67 148 202 -54 26%
Chelsea FC 132 35 29 68 139 210 -71 27%
Everton FC 128 57 38 33 199 143 +56 45%
Newcastle United 117 65 19 33 193 118 +75 56%
West Ham United 111 64 24 23 196 106 +90 58%
Aston Villa 105 66 22 17 198 85 +113 63%
Southampton FC 97 46 20 31 159 118 +41 47%
West Bromwich Albion 91 50 24 17 161 90 +71 55%
Fulham FC 89 52 21 16 176 87 +89 58%
Sunderland AFC 86 54 20 12 156 73 +83 63%
Stoke City 76 45 13 18 144 68 +76 59%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
01/02 Senior debut season
01/02 First senior goal
06/07 Goal #50 (career)
08/09 Goal #100 (career)
11/12 Goal #150 (career)
17/18 Goal #200 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2020 4 0 0 0 1 0
19/20 8 335 1 0 0 0.27
18/19 24 560 3 0 0 0.48
17/18 36 616 8 0 0 1.17
16/17 16 504 2 0 0 0.36
15/16 15 616 1 0 0 0.15
14/15 17 407 2 0 0 0.44
13/14 25 332 1 0 0 0.27
12/13 34 580 4 0 1 0.78
11/12 37 478 4 0 0 0.75
10/11 36 675 5 0 0 0.67
09/10 31 158 1 0 1 1.14
08/09 37 425 5 1 0 1.27
07/08 48 405 7 0 0 1.56
06/07 44 488 3 0 1 0.74
05/06 34 1,343 0 0 1 0.07
04/05 50 980 3 0 1 0.37
03/04 44 235 2 0 0 0.77
02/03 42 477 4 1 0 0.94
01/02 11 356 2 0 0 0.51

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Premier League
242 apps
97 G
35 A
Süper Lig
68 apps
26 G
7 A
Ligue 1
88 apps
20 G
3 A
Ligue 2
34 apps
13 G
0 A
Champions League
44 apps
11 G
3 A
Europa League
17 apps
9 G
0 A
FA Cup
19 apps
5 G
2 A
LaLiga
14 apps
5 G
0 A
Coupe de la Ligue
10 apps
5 G
0 A
League Cup
10 apps
4 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Emmanuel Adebayor

Who is Emmanuel Adebayor?

Emmanuel Adebayor is a Togo professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Retired.

How old is Emmanuel Adebayor?

Emmanuel Adebayor is 42 years old. He was born on February 26, 1984 in Lomé.

What position does Emmanuel Adebayor play?

Emmanuel Adebayor plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Emmanuel Adebayor play for?

Emmanuel Adebayor currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Emmanuel Adebayor scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Emmanuel Adebayor has scored 207 goals in 593 appearances.