{"id":1062961,"date":"2022-04-21T13:28:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/21\/aguero-drogba-and-scholes-among-six-new-hall-of-fame-inclusions\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T13:28:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:28:24","slug":"aguero-drogba-and-scholes-among-six-new-hall-of-fame-inclusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/21\/aguero-drogba-and-scholes-among-six-new-hall-of-fame-inclusions\/","title":{"rendered":"Aguero, Drogba and Scholes among six new Hall of Fame inclusions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/124232229_-a052c9df-4236-407c-8fae-d3a5b10c7ad1-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"There are 16 players now in the Premier League's Hall of Fame\" title=\"There are 16 players now in the Premier League's Hall of Fame\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are 16 players now in the Premier League&#8217;s Hall of Fame<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sergio Aguero, Didier Drogba, Vincent Kompany, Peter Schmeichel, Paul Scholes and Ian Wright have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 16 players have now been admitted to the Hall of Fame, which recognises players to have graced the league since it began in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Former England striker Alan Shearer and ex-France forward Thierry Henry were the first to be inducted\u00a012 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne Rooney and Patrick Vieira were added to the Hall of Fame in March.<\/p>\n<p>They join David Beckham, Dennis Bergkamp, Eric Cantona, Steven Gerrard, Roy Keane, and Frank Lampard in the club.<\/p>\n<p>The selection of the latest sextet came via a public vote and from the Premier League Awards Panel.<\/p>\n<p>Former Manchester City striker\u00a0<strong>Aguero\u00a0<\/strong>is the Premier League\u2019s highest-scoring overseas player with 184 goals from his 275 appearances between 2011-2021.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old Argentine, left City to join Barcelona last summer but was forced to retire on health grounds\u00a0in December.<\/p>\n<p>Aguero will be best remembered for his dramatic stoppage-time winner against QPR on the final day of the 2011-12 season which helped City win their first top-flight title since 1968, which he has called the \u201cmost important goal\u201d of his career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fellow forward<strong>\u00a0Drogba,\u00a0<\/strong>44, scored 104 top-flight goals in 254 appearances over two spells at Chelsea, winning the title on four occasions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schmeichel\u00a0<\/strong>is the first goalkeeper to be added to the Hall of Fame. The 58-year-old was a key part of Manchester United\u2019s treble-winning team in 1999 and helped helped Denmark win the 1992 European Championship.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/_124233062_screenshot2022-04-21091951.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Schmiechel Twitter account\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Peter Schmeichel joined Manchester United from Danish side Brondby in 1991<\/p>\n<p>The Dane won five league titles at United and went on to play for Aston Villa and Manchester City, keeping 128 clean sheets in Premier League matches.<\/p>\n<p>Former midfielder\u00a0<strong>Scholes,\u00a0<\/strong>47, played alongside Schmeichel and won 11 top-flight titles and two Champions League titles during a trophy-laden career at Old Trafford between 1993-2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wright,<\/strong>\u00a058, was part of Arsenal\u2019s double-winning side of 1998 and won two Premier League titles. The striker scored 113 goals in 213 appearances in the competition, which included a short spell at West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"_Tcuknvyu2c\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"About 5,650 lives were lost through road accidents from 2020 to 2022 in the Ashanti Region (21-4-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Tcuknvyu2c?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 16 players now in the Premier League&#8217;s Hall of Fame Sergio Aguero, Didier Drogba, Vincent Kompany, Peter Schmeichel, Paul Scholes and Ian Wright have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame. 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