{"id":47116,"date":"2023-03-21T18:21:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T18:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/21\/emmanuel-adebayor-retires-from-football\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T18:21:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T18:21:12","slug":"emmanuel-adebayor-retires-from-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/21\/emmanuel-adebayor-retires-from-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmanuel Adebayor retires from football"},"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\/2023\/03\/129050186_whatsubject-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Emmanuel Adebayor earned a two-match ban when he taunted Arsenal fans in 2009\" title=\"Emmanuel Adebayor earned a two-match ban when he taunted Arsenal fans in 2009\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emmanuel Adebayor earned a two-match ban when he taunted Arsenal fans in 2009<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Emmanuel Adebayor has announced his retirement with a video including his infamous goal for Manchester City against former club Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old Togolese striker shone in his three and a half years at the Gunners after joining from Monaco in 2006, scoring 62 goals and in 2008 was crowned African Footballer of The Year and named in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>However, in July 2009 he joined Manchester City for \u00a325m \u2013 who had recently been bought by the Abu Dhabi United Group \u2013 with many Arsenal fans feeling let down by the move.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>To compound matters, two months later the teams met in the Premier League and Adebayor scored against his old club in a\u00a04-2 win, famously running the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the travelling Arsenal fans, with projectiles, including a chair, thrown from the away end.<\/p>\n<p>It earned him a suspended\u00a0two-match ban and \u00a325,000 fine,\u00a0in addition to a three-match ban for a stamp on former Arsenal team-mate Robin van Persie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adebayor apologised, saying \u201cthe emotion took over me\u201d, but said the Arsenal fans had been insulting him all game.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial goal \u2013 an 80th-minute header \u2013 features in his retirement announcement on Instagram, as does another strike for Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Adebayor would later be loaned to Real Madrid, before a permanent move to Arsenal\u2019s north London rivals Tottenham, before stints at Crystal Palace and spells in Turkey and Paraguay.<\/p>\n<p>The former Togo forward, who scored 32 goals in 85 games for his country, finished his career in his homeland at Semassi.<\/p>\n<p>Only three African players have scored more Premier League goals than Adebayor\u2019s 97 \u2013 Chelsea\u2019s Didier Drogba (104), former Liverpool and Southampton winger Sadio Mane (111) and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah (131).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the highs to the lows, my career as a professional athlete has been an incredible journey,\u201d\u00a0he wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to my fans for being there every step of the way. I\u2019m feeling so grateful for everything, and excited for what\u2019s to come!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/_129050189_whatsubject.jpg\" alt=\"Images from Emmanuel Adebayor's retirement announcement video on Instagram\"\/><figcaption><strong>Adebayor signs off his retirement video with \u2018Thanks for the blessings\u2019<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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=\"c-hOKOlKePc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former MP Passes On: MPs eulogize Dr. Osei Akoto (21-03-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c-hOKOlKePc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuel Adebayor earned a two-match ban when he taunted Arsenal fans in 2009 Emmanuel Adebayor has announced his retirement with a video including his infamous goal for Manchester City against former club Arsenal. 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