{"id":79350,"date":"2023-06-27T17:12:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/27\/my-fathers-status-has-not-affected-me\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:12:16","slug":"my-fathers-status-has-not-affected-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/27\/my-fathers-status-has-not-affected-me\/","title":{"rendered":"My father&#8217;s status has not affected me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"580\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-2023-06-27-104240-696x580.png\"   alt=\"Jordan Ayew and his father, Abedi Pele\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-06-27 104240\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan Ayew and his father, Abedi Pele<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Crystal Palace striker, Jordan Ayew, has opened up about the influence of his father, Abedi Pele, who is regarded as one of the greatest football players.<\/p>\n<p>Pele is Olympique Marseille legend, having won the Champions League and other trophies.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his father\u2019s legendary status, Jordan insists he has always aimed to prove himself on the field.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he remained unaffected by the comparisons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up [being known as Abedi\u2019s son] so it didn\u2019t really affect me,\u201d Jordan told Crystal Palace\u2019s club website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy dad always said: \u2018The football doesn\u2019t lie. If you are not good, everyone will see you are not good. You just need to prove people wrong on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is what I have been trying to do since I was a child, to show I have my own qualities and I can be an important person to the country and the community,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Having started his career at Marseille, the same club where his father achieved iconic status, Ayew has now made his mark in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>He holds the record for the most goals by a Ghanaian player in Premier League history, with an impressive tally of 33 goals.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Ayew reached a significant milestone, scoring his 100th career goal. Among those goals, 19 have been for the Ghana national team. Since his debut in 2010, he has displayed consistency, making over 90 appearances for his country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/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=\"YpLiA6WUxhY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Small Scale Mining: Tontokrom miners seek government assistance to establish scheme (27-06-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YpLiA6WUxhY?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>Jordan Ayew and his father, Abedi Pele Crystal Palace striker, Jordan Ayew, has opened up about the influence of his father, Abedi Pele, who is regarded as one of the greatest football players. Pele is Olympique Marseille legend, having won the Champions League and other trophies. Despite his father\u2019s legendary status, Jordan insists he has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My father&#039;s status has not affected me - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/27\/my-fathers-status-has-not-affected-me\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My father&#039;s status has not affected me - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jordan Ayew and his father, Abedi Pele Crystal Palace striker, Jordan Ayew, has opened up about the influence of his father, Abedi Pele, who is regarded as one of the greatest football players. 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