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Abedi Pele
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Ghanaian and French association football player
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Abedi Pele is a Ghanaian and French former association football player and coach. Born in Dome on November 5, 1964, he played as a midfielder for clubs including Olympique Lyonnais, Lille OSC, Al Ain FC, and FC Mulhouse. His professional career spanned from 1978 to 1999, during which he represented Ghana in the 1982, 1992, 1996, and 1998 African Cup of Nations. He is also known by the pseudonyms Pelé and El Maradona africà.
Pele resides in Accra and Kibi and speaks French. He is the father of André Ayew, Jordan Ayew, and Rahim Ayew. His religious affiliation is Islam.
Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1990
- Active to
- 1995
Discography
- Raid the Palace1991
- Fair Blows the Wind for France1992
- Fireworks1992
- Megalomania1992
- Fireworks1992
- The Sport of Kings1993
- Fat Black Heart1993
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,706x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,253x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,264x
- Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2021 · cited 6,874x
- Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2023 · cited 4,108x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- 1984
- Zürich
- 1985
- Real Tamale United
- 1987
- Mulhouse
- 2004
- Nania (Head Coach and President)
- Full name
- Abedi Ayew
- Date of birth
- ( 1964-11-05 ) 5 November 1964 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Accra , Ghana
- Height
- 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Position
- Attacking midfielder
- 1970 1978
- Great Falcons
- Years
- Team
- 1980 1982
- Real Tamale United
- 1982 1983
- Al Sadd
- 1986 1987
- Niort
- 1987 1993
- Marseille
- 1988 1990
- → Lille (loan)
- 1993 1994
- Lyon
- 1994 1996
- Torino
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- _Retired Soccer
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
- Nationality
- Ghana
via TheSportsDB
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Abedi Ayew (/əˈbeɪdi əˈjuː/ 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 served as captain of the Ghana national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest African footballers of all time. He played for several European clubs and found his fame in the French Ligue 1 with Lille and Marseille. At the latter, he won the UEFA Champions League in 1993, among other titles. He was also the first to win the CAF award in 1992.
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