Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Aubameyang with Arsenal in 2018
Personal information
Full name Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang[1]
Date of birth (1989-06-18) 18 June 1989 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Laval, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Al-Qadsiah
Number 10
Youth career
1995–1997 ASL L'Huisserie[4]
1997–1998 Nice
1998–1999 ASL L'Huisserie[4]
1999–2001 Laval
2001–2005 Rouen
2005–2007 Bastia
2007–2008 AC Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 AC Milan 0 (0)
2008–2009Dijon (loan) 34 (8)
2009–2010Lille (loan) 14 (2)
2010–2011Monaco (loan) 19 (2)
2011–2013 AS Saint-Étienne 87 (37)
2011 Saint-Étienne II 2 (0)
2013–2018 Borussia Dortmund 144 (98)
2018–2022 Arsenal 128 (68)
2022 Barcelona 18 (11)
2022–2023 Chelsea 15 (1)
2023–2024 Marseille 34 (17)
2024– Al-Qadsiah 8 (3)
International career
2009 France U21 1 (0)
2012 Gabon Olympic 3 (1)
2009– Gabon 79 (33)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2024

Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang ONM (born 18 June 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Pro League club Al Qadsiah and captains the Gabon national team.

The son of Pierre Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick began his senior club career playing for Italian club AC Milan, but he never appeared for the club, as he went on a series of loan spells in France. He moved to Saint-Étienne in 2011. There, he won a Coupe de la Ligue title and joined Borussia Dortmund in 2013. In Germany, Aubameyang finished as the league's top goalscorer in the 2016–17 season and won a DFB-Pokal. He also ranks as the club's eighth-highest all-time goalscorer.[5] In 2018, Aubameyang was the subject of a then-club record association football transfer when he signed for Arsenal in a transfer worth £56 million (€60 million), making him the most expensive Gabonese player of all time.[6] With Arsenal, he won an FA Cup and finished as the league's joint-top goalscorer in the 2018–19 season.[7] After departing Arsenal in 2022, Aubameyang had spells with Barcelona and Chelsea before signing for Marseille in 2023.

Born in France, Aubameyang chose to represent Gabon at international level, making his senior debut in 2009 at the age of 19; with 33 goals, he is the nation's all-time top scorer. Aubameyang represented Gabon at four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2016, he was named African Footballer of the Year; the first Gabonese and second European-born player to win the award.[8]

  1. ^ "Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: 10 things on the Borussia Dortmund and Gabon star". Bundesliga. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang". Borussia Dortmund. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Joueur – Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG". French Football Federation. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  5. ^ "The 100 best footballers in the world 2016 – interactive". The Guardian. 20 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang completes £56m Arsenal move". The Guardian. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Aubameyang: Arsenal's talisman". BBC Sport. 1 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang beats Yaya Toure to Caf award". BBC Sport. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

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