André Ayew CV

André Ayew

Personal information
Full name	André Morgan Rami Ayew[1]
Date of birth	17 December 1989 (1989-12-17) (age 20)
Place of birth	Seclin, France
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current club	Marseille
Number	20
Youth career
1999–2005	Nania
2005–2007	Marseille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–	Marseille	9	(0)
2008–2009	→ Lorient (loan)	22	(3)
2009–2010	→ Arles-Avignon (loan)	25	(4)
National team‡
2006–2007	France U18	1	(0)
2009	Ghana U20	12	(4)
2007–	Ghana	26	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 June 2010

André Morgan Rami Ayew (born 17 December 1989) is a French-born Ghanaian football player who currently plays for Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille. He is often referred to as simply Dédé. Ayew plays as a winger, but can play as a striker. He is the second-born son of the three-time winner of the African Footballer of the Year award and FIFA 100 member Abedi Pele and has two other brothers, Ibrahim and Jordan, who also play football.
Though born in France, Ayew is a Ghanaian international. At youth level, he starred for the under-20 team that won both the 2009 African Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At senior level, Ayew made his debut on 21 August 2007 against Senegal at the New Den Stadium in London. He has since represented his nation at the 2008 and 2010 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Contents [hide] 1 Personal life 2 Career 2.1 Early career 2.2 Marseille 2.3 Loan moves 2.4 International career 3 Career statistics 3.1 Club 3.2 International goals 4 Notes 5 Honours 5.1 International 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Personal life

Ayew was born in Seclin, a commune in the arrondissement of Lille, to a Ghanaian mother and father. His father, Abedi Pele, was a professional football player and was playing for French club Lille at the time. His father comes from a strong football family. Ayew is the nephew of Kwame Ayew and Sola Ayew, both of whom are former international football players. Ayew also has two brothers; Ibrahim and Jordan, and a sister, Imani. Ibrahim currently plays for Egyptian club Zamelek and Jordan stars for Ayew's parent club Olympique de Marseille and scored a goal on his debut.

[edit] Career

[edit] Early career

Ayew began his career at the age of ten playing for his father's club, Nania, in Accra, Ghana. After four years of plying his trade in the club's youth academy, Ayew was promoted to the team's senior squad at the age of 14. Despite being on the senior team, he still participated in youth sanctioned events, such as the 2004 edition of the Altstetten under-19 Tournament, in which he was named one of the tournament's most famous players.^[2] Ayew played professional football at Nania for two seasons before departing the club and returning to France to play for his father's former club Marseille. Ayew joined the club on an aspirant (trainee) contract and, upon his arrival, was inserted into the club's youth system and placed onto the club's under-17 team. While there, he impressed coaches and teammates scoring 11 goals during the team's league campaign. Ayew also participated in training sessions with the senior team training alongside Salomon Olembé, Habib Beye, and Bixente Lizarazu. Following the season, on 27 May 2007, Ayew signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal.^[3] He was officially promoted to the senior team and assigned the number 29 shirt.

[edit] Marseille

Ayew made his professional debut for Marseille on 15 August 2007 in a league match against Valenciennes coming on as a substitute for Modeste M'bami in the 89^th minute. Marseille lost the match 2–1.^[4] On 6 November, he made his UEFA Champions League debut against Portuguese champions Porto at the Estádio do Dragão playing on the left wing in place of Bolo Zenden. Ayew played 77 minutes before being substituted out as Marseille were defeated 2–1, however Ayew earned praise from the media for his effective performance of containing Porto right back José Bosingwa.^[5][6][7][8] Five days later, Ayew earned his first league start against Lyon at the Stade de Gerland. Ayew again featured heavily in the team as Marseille pulled off a 2–1 upset victory.^[9] Ayew finished the season with 13 total appearances; nine in league play, two in cup play, and two Champions League appearances. Ayew's first season with the club drew the attention of Premier League club Arsenal who reportedly offered Marseille £5 million for the player.^[10][11] However, Marseille denied the approach.

[edit] Loan moves

For the 2008–09 season, Ayew switched to the number 8 shirt, however, due to the arrival of attackers Hatem Ben Arfa, Sylvain Wiltord, Bakari Koné, and Mamadou Samassa, Ayew was deemed surplus to requirements for the season and was loaned out to fellow first division club Lorient for the entire season. Ayew was inserted by manager Christian Gourcuff as one of the team's focal points of the attack alongside Fabrice Abriel, Kevin Gameiro, and Rafik Saïfi and made his debut on 16 August 2008 coming on as a substitute in a 0–0 draw against Lyon.^[12] On 27 September 2008, Ayew scored his first professional goal scoring the opening goal in the team's 1–1 draw with Sochaux.^[13] A month later, he scored his second career goal in a 4–1 rout of Saint-Étienne.^[14] Despite the initial success, Ayew was limited throughout the league campaign to just appearing as a substitute. He finished the season with 22 league appearances and three goals and, on 30 June 2009, returned to Marseille.
Two months later, on 31 August 2009, the last day of the transfer window, new manager Didier Deschamps confirmed that Ayew would be joining newly promoted Ligue 2 club AC Arles-Avignon on loan for the entire 2009–10 season.^[15] Ayew was given the number 10 shirt on arrival and was inserted into his favorable right wing position.^[16] He made his debut with the club on 11 September appearing as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Angers. The following week, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 defeat to Tours. He was ever present in the team's fall campaign, but due to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, missed the month of January. Ayew returned to the team on 5 February 2010 and appeared as a starter in all of the team's matches for the rest of the campaign. On 9 April, with the team in the midst of a promotion battle, Ayew scored a double in the team's 2–1 victory over Le Havre. The following week, he struck again scoring the opener in the team's 1–1 draw with Guingamp. On 14 May, Arles-Avignon secured promotion to Ligue 1 following the team's 1–0 win over Clermont. Ayew started and played the entire match. He finished the campaign with Arles-Avignon appearing in 26 total matches and scoring four goals.
After the successful league campaign with Arles-Avignon, on 16 May 2010, Marseille manager Didier Deschamps confirmed that Ayew would be returning to the team and that he will be earning some significant playing time with the club for the 2010–11 season.^[17]

[edit] International career

Due to having dual French-Ghanaian citizenship, Ayew was eligible for both France and Ghana. He, initially, chose France citing the failed inquiries of the Ghana Football Association to contact him as his reason why, but declared Ghana to be his first option citing his father.^[18] Ayew made one appearance with the France under-18 team before failing to respond to four other call ups due to injury. On 7 August 2007, Ayew was called up for the first time by Ghana coach Claude Le Roy for the team's friendly match against Senegal on 21 August. He made his international debut in the match appearing as a late-match substitute.^[19] On 11 January 2008, Ayew was named to the Ghana squad to play in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.^[20]
At youth level, Ayew represented Ghana at under-20 level and captained the team to victory at both the 2009 African Youth Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. At the African Youth Championship, Ayew scored two goals against Cameroon in the group stage and South Africa in the semi-finals. The 4–3 semi-final result progressed Ghana to the final where the team defeated group stage opponents Cameroon 2–0. The championship victory resulted in the team qualifying for the ensuing U-20 World Cup. In the tournament, Ayew scored twice against England in a 4–0 rout and the equalizing goal against South Africa in the Round of 16. Ghana later won the match in extra time through a goal from Dominic Adiyiah. Ayew then captained the team to victories over the Korea Republic and Hungary in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively, to reach the final where they faced Brazil. In the final, Ghana defeated the Brazilians 4–3 on penalties to win the U-20 World Cup. Ayew converted Ghana's first penalty in the shootout.
Ayew made his second major international tournament appearance by appearing at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. On 19 January 2010, in the team's final group stage match against Burkina Faso, he scored his first international goal in 30^th minute connecting on a header. Ghana won the match 1–0 and reached the final where they were defeated 1–0 by Egypt.^[21] Ayew appeared in all five matches the team contested. On 7 May 2010, Ayew was named to coach Milovan Rajevac's 30-man preliminary squad to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was later named to the 23-man team to compete in the competition alongside his brother Ibrahim. On 12 June, Ayew made his FIFA World Cup debut in the team's opening group stage match against Serbia starting ahead of the much more experienced Sulley Muntari. He later started in the team's ensuing group stage matches against Australia and Germany. In the team's Round of 16 match against the United States, Ayew assisted on the game-winning goal scored by Asamoah Gyan after sending a lob pass into the United States defense, which Gyan collected and then converted.^[22] For his performance in the match, Ayew was named Man of the Match by FIFA.^[23] Ayew missed the team's quarter-final defeat on penalties to Uruguay due to yellow card accumulation.

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Club

(Correct as of 26 June 2010)

Club	Season	League			Cup[nb 1]			Europe[nb 2]			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Marseille
	2007–08	9	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	14	0	0
Total		9	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	14	0	0
Lorient
	2008–09	22	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	3	3
Total		22	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	3	3
Arles-Avignon
	2009–10	25	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	4	3
Total		25	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	4	3
Career total		56	7	6	5	0	0	3	0	0	64	7	6

[edit] International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 January 2010	Estádio 11 de Novembro, Angola	Burkina Faso	1 – 0	1 – 0	2010 Africa Cup of Nations

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions
2. ^ Includes UEFA Supercup, FIFA Club World Cup

[edit] Honours

[edit] International

Ghana

• African Youth Championship: 2009
• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2009
• Africa Cup of Nations Bronze Medal: 2008
• Africa Cup of Nations Silver Medal: 2010

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Andre Ayew profile at om.net
• André Ayew French league stats at lfp.fr (French)
• Andre Ayew FIFA competition record

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