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Jordan Ayew
Ayew warming up for Ghana in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jordan Pierre Ayew[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 33)[2]
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 9
Youth career
2000–2006 Lyon Duchère
2006–2009 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Marseille 111 (14)
2014 → Sochaux (loan) 17 (5)
2014–2015 Lorient 31 (12)
2015–2017 Aston Villa 51 (9)
2017–2019 Swansea City 50 (8)
2018–2019 → Crystal Palace (loan) 20 (1)
2019– Crystal Palace 115 (13)
International career‡
2010 Ghana U20 1 (1)
2010– Ghana 86 (19)
Medal record
Representing  Ghana
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up 2015 Equatorial Guinea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:45, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:13, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Jordan Pierre Ayew (born 11 September 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Ghana national team.

He is the son of former Ghana captain Abedi Pele and brother of fellow players André and Ibrahim Ayew. Born in Marseille, Ayew was raised in France and started his career with Lyon Duchère before joining the Marseille academy in 2006.

Ayew made his debut for the Ghana national team in 2010 and has earned over 80 caps. He has played in two FIFA World Cups (2014 and 2022), as well as five Africa Cup of Nations (2012, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021), helping them finish runners-up in 2015.

Club career

Marseille

Jordan Ayew playing for OM in 2013

Ayew joined Marseille as a trainee in 2006. He signed a three-year professional contract with Marseille in 2009. Jordan Ayew made his debut for the senior team on 16 December 2009 in a league match, scoring the equaliser against Lorient. Marseille went on to win the match 2–1.[4] Ayew scored his second goal against Nice at the Stade Vélodrome on 27 April 2011 in a match which saw his elder brother André Ayew score a hat-trick. On 1 November 2011, Jordan and André both started a UEFA Champions League match for the first time against Premier League giants Arsenal.

On 6 January 2014, he joined Ligue 1 rivals Sochaux on a loan deal until the end of the 2013–14 season.[5]

Lorient

On 28 July 2014, Ayew signed a four-year contract with Lorient.[6] Ayew explained the style and quality of play that Lorient proposed was the reason behind the decision.

Aston Villa

On 27 July 2015, Ayew joined Aston Villa on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £8 million.[7][8] He scored his first goal for the club on 24 October 2015 against his elder brother's club, Swansea City, in the 62nd minute.[9] Aston Villa were relegated at the end of the 2015–16 season, winning only 17 points, but Ayew did end the season as their top scorer, albeit with just seven goals.

Swansea City

2016–17 season

Ayew playing for Swansea in 2017

On 31 January 2017, Jordan Ayew joined Swansea City until the end of the 2019–20 season in exchange for Welsh International defender Neil Taylor, plus a fee from Swansea that can rise to £5 million if undisclosed future conditions are met.[10] Jordan's elder brother was a Swansea City player during the 2015–16 season and later joined him in the winter transfer window of 2018.[11] On 12 February 2017, he made his debut in a 2–0 victory over Leicester City after coming on in the 72nd minute for Fernando Llorente.[12][13] In the final match of the season, Ayew scored his debut goal for Swansea by scoring the first goal, an equalizer which led to a their 2–1 comeback victory over West Bromwich Albion.[14][15] He played a key role in helping them survive the league and avoid relegation by playing 14 matches, starting nine of those, scoring a goal and assisting three goals.[16]

2017–18 season

On 22 August 2017, Ayew put up a man of the match performance by scoring a 20-yard strike goal and assisting another for Tammy Abraham's debut goal in Swansea's EFL Cup match against MK Dons.[17][18] His goal 20-yard effort was described by news outlet BBC as a tremendous strike.[18] Ayew scored his first goal in the 2017–18 season, on 26 August 2017, to help The Swans to a 2–0 victory over his future club Crystal Palace.[19] On 17 January 2018, he scored the opening goal in the Swans' 2–1 FA Cup replay match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.[20]

At the end of his second season, his only full season with the club, he played 44 matches in all competition and scored 11 goals with 7 coming in the league. He finished the season as the club's top goal scorer and was voted the Players' Player of the season.[21] His solo goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers scored on 17 January 2018 in the FA Cup won the club's goal of the season award.[22] Despite his performance over the season, Swansea was relegated to the championship. This made it the fourth time he had ended as a club's top goal scorer but the club still getting relegated at the end of the season.[23]

Crystal Palace

2018–19 season

On transfer deadline day in August 2018, Ayew joined Crystal Palace on loan for the 2018–19 season.[24] He made his debut on 1 September 2018, starting in Palace's 2–0 loss to Southampton. On 15 September, he put on an impressive performance against Huddersfield, providing the assist to Wilfried Zaha's goal to earn Palace a 1–0 victory.[25] He was praised for his pressing, hold up play which helped in bringing others into play and allowing the other attackers the opportunity to create chances.[25]

Ayew (9) playing for Crystal Palace against Manchester United in 2021

On 2 January 2019, he scored his first league goal for Palace by scoring the opening goal in their 2–0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.[26] Three days after, Ayew came on in the 68th minute for Jairo Riedewald to score a late winner (in the 86th minute) against Grimsby Town in the FA Cup.[27]

2019–20 season

On 25 July 2019, Ayew made the move permanent with a £2.5m transfer from Swansea City on a three-year deal.[28] Ayew scored his first goal of the season on 24 August 2019 against Manchester United at Old Trafford, netting the opener in the first half against the run of play, latching on to Jeffrey Schlupp's flick-on as Crystal Palace secured an historic 2–1 victory.[29]

On Boxing Day 2019, Ayew scored the match winner in stoppage time as Crystal Palace came from behind to defeat West Ham 2–1.[30] It was Ayew's 21st goal in the Premier League with 20 having been scored in the second half (95%) - the highest such ratio of any player with 20+ goals in the competition's history.[31] At the end of the season, He became the highest goalscorer for Crystal Palace with 9 goals, and won the Crystal Palace Player of the season, Players' Player of the season and Goal of the season awards.[32][33]

In June 2022, Ayew signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2023.[34]

International career

Ayew (left) playing for Ghana at the 2021 African Cup of Nations

Ayew made his first senior appearance for Ghana on 5 September 2010, in a 3–0 2012 AFCON Qualification match win against Swaziland, at the Somhlolo National Stadium in Lobamba, Swaziland.[35][36] On 1 June 2012, Ayew scored his first and second international goals in a 2014 World Cup qualification match win against Lesotho, at the Kumasi Sports Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana.[37] In December 2011, Ayew was named to the Ghana national team provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations,[38] and in January 2012 he was selected for the tournament's 23-man squad.[39]

In June 2014, he was included in the Ghanaian squad for the 2014 World Cup. In Ghana's last warm-up match before the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil on 9 June 2014, Ayew came on as a first-half substitute for the injured Majeed Waris and ended up scoring a hat-trick in a 4–0 victory over South Korea.[40][41]

Jordan Ayew was part of the Ghanaian team in 2015 Africa Cup of Nations which took place in Equatorial Guinea that took a silver medal as result of losing out to Ivory Coast on a penalty shoot-out whom they clinch the African Cup, which occurred on 8 February 2015.

He was part of the Ghanaian team in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that was eliminated at the group stage of the competition.[42][43]

Personal life

Ayew is the son of Maha Ayew and Abedi Pele. His maternal grandfather, Alhaji A.A. Khadir,[44] is Lebanese.[45] His father, uncles Kwame and Sola, and brothers André and Ibrahim are all current or former professional footballers as well as a sister, Imani. Ayew is a practising Muslim.[46] He is married to Denise Acquah and they have two children.[47]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2022[48]
Club Season League Cup[a] Europe[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Marseille 2009–10 Ligue 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
2010–11 22 2 4 0 3 0 29 2
2011–12 34 3 5 4 6 0 45 7
2012–13 35 7 3 0 9 3 47 10
2013–14 16 1 1 0 5 1 22 2
Total 111 14 13 4 23 4 147 22
Sochaux (loan) 2013–14 Ligue 1 17 5 1 0 — 18 5
Lorient 2014–15 Ligue 1 31 12 2 1 — 33 13
Aston Villa 2015–16 Premier League 30 7 6 0 — 36 7
2016–17 Championship 21 2 1 1 — 22 3
Total 51 9 7 1 — 58 10
Swansea City 2016–17 Premier League 14 1 0 0 — 14 1
2017–18 36 7 8 4 — 44 11
Total 50 8 8 4 — 58 12
Crystal Palace (loan) 2018–19 Premier League 20 1 5 1 — 25 2
Crystal Palace 2019–20 Premier League 37 9 2 0 — 39 9
2020–21 33 1 2 0 — 35 1
2021–22 31 3 3 0 — 34 3
2022–23 14 0 2 0 — 16 0
Total 135 14 14 1 — 149 15
Career total 395 62 45 11 23 4 463 77
  1. ^ Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions (France), FA Cup and EFL Cup (England)
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 28 November 2022[49][50]
National team Year Apps Goals
Ghana 2010 2 0
2011 1 0
2012 7 2
2013 0 0
2014 11 3
2015 14 5
2016 7 1
2017 8 1
2018 1 2
2019 10 3
2020 4 0
2021 8 1
2022 13 1
Total 86 19
Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ayew goal.[49]
List of international goals scored by Jordan Ayew
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 June 2012 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  Lesotho 3–0 7–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 6–0
3. 9 June 2014 Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States  South Korea 1–0 4–0 Friendly
4. 3–0
5. 4–0
6. 5 February 2015 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Equatorial Guinea 1–0 3–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
7. 14 June 2015 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Mauritius 2–0 7–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8. 5–1
9. 1 September 2015 Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville, Congo  Congo 3–2 3–2 Friendly
10. 17 November 2015 Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana  Comoros 2–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11. 24 March 2016 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Mozambique 3–0 3–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12. 29 January 2017 Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon  DR Congo 1–0 2–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
13. 18 November 2018 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  Ethiopia 1–0 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
14. 2–0
15. 25 June 2019 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt  Benin 2–1 2–2 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
16. 2 July 2019 Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt  Guinea-Bissau 1–0 2–0
17. 18 November 2019 Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe  São Tomé and Príncipe 1–0 1–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
18. 28 March 2021 Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana 2–0 3–1
19. 10 June 2022 Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan  Japan 1–1 1–4 2022 Kirin Cup

Honours

Ayew celebrating the 2011 Trophée des Champions with Marseille

Marseille

Ghana

Individual

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