Didier Drogba is a soccer player.
The African Footballer of the Year award , presented to the best African footballer each year , has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) since 1992 . Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . Didier Yves Drogba Tébily ( [ didje dʁɔɡba ] ; born 11 March 1978 ) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for American club Phoenix Rising FC .