Didier Drogba is a soccer player.
Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . Chelsea Football Club ( [ ˈtʃɛlsiː ] ) is an English professional football club based in Fulham , London , that competes in the Premier League , of which they are reigning champions . 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 . The Ivory Coast national football team ( Équipe de Côte d'Ivoire de football ) , nicknamed Les Éléphants ( The Elephants ) , represents Ivory Coast in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football ( FIF ) .