But having clashed with his own team-mate at the start of the year, he ended it with a suspension after being sent off in a draw with Liverpool for a foul on Alvaro Arbeloa. It was his second bookable offence of the game and so incurred a one-match ban, served on Boxing Day as the Gunners squandered a two-goal lead at Aston Villa.
It was also the second red card of his Arsenal career, as he'd been sent off in the Carling Cup final following a fracas towards the end of the defeat that embroiled both Chelsea and Arsenal players. He was awarded the BBC African Footballer of the Year accolade for his performances in , and was short-listed for the gong. He was also a nominee for the African Player of the Year, having scooped the Togo Footballer of the Year award for the fourth successive year in But his relationship with his country's football federation remains volatile.
He had opted to play for Togo despite being eligible for Nigeria, and underlined his value to the team by helping Togo qualify for the African Cup of Nations with eleven goals in the qualifiers. Yet he is a fierce critic of the way the country's governing body conducts itself. He temporarily retired from the national team in the autumn, blaming his decision on the Togo Football Federation's alleged lack of professionalism that saw officials leaving the players with hefty hotel bills to pay.
The striker missed September's World Cup qualifying defeat in Zambia, with Togo's sports minister Antoine Folly saying Adebayor had refused to fly to Zambia without the president, delaying the entire team by a day before they eventually departed without the Arsenal striker. But Ade returned to score four goals in a win over Swaziland in October, which certainly helped reinforce his point.
Integral to Togo's efforts to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa, he explained in an Arsenal match programme that he rescinded his retirement after a personal call from the federation's president. The president and everyone else now understand how to treat the players and make sure that we're in the right condition to have a great game. He missed a decent chance to score before Gallas got the winning goal in a win; but his performance, after that one-match ban, was typically hard-working.
Buying very expensive cars as his fans know. Adebayor could be very loosed and clumsy. He once came on a BBC's coverage of Japan vs Cameroon football match without remembering to shut down or put his phone on silent while on air. His mother is from a neighboring town called Ekusa. Emmanuel has three brothers and three sisters. He is closest to one of his sisters, Iyabo.
His younger brother's name is Rotimi Adebayor. The remaining two sisters are Lucia Adebayor sister , Maggie Adebayor sister. Peter Adebayor is his late brother. The big news from the British media once depicts Adebayo ostracising his mother, Alice, and accusing her of some kind of witchcraft that has affected his scoring prowess. The world was shocked but it was no shame to this man who has played for Arsenal, Manchester City, Real Madrid, and now Tottenham and who, going by his age, should naturally be waning in his marksmanship.
And he accused her publicly. He had netted two goals in 12 outings for Tottenham before he went gaga with his accusation. Adebayor is married and has a daughter named Kendra born June In his infancy, Adebayor and his family lived in an apartment with problems. Adebayor used to wake up at night and gather water in buckets, as they did not have electricity or bathrooms, and that to shower themselves, they would even go to the beach.
Togolese footballer and Tottenham Hotspur forward Emmanuel Adebayor usually keeps his private life private, and much is not known about his wife named Charity Adebayor. He only attends high-profile events mostly in Europe with her. Adebayor and Charity have a daughter whom they named Kendra Adebayor. She was born in June Kendra in celebrated her third birthday in a grand style her millionaire father had to put up the best party for her.
Adebayor has spoken about his religion, saying, "Everything I do in life I put in the hands of God, my creator. He gave me the chance to be where I am today and He's the one that can take it all away from me.
There is nothing more important for me than God. His mother took young Adebayor around Africa looking for a cure. Adebayor then spoke about his "miracle" saying, "I was in the church laying down and, around nine or ten o'clock on a Sunday morning, I could hear children playing outside.
And the first person to stand up and run was me because I wanted to get that ball. Adebayor is a strong donor to his native country in Africa as he pays back to the society.
On 5 May , Adebayor made a lengthy post on his public Facebook page describing his family troubles. These troubles included several relatives asking for large amounts of money, his sister renting out a house he had bought for her without him knowing, and complications surrounding the death of his brother Peter. In July , Adebayor stated in an interview regarding his family issues that his late brother had sent an official letter to Real Madrid asking them to not keep Adebayor on after his loan spell.
He was given the nickname "Baby Kanu" due to his resemblance to former Arsenal star Nwankwo Kanu, whom Adebayor had idolized as a youth. On 4 February , Adebayor made his Arsenal debut in a Premier League match at Birmingham City and scored after 21 minutes, with Arsenal winning 2—0.
On 28 April, Adebayor scored his second hat-trick for Arsenal after coming off the bench at halftime in a 6—2 victory against Derby County, making him the only player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick home and away against the same side in the same season. Adebayor's second goal against Tottenham won Match of the Day's Goal of the Season competition for the —08 season. On 25 January , Adebayor signed a loan deal to play for Real Madrid for the remainder of the —11 season.
The game ended 2—0 with an aggregate score of 3—0. The game ended 4—1 and Adebayor scored the last goal within the last 3 minutes of the game. Adebayor added two goals to his European tally for Madrid with goals against Tottenham Hotspur in a 4—0 win on 5 April He won his first winner's medal at Real Madrid on 20 April, coming on as a second-half substitute in his side's 1—0 win over Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final. On 25 August , Tottenham Hotspur signed Adebayor on a season-long loan.
On 10 September , Adebayor scored on his debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 67th minute. On 18 September , he scored twice on his home debut in a 4—0 win against Liverpool, his second strike marking the th league goal of his senior career.
Adebayor also provided the assist for Rafael van der Vaart's goal in their 2—1 North London derby win against former club Arsenal on 2 October.
He scored his fourth and fifth goal for Tottenham in their 2—0 win against Aston Villa on 21 November, the first with an overhead kick and the second after a mistake from Villa defender James Collins. He scored another two goals in Tottenham's 3—1 win over West Bromwich Albion. Later on, Adebayor went on to score a further two goals — one a penalty at Stoke City, and one in a derby against Chelsea where the score ended 1—1.
Adebayor in action for Tottenham Hotspur in November He scored a goal on 8 May against Chelsea in a 2—2 draw from outside the penalty box to bring the game level to 1—1. He then scored the winning goal on the following Sunday 12 May to give Tottenham a 2—1 win at Stoke City on a cross from Clint Dempsey in the 83rd minute. He ended the season as Spurs' top goalscorer with 14 goals from 25 appearances after scoring in their final Premier League match on 11 May , a 3—0 defeat of Aston Villa at White Hart Lane.
He was released from his Tottenham contract by mutual consent on 13 September The Gabon international hit the ground running and scored 10 times in his first half-season. He has since followed that up with another 22 in his debut full campaign for a share in the Premier League Golden Boot.
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