Occupation: Soccer Player Birth: June 18, 1989
[Didier] Drogba sent me a text message after I won the African Player of the Year award. It made me very happy..
The moment my name was called [Africa's Footballer of the Year] was truly overwhelming and I was about to scream with joy..
Few years ago I did 30m in 3.7 seconds. Whether that makes me quicker than [Usain] Bolt, I don't know! We all know Usain is the best..
At Milan when I was younger, I worked a lot on the leg press because I'd lost a bit of my natural speed as my body was changing. I was growing too fa….
Last season I scored 27 goals but still lost out against Robert Lewandowski. This season has started very well for me, but again I have some tough op….
With [Samuel] Eto'o, I talked a lot about his great career and how I could become a better player..
My mother used to have a shop in which she offered very colorful clothes. I liked that from my early days on..
Achieving Champions League football is the minimum requirement and always the most important thing for [Dortmund Borussia] club. Beyond that, we want….
Only Bayern Munich really have some sort of a guarantee to win if they only catch a good day. All the others need really good days to win. I like tha….
First and foremost, we have to focus on what we're doing and not worry about what Bayern - or any other clubs - are doing..
I want to score goals in every match, as many as possible..
In football you never know, but generally speaking, I feel more than comfortable here [in Borussia Dortmund]. There' s no place on earth I'd rather b….
At the same time the players around me almost make it an automatism to score goals. We have so much quality and speed on the pitch - the genius of pl….
I've worked really hard on getting into the box more and being closer to the goal, which I think has brought real benefits to my game. It's definitel….
I try to stay as young as these rookies are.It feels a bit strange not to be anymore the youngster I used to be. But I'm okay with it. Mostly, I enjo….
Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto'o, two fantastic African footballers. So successful. And very nice characters as well. I got the luck to know them perso….
Before I arrived here [ Borussia Dortmund], a lot of people were questioning about whether I could ever play as a striker, that I was a guy who could….
There have been miraculous stories in the history of big football events all around the globe, with host nations achieving fantastic results and even….
The mentality of coaches and players alike [in Bundesliga]. It's all about winning..
There are a lot of things to like about [Borussia Dortmund's fans] and the city of Dortmund as a whole.I like their honesty. And I like that my famil….
I was always sure the Bundesliga was the right choice for me. My first season was solid, if unspectacular, so maybe I would have preferred it not to ….