Pierre Emerick Obama: the career of a Gabonese football player

Pierre Emerick Obama is a footballer from Gabon (hasdual citizenship - Gabonese and French), playing the position of striker in the German club "Borussia Dortmund" and the national team of Gabon. The striker is known for his speed, he is one of the fastest players (takes the fifth position in the world). He runs a 30-meter distance in 3.7 seconds. Obama is also able to play the position of the right and left winger. AT Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund performs under the 17th number on the T-shirt. The growth of the player is 187 centimeters, weight - 80 kilograms.

Biography

Pierre Amerik Obama was born on June 18 in 1989in the city of Laval (department of Mayen), France. He is a pupil of the Italian "Milan". During the youth career he played for a lot of French clubs - Lavallois, Le Havre, Toulouse, Nice, Rouen and Bastia. In addition to the above, he also played in the youth club of the Colombian club Atletico Junior.

Professional football career started in"Milan" in the year 2008. However, the Rossoneri did not play any official match, because almost immediately was leased to Dijon, where he spent one season. Between 2009 and 2011, he played the season in the rental of Lille and Monaco, respectively.

Career in the club "Saint-Etienne"

December 22, 2011 Pierre Emerick Obama concluded an agreement with the French club Saint-Étienne. As part of the "green" quickly hit the mainThe composition, which later became a key player in the attack. In February 2012, marked the debut hat-trick in his career at the gate of "Lorient". In the first season for Saint-Étienne Gabon became the best goleodorom of the club, scoring 16goals (fourth position in League 1). In the season 2012/2013 Obama was the second scorer in the French championship (19 goals), giving way to the legendary Swedish striker from the "PSG" Zlatan Ibrahimovic (30 goals). In the same season, the team won the Coupe de la Ligue française. In the end, he played 97 games in the "green" team and scored 41 goals.

Progressive career in the German club "Borussia Dortmund"

Pierre Emerick Obama Obama signed a five-year contractwith "Borussia" on July 4, 2013. The debut on the field took place on July 27, 2013 in a principled match against Bayern München (replaced Yakub Blaszczykowski in the middle of the second half). August 10, 2013 Obama made his first hat-trick in the "Bumblebee" in the gates Augsburg. November 27 of the same year marked the debut goal in the group stage of the Champions League at the gates of "Napoli".

The debut season for "Borussia Dortmund" was marked by the won trophy - the team became the owner DFL-Supercup. The following year, this title was again in the hands of"Black and yellow". In 2017, Obama won the Cup of Germany. As a result, he played 203 games for "black and yellow" and scored 135 goals (approximate figures at the time of autumn 2017).

Performances at the international level: the best player of the Gabon national team

In 2009, Obama made a part in the youth team of France to 21 years. For the "roosters" played one match against Tunisia.

On March 25, 2009, Obama made his firsta match for the national team against Morocco. Here he was marked by a goal, and his team won with a score of 3: 2. In 2012, Obama was a key player in the line of attack in the national team. In the same year the team reached 1/4 of the African Cup.

June 15, 2013 marked the first hat-trick at the international level, all goals fell at the gates of Nigeria. To date, he played in the national team of 56 matches and scored 23 goals.