Didier Drogba
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Didier Drogba is a retired Ivorian footballer renowned as one of Africa’s greatest strikers, best known for his prolific spell at Chelsea FC and his influential humanitarian work.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Didier Drogba canonical | 15 |
| Didier Yves Drogba Tébily | 1 |
| Drogba | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1306662 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Didier Drogba Context triple: [UEFA President’s Award, hasRecipient, Didier Drogba]
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A.
Jay-Jay Okocha
Jay-Jay Okocha is a retired Nigerian attacking midfielder renowned for his exceptional dribbling skills, creativity, and flair, widely regarded as one of Africa’s greatest footballers.
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B.
Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry is a legendary French footballer and prolific forward best known for his starring roles at Arsenal and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
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C.
Darlington Nagbe
Darlington Nagbe is a Liberian-American professional soccer midfielder known for his technical skill, composure on the ball, and success in Major League Soccer and with the U.S. national team.
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D.
Patrick Vieira
Patrick Vieira is a French former professional footballer and World Cup winner best known as a dominant, combative midfielder and long-time captain of Arsenal during their highly successful late-1990s and early-2000s era.
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E.
Obafemi Martins
Obafemi Martins is a Nigerian professional footballer known for his explosive pace, acrobatic goal celebrations, and prolific scoring spells in Europe and Major League Soccer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Didier Drogba Target entity description: Didier Drogba is a retired Ivorian footballer renowned as one of Africa’s greatest strikers, best known for his prolific spell at Chelsea FC and his influential humanitarian work.
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A.
Jay-Jay Okocha
Jay-Jay Okocha is a retired Nigerian attacking midfielder renowned for his exceptional dribbling skills, creativity, and flair, widely regarded as one of Africa’s greatest footballers.
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B.
Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry is a legendary French footballer and prolific forward best known for his starring roles at Arsenal and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
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C.
Darlington Nagbe
Darlington Nagbe is a Liberian-American professional soccer midfielder known for his technical skill, composure on the ball, and success in Major League Soccer and with the U.S. national team.
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D.
Patrick Vieira
Patrick Vieira is a French former professional footballer and World Cup winner best known as a dominant, combative midfielder and long-time captain of Arsenal during their highly successful late-1990s and early-2000s era.
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E.
Obafemi Martins
Obafemi Martins is a Nigerian professional footballer known for his explosive pace, acrobatic goal celebrations, and prolific scoring spells in Europe and Major League Soccer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
association football player
ⓘ
human ⓘ humanitarian ⓘ striker ⓘ |
| appearancesForChelsea | 341 ⓘ |
| capsForNationalTeam | 105 ⓘ |
| captained |
Côte d'Ivoire national football team
ⓘ
surface form:
Ivory Coast national football team
|
| countryOfBirth |
Côte d'Ivoire
ⓘ
surface form:
Côte d’Ivoire
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Côte d'Ivoire
ⓘ
surface form:
Côte d’Ivoire
|
| dateOfBirth | 1978-03-11 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Didier Drogba
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Drogba
|
| founded | Didier Drogba Foundation ⓘ |
| fullName |
Didier Drogba
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Didier Yves Drogba Tébily
|
| givenName | Didier ⓘ |
| goalsForChelsea | 157 ⓘ |
| goalsForNationalTeam | 65 ⓘ |
| height | 1.89 m ⓘ |
| helpedEnd | Ivorian civil war ceasefire negotiations 2005 ⓘ |
| individualAward |
African Footballer of the Year
ⓘ
surface form:
African Footballer of the Year 2006
African Footballer of the Year ⓘ
surface form:
African Footballer of the Year 2009
Premier League Golden Boot ⓘ
surface form:
Premier League Golden Boot 2006–07
Premier League Golden Boot ⓘ
surface form:
Premier League Golden Boot 2009–10
|
| isAllTimeTopScorerOf |
Côte d'Ivoire national football team
ⓘ
surface form:
Ivory Coast national football team
|
| knownFor |
decisive goals in cup finals
ⓘ
physical strength and aerial ability ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| nationalTeam |
Côte d'Ivoire national football team
ⓘ
surface form:
Ivory Coast national football team
|
| placeOfBirth | Abidjan ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Chelsea F.C.
ⓘ
surface form:
Chelsea FC
EA Guingamp ⓘ Galatasaray SK ⓘ Le Mans FC ⓘ
surface form:
Le Mans UC 72
Montreal Impact ⓘ Olympique de Marseille ⓘ Phoenix Rising FC ⓘ Shanghai Shenhua F.C. ⓘ
surface form:
Shanghai Shenhua
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| positionPlayed | centre forward ⓘ |
| retiredFromInternationalFootball | 2014 ⓘ |
| retiredFromProfessionalFootball | 2018 ⓘ |
| shirtNumberAtChelsea | 11 ⓘ |
| UNRole |
UN Goodwill Ambassador
ⓘ
surface form:
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
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| wonCompetition |
FA Cup
ⓘ
surface form:
FA Cup 2006–07
FA Cup 2008–09 with Chelsea ⓘ
surface form:
FA Cup 2008–09
FA Cup 2009–10 with Chelsea ⓘ
surface form:
FA Cup 2009–10
FA Cup ⓘ
surface form:
FA Cup 2011–12
Football League Cup 2004–05 ⓘ Football League Cup 2006–07 ⓘ Premier League 2004–05 ⓘ Premier League 2005–06 ⓘ Premier League 2009–10 ⓘ Premier League 2014–15 with Chelsea ⓘ
surface form:
Premier League 2014–15
Süper Lig ⓘ
surface form:
Turkish Süper Lig 2012–13
2012 UEFA Champions League Final ⓘ
surface form:
UEFA Champions League 2011–12
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| yearsActiveClub | 1998–2018 ⓘ |
| yearsActiveNationalTeam | 2002–2014 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Didier Drogba Description of subject: Didier Drogba is a retired Ivorian footballer renowned as one of Africa’s greatest strikers, best known for his prolific spell at Chelsea FC and his influential humanitarian work.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Didier Yves Drogba Tébily
this entity surface form:
Drogba