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Goal.com World Player Of The Week: Didier Drogba - Chelsea & Cote D'Ivoire
Join Goal.com in saluting another global player worthy of recognition...
Aug 16, 2010 12:43:00 PM
Welcome to Goal.com's regular feature: Goal.com World Player of the Week. Each week our worldwide team of editors will put forward a selected candidate, as chosen by Goal.com International, who deserves recognition for achieving something special that matchday. It won't necessarily be the best player in the world - at least not usually - but whoever we nominate will have done something amazing. It might be for a particularly awesome performance or for something praiseworthy off the pitch - either way, the person in question deserves special attention...
Goal.com World Player of the Week #65: Didier Drogba
Club: Chelsea
Country: Cote D'Ivoire
Age: 32
Role: Forward
Achievement: Hat-trick on opening day of season
Didier Drogba claimed recently that he is fully fit for the first time in six seasons following surgery on his injured groin.
It may have been an exaggeration on the part of the Ivorian but there can be no denying that he played with an added spring in his step against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
The forward, top scorer in the Premier League last season, picked up where he left off against Wigan in May; another home fixture, another three goals.
A free-kick, a poached effort and a deflected long ranger brought up three Chelsea goals; Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard stretched the margin to six.
Carlo Ancelotti's team displayed no mercy to their recently promoted opponents and sent out an ominous warning to their title rivals with a comprehensive victory.
Possessed of Drogba, one of the world's foremost marksmen, the Pensioners are looking every inch the title favourites.
See highlights of Chelsea's Drogba-inspired victory here.
Congratulations to Didier, Goal.com's 65th World Player of the Week!
Honourable Mentions
Marlon Harewood - Blackpool
He has been a Blackpool player for less than a week but still managed to score twice as the newly-promoted Tangerines powered past a listless Wigan in the Premier League.
Welliton - Spartak Moscow
The Meat rediscovered their Spark with a 3-2 derby win over Lokomotiv. Their cause was in no small part helped by the Brazilian Welliton, who scored a hat-trick.
Frederic Kanoute - Sevilla
The former African footballer of the year came off the bench to score twice and allow his club to move two goals clear of Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. His feat was made all the more remarkable as he is currently engaged in Ramadan.
Ola Toivonen - PSV
The Swede's scoring exploits continue unabated; it's now five goals in two matches for Toivonen after a weekend hat-trick against De Graafschap.
Keiji Tamada - Nagoya Grampus
Scored the goals to lift his side into first place in the J-League table for the first time this season with a brace against Urawa Reds.
Mohamed Khoutir Ziti - JS Kabylie
Former African champions JS Kabylie registered a 1-0 victory over Egypt's Al Ahly in their Group B CAF Champions League clash on Sunday in Tizi Ouzou thanks to a strike from defender Mohamed Khoutir-Ziti on 24 minutes as JSK maintained their 100 per cent run in the competition with a place in the last four in sight.
Claudio Yacob - Racing Club
He hasn't always been the most popular player with the La Academia fans, but the midfielder performed superbly against Boca Juniors' international counterparts Sebastian Battaglia and Gary Medel and scored the opener on the way to a famous 2-1 victory at the Bombonera.
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Goal.com World Player of the Week #65: Didier Drogba
Club: Chelsea
Country: Cote D'Ivoire
Age: 32
Role: Forward
Achievement: Hat-trick on opening day of season
Didier Drogba claimed recently that he is fully fit for the first time in six seasons following surgery on his injured groin.
It may have been an exaggeration on the part of the Ivorian but there can be no denying that he played with an added spring in his step against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
The forward, top scorer in the Premier League last season, picked up where he left off against Wigan in May; another home fixture, another three goals.
A free-kick, a poached effort and a deflected long ranger brought up three Chelsea goals; Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard stretched the margin to six.
Carlo Ancelotti's team displayed no mercy to their recently promoted opponents and sent out an ominous warning to their title rivals with a comprehensive victory.
Possessed of Drogba, one of the world's foremost marksmen, the Pensioners are looking every inch the title favourites.
See highlights of Chelsea's Drogba-inspired victory here.
Congratulations to Didier, Goal.com's 65th World Player of the Week!
Honourable Mentions
Marlon Harewood - Blackpool
He has been a Blackpool player for less than a week but still managed to score twice as the newly-promoted Tangerines powered past a listless Wigan in the Premier League.
Welliton - Spartak Moscow
The Meat rediscovered their Spark with a 3-2 derby win over Lokomotiv. Their cause was in no small part helped by the Brazilian Welliton, who scored a hat-trick.
Frederic Kanoute - Sevilla
The former African footballer of the year came off the bench to score twice and allow his club to move two goals clear of Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. His feat was made all the more remarkable as he is currently engaged in Ramadan.
Ola Toivonen - PSV
The Swede's scoring exploits continue unabated; it's now five goals in two matches for Toivonen after a weekend hat-trick against De Graafschap.
Keiji Tamada - Nagoya Grampus
Scored the goals to lift his side into first place in the J-League table for the first time this season with a brace against Urawa Reds.
Mohamed Khoutir Ziti - JS Kabylie
Former African champions JS Kabylie registered a 1-0 victory over Egypt's Al Ahly in their Group B CAF Champions League clash on Sunday in Tizi Ouzou thanks to a strike from defender Mohamed Khoutir-Ziti on 24 minutes as JSK maintained their 100 per cent run in the competition with a place in the last four in sight.
Claudio Yacob - Racing Club
He hasn't always been the most popular player with the La Academia fans, but the midfielder performed superbly against Boca Juniors' international counterparts Sebastian Battaglia and Gary Medel and scored the opener on the way to a famous 2-1 victory at the Bombonera.
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