Premier League fans are used to seeing African players playing for their clubs. With some performing so well that they became club legends. While others have scored so many goals that they are the all-time top scorers in England. Today, we take สมัคร ufabet a look at the 5 players from the “Black Continent”. Who have scored the most goals in the English Premier League…
5. Emmanuel Adebayor
The former Togo striker has Arsenal fans in two moods: love and hate. After moving from Monaco to the Gunners in 2005, Adebayor enjoyed a remarkable four-year spell at the club under Arsene Wenger.
In 2009, Adebayor left Arsenal to join Manchester City, much to the chagrin of the Gunners faithful. He spent two seasons with the Citizens before moving to Real Madrid.
However, Adebayor failed to make an impact and returned to England with Tottenham Hotspur, followed by Crystal Palace, before spells at Istanbul Basaksehir, Kayserispor, Olympia and finally AC Semassi, who retired in 2023. Adebayor made 242 appearances
in the Premier League for three clubs, scoring 97 goals.
4. Yakubu Ayegbeni
The former Nigerian striker is one of the longest-serving players in English football and is considered a tactician who has played for many clubs, including Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers, Reading and Coventry. Yakubu is a strong striker who
can clash with defenders in the Premier League with no weakness. He is also someone who does not waste chances. Unfortunately, throughout his career, he did not have the opportunity to play for a top club. Yakubu
announced his retirement in 2017 at the age of 35. In 2017, he left a record of playing in 266 Premier League games, scoring 102 goals.
3. Didier Drogba
Legendary striker for the Ivory Coast and Chelsea , Drogba moved from Marseille to Stamford Bridge under Jose Mourinho and led the club to great success between 2004 and 2012.
After that, Drogba left Chelsea to play for Shanghai Shenhua, Galatasaray and returned to Chelsea again in 2014-2015 before moving to Montreal Impact and retiring with Phoenix Rising in 2018. During his
two spells with Chelsea, the former striker scored 104 goals in 254 Premier League games.
2. Sadio Mane
The Senegalese winger began his career with Metz in France before moving to Red Bull Salzburg between 2012 and 2014 to develop his skills. He then moved across the Premier League to Southampton, where he enjoyed a breakthrough campaign.
In 2016, Klopp signed Mane from Southampton for £34m and he has become a key figure in the Reds’ attacking options, making 263 appearances for the two clubs, scoring 111 goals between them. After enjoying a
breakthrough at Liverpool in the summer of 2022, Mane joined Bayern Munich before making a move to the Middle East to join Saudi Arabian Pro League side Al Nassr.
1. Mohamed Salah
After making his name with FC Basel in Switzerland, Salah attracted interest from both Chelsea and Liverpool , but eventually became a “Blue Lion” under the management of former Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, who paid 11 million pounds to acquire him to join the team in 2014.
However, Salah could not hold down a regular position in the Chelsea team, having played in only 13 Premier League games, scoring 2 goals, before being loaned out to Fiorentina and Roma. In 2016, the “Yellow-Red Wolves” paid 15 million pounds to sign the Egyptian national
team attacker permanently. He impressed for Roma, prompting Liverpool, under manager Jurgen Klopp, to splash out £43m to bring him to Anfield in 2017, and it has become one of the best pieces of business in the club’s history.
Salah has been a key player up front for Liverpool for seven consecutive seasons, making a total of 263 Premier League appearances for the Reds and Chelsea, scoring 157 goals, and it looks like the record is set to continue.