didier drogba scored 104 goals for chelsea fc.
didier drogba scored 104 goals for chelsea fc.
how many goals did didier drogba scored for chelsea fc?
104
signing for chelsea in july 2004 for £24 million, drogba scored in his third game for the club with a header against crystal palace. his season was interrupted when he pulled a stomach muscle against liverpool which kept him out of action for over two months. chelsea won the premier league, only their second english top-flight championship and their first in 50 years, and the league cup. later, drogba scored in extra time in a 3–2 final win against liverpool at the millennium stadium, as well as reaching the semi-finals of the champions league. drogba scored a somewhat disappointing 16 goals in a total of 40 games for chelsea in his first season: ten in the premier league, five in the champions league and one in the league cup final.
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upon the temporary appointment of guus hiddink in early february following the sacking of scolari, drogba enjoyed a rejuvenation of sorts, returning to his goal-scoring form with four goals in five games after the new manager took over. his revival in form saw him net twice against bolton wanderers, and four times in four champions league matches, one in each leg of the last sixteen and quarter-final of the competition against juventus and liverpool respectively, with these goals ensuring chelsea's passage into the semi-finals. just four days after his champions league games, drogba scored a late goal in the fa cup semi-final match against arsenal after frank lampard's pass found drogba and he carefully rounded arsenal goalkeeper łukasz fabiański before passing the ball into arsenal's empty net. drogba also caused controversy after chelsea's champions league semi-final defeat at the hands of barcelona. feeling that many decisions had gone against chelsea, substituted drogba confronted referee tom henning øvrebø after the final whistle. he received a yellow card in the process and was recorded shouting "it's a fucking disgrace" into a live television camera. on 17 june 2009, uefa subsequently handed him a six-game european ban with the final two games suspended. the ban then was reduced by one match after an appeal by chelsea. in the 2009 fa cup final, drogba scored chelsea's first and equalising goal as they went on to win 2–1. this was his sixth goal in a major cup final in england. although drogba had previously expressed his desire to switch clubs, he decided to remain with the blues under new coach carlo ancelotti and signed a new contract.
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