Jordan Pierre Ayew ( hold 11 September 1991 ) is a ghanaian professional football player who plays as a forward for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Ghana home team. He is the son of erstwhile Ghana captain Abedi Pele and brother of mate player André Ayew .
Club career [edit ]
Marseille [edit ]
Ayew joined Marseille as a trainee in 2006. He signed a three-year professional contract with Marseille in 2009. Jordan Ayew made his debut for the elder team on 16 December 2009 in a league equal, scoring the counterweight against Lorient. Marseille went on to win the catch 2–1. [ 4 ] Ayew scored his second goal against Nice at the Stade Vélodrome on 27 April 2011 in a match which saw his elder brother André Ayew score a hat-trick. On 1 November 2011, Jordan and André both started a UEFA Champions League couple for the first time against Premier League outfit Arsenal.
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On 6 January 2014, he joined Ligue 1 rivals Sochaux on a loan hand until the end of the 2013–14 season. [ 5 ]
Lorient [edit ]
On 28 July 2014, Ayew signed a four-year contract with Lorient. [ 6 ] Ayew explained the style and timbre of act that Lorient proposed was the argue behind the decisiveness .
Aston Villa [edit ]
On 27 July 2015, Ayew joined Aston Villa on a five-year deal for an undisclosed tip, reported to be in the region of £8 million. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] He scored his first gear goal for the cabaret on 24 October 2015 against his elder brother ‘s club, Swansea City, in the 62nd minute. [ 9 ] Aston Villa were relegated at the end of the 2015–16 season, winning only 17 points, but Ayew did end the season as their clear scorer, albeit with merely seven goals .
Swansea City [edit ]
On 31 January 2017, Jordan Ayew joined Swansea City until the end of the 2019–20 season in exchange for Welsh International defender Neil Taylor, plus a fee from Swansea that can rise to £5 million if undisclosed future conditions are met. [ 10 ] Jordan ‘s elder brother was a Swansea City actor during the 2015–16 season and by and by joined him in the winter transportation windowpane of 2018. [ 11 ]
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On transfer deadline day 2018, Ayew joined Crystal Palace on loanword for the 2018–19 season. [ 12 ]
2019–20 season [edit ]
On 25 July 2019, Ayew made the move permanent with a £2.5m transfer from Swansea City on a three-year deal. [ 13 ] Ayew scored his first goal of the season on 24 August 2019 against Manchester United at Old Trafford, netting the opener in the first half against the run of play, latching on to Jeffrey Schlupp ‘s flick-on as Crystal Palace secured an historic 2–1 victory. [ 14 ] On Boxing Day 2019, Ayew scored the match achiever in blockage clock time as crystal Palace came from behind to defeat West Ham 2–1. [ 15 ] It was Ayew ‘s 21st goal in the Premier League with 20 having been scored in the second half ( 95 % ) – the highest such ratio of any player with 20+ goals in the competition ‘s history. [ 16 ] At the end of the season, He became the highest goalscorer for Crystal Palace with 9 goals, and won the Crystal Palace Player of the season and Goal of the season awards. [ 17 ] [ 18 ]
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International career [edit ]
Ayew made his beginning aged appearance for Ghana on 5 September 2010, in a 3–0 2012 AFCON Qualification match succeed against Swaziland, at the Somhlolo National Stadium in Lobamba, Swaziland. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] On 1 June 2012, Ayew scored his foremost and second international goals in a 2014 World Cup reservation match win against Lesotho, at the Kumasi Sports Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana. [ 21 ] In December 2011, Ayew was named to the Ghana national team probationary 25-man police squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, [ 22 ] and in January 2012 he was selected for the tournament ‘s 23-man police squad. [ 23 ] In June 2014, he was included in the ghanaian team for the 2014 World Cup. In Ghana ‘s death warm-up match before the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil on 9 June 2014, Ayew came on as a first-half alternate for the injure Majeed Waris and ended up scoring a hat-trick in a 4–0 victory over South Korea. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Jordan Ayew was part of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations team in Equatorial Guinea that took a ash grey decoration as resultant role of losing out to Ivory Coast on a penalty shoot-out whom they clinch the african Cup, which occurred on 8 February 2015 .
personal life [edit ]
Ayew is the son of Maha Ayew and Abedi Pele. His grandfather from his mother ‘s side, Alhaji A.A. Khadir, [ 26 ] is lebanese. [ 27 ] His church father, uncle Kwame and Sola, and brothers André and Ibrahim are all current or former professional footballers ampere well as a sister, Imani. Ayew is a practising Muslim. [ 28 ] He is married to Denise Acquah and they have two children. [ 29 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of 15 December 2021[30]
Club
Season
League
Cup[a]
Europe[b]
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Marseille
2009–10
Ligue 1
4
1
0
0
0
0
4
1
2010–11
22
2
4
0
3
0
29
2
2011–12
34
3
5
4
6
0
45
7
2012–13
35
7
3
0
9
3
47
10
2013–14
16
1
1
0
5
1
22
2
Total
111
14
13
4
23
4
147
22
Sochaux (loan)
2013–14
Ligue 1
17
5
1
0
—
18
5
Lorient
2014–15
Ligue 1
31
12
2
1
—
33
13
Aston Villa
2015–16
Premier League
30
7
6
0
—
36
7
2016–17
Championship
21
2
1
1
—
22
3
Total
51
9
7
1
—
58
10
Swansea City
2016–17
Premier League
14
1
0
0
—
14
1
2017–18
36
7
8
4
—
44
11
Total
50
8
8
4
—
58
12
Crystal Palace (loan)
2018–19
Premier League
20
1
5
1
—
25
2
Crystal Palace
2019–20
Premier League
37
9
2
0
—
39
9
2020–21
32
1
2
0
—
34
1
2021–22
15
1
1
0
—
16
1
Total
104
12
10
1
—
114
13
Career total
364
60
41
11
23
4
428
75
International [edit ]
- As of match played 3 September 2021[31][32]
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Ghana
2010
2
0
2011
1
0
2012
7
2
2013
0
0
2014
11
3
2015
14
5
2016
7
1
2017
8
1
2018
1
2
2019
10
3
2020
4
0
2021
4
1
Total
69
18
- Scores and results list Ghana’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ayew goal.[31]
Honours [edit ]
Marseille
Individual