For anyone who calls himself an avid supporter of the Tottenham Hotspur’s key striker Emmanuel Adebayor, that person must know Adebayor was raised in Accra, Ghana. Originally from Togo, the winner of the BBC’s African Footballer of the year award in 2007 has openly and proudly stated his plans to play for the professional Ghanaian football club, Accra Hearts of Oak before he hangs up his football boots and retires.
Often described by the media as ‘The lanky goal-getter’, he stands tall at 6”3 and prides himself for playing for his native national team ‘The Sparrow Hawks’, locally called Les Eperviers and is responsible for helping the team qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006 when he scored 11 goals during the qualifiers. This result was said to be more than any other player that played in the African qualifiers. As the team’s top striker, scoring 27 goals to date and with such a track record, this is a man to have as player on your team.
Adebayor says the decision to one day play for the Phobians has always been in his plans and has talked to the media on many occasion about his great admiration for the teams ‘never say die’ attitude. The striker, recently spotted rocking a top with the Phobian emblem on it, was asked about this and was quoted as saying: