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Aubameyang with arsenal fc hat Arsenal in 2018Full namePierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang[1]Date of birth18 June 1989 (age 32)[2]Place of birthLaval, FranceHeight1.87 m (6 feet 2 in)[3]Position(s)Striker

Current teamArsenalNumber141995–1997ASL L'Huisserie Football[four]1997–1998Nice1998–1999ASL L'Huisserie Football1999–2001Laval2001–2005Rouen2005–2007Bastia2007–2008AC MilanYearsTeamApps(Gls)2008–2011AC Milan0(0)2008–2009→ Dijon (loan)34(eight)2009–2010→ Lille (mortgage)14(2)2010–2011→ Monaco (mortgage)19(2)2011→ Saint-Étienne (loan)14(2)2011–2013Saint-Étienne73(35)2013–2018Borussia Dortmund144(ninety eight)2018–Arsenal128(68)2009France U211(zero)2012Gabon U233(1)2009–Gabon71(29)* Senior membership appearances and desires counted for the home league handiest and correct as of twenty-two:30, 6 December 2021 (UTC)‡ National team caps and dreams correct as of twenty-two:forty eight, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang ONM (born 18 June 1989) is a French-born Gabonese expert footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League membership Arsenal and captains the Gabon national group.[five] He is famend for his tempo, completing, and off-ball motion.[6]

The son of former Gabonese worldwide Pierre Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick commenced his senior membership career gambling for Italian membership AC Milan, but never seemed for the club as he went on a series of mortgage spells in France. He moved to Saint-Étienne in 2011. There, he received a Coupe de la Ligue title and joined Borussia Dortmund in 2013. In Germany, Aubameyang finished because the league's pinnacle goalscorer within the 2016–17 season and won a DFB-Pokal. He additionally ranks as the membership's 6th highest all-time goalscorer.[7] In 2018, Aubameyang turned into the situation of a then-membership record affiliation soccer transfer whilst signed for Arsenal in a transfer worth £56 million (€60 million), making him the most high priced Gabonese participant of all time.[eight] With Arsenal, he won an FA Cup and finished because the league's joint-top goalscorer inside the 2018–19 season.[nine]

Aubameyang is Gabon's all-time pinnacle goalscorer. He made his senior debut for Gabon in 2009 elderly 19, and regarded in four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, in addition to the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2016, Aubameyang changed into named African Footballer of the Year; the first Gabonese and second-European born participant to win the award.[10]Club career[edit]AC Milan[edit]

"My role model? Ronaldo. I suppose he has revolutionised football along with his manner of gambling. He changed into dynamic, technically strong and rapid. He became an full-size participant."

—Aubameyang on the have an effect on of his idol, Brazilian striker Ronaldo, on his own career.[11]

Aubameyang joined AC Milan's children academy in January 2007. In August, he became part of the squad that finished fourth in the inaugural Champions Youth Cup held in Malaysia, in which he made a call for himself and attracted the attention of scouts the world over. He scored against each opponent Milan played, completing with seven dreams in six suits.[12]2008–09: Loan to Dijon[edit]

For the 2008–09 season, Aubameyang turned into loaned out to Dijon of Ligue 2 in France to benefit first team enjoy.[13] His performances there led him to seem in World Soccer's Talent Scout phase in Summer 2009.[14] He completed with a total of ten desires andassists in all competitions, along with two dreams in a Coupe de France tie towards Selongey.[15]2009–10: Loan to Lille[edit]

On 24 June 2009, it was introduced Ligue 1 club Lille had decided to signal Aubameyang on mortgage.[16] Relative to his previous season, however, Aubameyang did now not carry out as well, scoring simply two desires in 14 appearances, four as a starter.[citation wished]2010–11: Loans to Monaco and Saint-Étienne[edit]

For the 2010–eleven season, Aubameyang turned into loaned for the season to Monaco. On 21 August 2010, he scored his first goal for Monaco in an away in shape against Lens, then scored once more on 29 August at domestic to Auxerre, in which Monaco received 2–zero.[17] In January 2011, after six months with the club, Aubameyang changed into loaned to Saint-Étienne till the stop of the 2010–11 season, completing the season with four dreams and 3 assists. In July 2011, the loan become extended for the whole 2011–12 season.[quotation wanted]Saint-Étienne[edit]

On 22 December 2011, Aubameyang signed with Saint-Étienne on a permanent deal. He was speedy delivered to the starting line up and became given the wide variety 7 jersey. In February 2012, he scored his first hat-trick in opposition to Lorient. He have become an fundamental part of the squad, scoring half of the crew's away desires throughout the season, and went directly to be Ligue 1's 4th pinnacle scorer having scored sixteen goals at the back of Montpellier's Giroud with 21, PSG's Nene with 21 too and Lille's Eden Hazard with 20.

On 20 April 2013, Aubameyang became inside the starting line-up for Saint-Étienne within the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue Final. Les Verts won the healthy 1–zero with a aim from Brandão to give Aubameyang his first essential trophy as a expert footballer. He completed the season with 18 dreams and 7 assists in all competitions.[quotation wished]

In the 2012–thirteen season, Aubameyang ended 2d inside the competition's pinnacle-goalscorers list, scoring 19 desires and completing behind handiest Zlatan Ibrahimović. From his 37 appearances, he also furnished 8 assists. The season become broadly appeared as his breakout yr—he regarded inside the Ligue 1 team of the season and he received the Ligue 1 African Player of the Year award.[18]Borussia Dortmund[edit]2013–15: DFL-Supercups[edit]

On four July 2013, Aubameyang joined 2012–thirteen Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund on a five-yr contract.[19] He made his competitive debut for his new membership on 27 July 2013 towards Bayern Munich within the DFL-Supercup, replacing Jakub Błaszczykowski for the closing 18 minutes of Dortmund's 4–2 victory, helping Dortmund's very last goal, scored by Marco Reus.[citation needed] On 10 August, Aubameyang made his Bundesliga debut and scored a hat-trick towards FC Augsburg, such as a goal from his first shot in the league. In the procedure, Aubameyang also have become the primary Gabonese player to seem within the Bundesliga.[20] On 27 November, he scored his first Champions League intention in a 3–1 win towards Napoli within the organization degree of the 2013–14 competition.[21] He later took a penalty towards 1860 Munich that propelled Dortmund into the next spherical of the 2013–14 DFB-Pokal, finishing the yr with thirteen league goals and 16 desires in all competitions.[quotation needed]

Aubameyang (left) gambling for Borussia Dortmund in 2014

On 13 August 2014, Aubameyang assisted Borussia Dortmund's first aim and scored the second one intention in a 2–0 victory over Bayern Munich in the DFL-Supercup.[22] After scoring the purpose, he celebrated through placing on a Spider-Man masks.[22] In Dortmund's subsequent fit, a 4–1 win over Stuttgarter Kickers within the first spherical of the DFB-Pokal, Aubameyang scored two-second-half of desires and furnished the assist for Adrián Ramos' goal.[23] On 13 September, Aubameyang scored his first Bundesliga purpose of the season, netting Dortmund's very last intention in their three–1 win over SC Freiburg.[24] Three days later, Aubameyang scored Dortmund's 2d intention in a 2–zero win over destiny club Arsenal inside the first group suit of the Champions League.[25]

Aubameyang ended his 2d season in Dortmund with 25 goals from forty six appearances, inclusive of one in the 2015 DFB-Pokal Final, wherein Dortmund had been defeated 3–1 through VfL Wolfsburg at the Olympiastadion.[26]2015–16: League runner-up[edit]

On 31 July 2015, Aubameyang signed a new contract to last until 2020, saying, "Every part of me desires to be here and I even have by no means desired to depart."[27] On 20 August, he scored a brace as Dortmund came from zero–three right down to win 3–4 at Odds BK in the first leg in their Europa League play-off.[28] By scoring in Dortmund's 1–1 draw with 1899 Hoffenheim on 23 September, Aubameyang became the first player in Bundesliga records to attain in every of his team's establishing six fits of a season.[29] He later extended this file to 8 matches, scoring inside the team's subsequent two furnishings towards Darmstadt 98 and Bayern Munich, before failing to attain for the primary time in the Bundesliga season in a 2–zero win at Mainz 05.[30]

On 22 October, Aubameyang scored a hat-trick in a UEFA Europa League fit against Gabala of Azerbaijan.[31] Three days later, he scored any other hat-trick in a 5–1 defeat of Augsburg at the Westfalenstadion.[32] On eight November, Aubameyang scored the winning purpose for Dortmund in a 3–2 Revierderby victory over rivals FC Schalke 04.[33] At the halfway level of the Bundesliga season, Aubameyang was the league's top scorer with 18 goals from 17 appearances.[34]