10 Incredible Facts About Aubameyang You Never Took Serious

Pierre Emerick Emiliano Francois Aubemeyang hit the news in the football world as one of Arsenal’s biggest signings and a bit of controversy as he is immediately handed the legendary ’14’ shirt worn previously by Thierry Henry and Theo Walcott still there are some things about this new kid on the block that you never took serious

1 He shares the same name ‘Pierre’ with his father also a football player who captained the Gabonese national team

2 He was loaned to four French clubs though beginning his career at AC Milan

3 Auba as he is popularly called became the first Gabonese ever to win the African Footballer of The Year Award

4 He has made 56 incredible appearances for his native country Gabon scoring 23 goals

5 Aubameyang and Victor Ikpeba are the only two African players who played for Borrusia Dortmund that won Africa Footballer of The Year Award in 1997 and 2015 respectively

6 He is reputed to have clocked 30 metres in 3.7 seconds

7 Aubameyang also played on loan to Monaco the same club that launched players like Victor Ikpeba and Emmanuel Adebayor

8 He becomes the third Arsenal player to have won the African Footballer of The Year Award after the likes of Arsenal legend Nwankwo Kanu and Emmanuel Adebayor

9 His mother Margarita is of Spanish nationality

10 Though approached by Italy he chose to play for the U-21 French team

10 incredible facts about an incredible player with an incredible name as well as an incredible career. If you think so, drop your comments if you doubt then still drop your comments