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Jordan Pierre Ayew (born 11 September 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Ghana national team. He is the son of former Ghana captain Abedi Pele and brother of fellow players André and Ibrahim Ayew.

Jordan Ayew

Ayew warming up for Ghana in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Jordan Pierre Ayew[1]
Date of birth	(1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward, midfielder
Club information
Current team	Crystal Palace
Number	9
Youth career
2000–2006	Lyon Duchère
2006–2009	Marseille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2014	Marseille	111	(14)
2014	→ Sochaux (loan)	17	(5)
2014–2015	Lorient	31	(12)
2015–2017	Aston Villa	51	(9)
2017–2019	Swansea City	50	(8)
2018–2019	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	20	(1)
2019–	Crystal Palace	115	(13)
National team‡
2010	Ghana U20	1	(1)
2010–	Ghana	83	(19)
Honours Representing  Ghana Men's football Africa Cup of Nations Runner-up 2015 Equatorial Guinea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:45, 12 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:09, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Marseille

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 senior team on 16 December 2009 in a league match, scoring the equaliser against Lorient. Marseille went on to win the match 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 match for the first time against Premier League giants Arsenal.

On 6 January 2014, he joined Ligue 1 rivals Sochaux on a loan deal until the end of the 2013–14 season.[5]

Lorient

On 28 July 2014, Ayew signed a four-year contract with Lorient.[6] Ayew explained the style and quality of play that Lorient proposed was the reason behind the decision.

Aston Villa

On 27 July 2015, Ayew joined Aston Villa on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £8 million.[7][8] He scored his first goal for the club 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 top scorer, albeit with just seven goals.

Swansea City

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 player during the 2015–16 season and later joined him in the winter transfer window of 2018.[11]

Crystal Palace

On transfer deadline day 2018, Ayew joined Crystal Palace on loan for the 2018–19 season.[12]

2019–20 season

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 winner in stoppage 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]

In June 2022, Ayew signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2023.[19]

International career

Ayew made his first senior appearance for Ghana on 5 September 2010, in a 3–0 2012 AFCON Qualification match win against Swaziland, at the Somhlolo National Stadium in Lobamba, Swaziland.[20][21] On 1 June 2012, Ayew scored his first and second international goals in a 2014 World Cup qualification match win against Lesotho, at the Kumasi Sports Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana.[22] In December 2011, Ayew was named to the Ghana national team provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations,[23] and in January 2012 he was selected for the tournament's 23-man squad.[24]

In June 2014, he was included in the Ghanaian squad for the 2014 World Cup. In Ghana's last warm-up match before the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil on 9 June 2014, Ayew came on as a first-half substitute for the injured Majeed Waris and ended up scoring a hat-trick in a 4–0 victory over South Korea.[25][26]

Jordan Ayew was part of the Ghanaian team in 2015 Africa Cup of Nations which took place in Equatorial Guinea that took a silver medal as result of losing out to Ivory Coast on a penalty shoot-out whom they clinch the African Cup, which occurred on 8 February 2015.

He was part of the Ghanaian team in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that was eliminated at the group stage of the competition.[27][28]

Personal life

Ayew is the son of Maha Ayew and Abedi Pele. His maternal grandfather, Alhaji A.A. Khadir,[29] is Lebanese.[30] His father, uncles Kwame and Sola, and brothers André and Ibrahim are all current or former professional footballers as well as a sister, Imani. Ayew is a practising Muslim.[31] He is married to Denise Acquah and they have two children.[32]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2022[33]

Club	Season	League			Cup[lower-alpha 1]		Europe[lower-alpha 2]		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		33	1	2	0	—		35	1
	2021–22		31	3	3	0	—		34	3
	2022–23		14	0	2	0	—		16	0
	Total		135	14	14	1	—		149	15
Career total			395	62	45	11	23	4	463	77

International

As of match played 27 September 2022[34][35]

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	8	1
	2022	10	1
Total		83	19

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ayew goal.[34]

List of international goals scored by Jordan Ayew

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 June 2012	Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana	Lesotho	3–0	7–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.				6–0
3.	9 June 2014	Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States	South Korea	1–0	4–0	Friendly
4.				3–0
5.				4–0
6.	5 February 2015	Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	3–0	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
7.	14 June 2015	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Mauritius	2–0	7–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.				5–1
9.	1 September 2015	Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville, Congo	Congo	3–2	3–2	Friendly
10.	17 November 2015	Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana	Comoros	2–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	24 March 2016	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Mozambique	3–0	3–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12.	29 January 2017	Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon	DR Congo	1–0	2–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations
13.	18 November 2018	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Ethiopia	1–0	2–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
14.				2–0
15.	25 June 2019	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt	Benin	2–1	2–2	2019 Africa Cup of Nations
16.	2 July 2019	Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt	Guinea-Bissau	1–0	2–0
17.	18 November 2019	Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe	São Tomé and Príncipe	1–0	1–0	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
18.	28 March 2021	Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana		2–0	3–1
19.	10 June 2022	Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan	Japan	1–1	1–4	2022 Kirin Cup

Honours

Marseille

• Ligue 1: 2009–10[33]
• Coupe de la Ligue: 2009–10,[33] 2010–11,[33] 2011–12[33]
• Trophée des Champions: 2010,[33] 2011[33]

Individual

• Crystal Palace Player of the Year: 2019–20[36]
• Ghana Player of the Year: 2020[37]

• Swansea City Players’ Player of the Season: 2017–18[38]

• Swansea City Goal of the Season: 2017–18[38]

References

External links

• Jordan Ayew at OM.net
• Jordan Ayew at Soccerbase

На других языках

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[de] Jordan Ayew

Jordan Pierre Ayew (* 11. September 1991 in Marseille, Frankreich) ist ein ghanaischer Fußballspieler. Der Stürmer spielt für Crystal Palace und ist in der ghanaischen Nationalmannschaft aktiv.

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- [en] Jordan Ayew

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[es] Jordan Ayew

Jordan Ayew (Marsella, Francia, 11 de septiembre de 1991) es un futbolista francés nacionalizado ghanés. Juega de delantero y su equipo es el Crystal Palace F. C. de la Premier League.[2]

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[fr] Jordan Ayew

Jordan Ayew, né le 11 septembre 1991 à Marseille (France), est un footballeur international ghanéen qui évolue au poste d'attaquant à Crystal Palace. Il possède également la nationalité française.

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[it] Jordan Ayew

Jordan Pierre Ayew (Marsiglia, 11 settembre 1991) è un calciatore ghanese, attaccante del Crystal Palace e della nazionale ghanese.

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[ru] Айю, Джордан

Джо́рдан Пьер Айю́ (фр. Jordan Pierre Ayew; родился 11 сентября 1991 года, Марсель, Франция) — ганский футболист, нападающий английского клуба «Кристал Пэлас» и национальной сборной Ганы.

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