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Biography
Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang was born on 18th June 1989 to the family of Pierre Aubameyang and Margarita Crespo Aubameyang in Laval, France. He is a professional footballer. He plays as a striker for Premier League club Chelsea. He is popularly known for his pace, finishing, and off-ball movement. he is a former Gabonese international and is the country’s all-time top goal scorer.
Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang started his senior club career by playing for Italian club AC Milan, but never appeared for the club as he went on a series of loan spells in France. He later moved to Saint-Étienne in 2011. Where, he won a Coupe de la Ligue title and joined Borussia Dortmund in 2013.
In Germany, Aubameyang finished as the league’s top goal scorer in the 2016–2017 season and won a DFB-Pokal. He also ranks as the club’s seventh highest all-time goal scorer.
In 2018, Aubameyang was talk of a then-club record association football transfer when signed for Arsenal in a transfer worth £56 million (€60 million), making him the most expensive Gabonese player of all time. With Arsenal, he won an FA Cup and finished as the league’s joint-top goal scorer in the 2018–2019 season.
In 2022, Aubameyang joined Barcelona after his Arsenal contract was cancelled by mutual consent. However, he returned to the Premier League after he signed for Chelsea at the end of the summer transfer window.
Aubameyang is Gabon’s all-time top goal scorer. He made his senior appearance for Gabon in 2009 at the age of 19 and appeared in four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2016, Aubameyang was named African Footballer of the Year; the first Gabonese and second European-born player to win the award.
| Full Name: | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| Current club: | Premier League club Chelsea |
| Born: | June 18, 1989 |
| Place of Birth: | Laval, France |
| Nationality: | France |
| Height: | 6 feet 2 inches |
| Parents: | Pierre Aubameyang (father) and Margarita Crespo Aubameyang (mother) |
| Siblings: | Catilina and Willy Aubameyang |
| Wife • Spouse: | Alysha Behague |
| Zodiac sign: Gemini | |
| Children: | Curtys and Pierre Aubameyang |
| Occupation: | Football player |
| Net Worth: | $15 million. |
Premier League Player of the Month -2018
African Player of the Year – 2016
CAF Africa’s finest XI -2020,2019,2017
Early Life & Education
Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang was born on 18th June 1989 to the familly of Pierre Aubameyang and Margarita Crespo Aubameyang in Laval, France.
His father was the former Gabonese international footballer.
Aubameyang has two younger half-brothers named Catilina and Willy Aubameyang, and they have both played for Milan’s youth teams.
His mother is Spanish. Aubameyang is a mixed-race and shares both French and Gabonese citizenship. Aubameyang never spent his childhood life in France and Gabon while growing up. Aubameyang was raised in Milan, Italy, where his dad worked as a scout for AC Milan.
Aubameyang enjoyed his childhood due his father was a scout for one of the biggest clubs in the world.
Aubameyang spent all his childhood playing football and mimicking commentary. All the three brothers spent hours playing football in their house and on the road. both of his brothers also went on to make a career in professional football.
Aubameyang’s father occupation increase his interest in becoming a footballer and he joined a youth academy in Milan, and later in 2017, he got the first chance to join Milan’s youth team as a forwarder.
However, in the opening ‘Champions Youth Cup’ held in Malaysia, Aubameyang’s team finished at the fourth place. Aubameyang scored six goals in seven matches and caught the attention of many talent scouts.
Personal Life
Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang was born on 18th June 1989 to the family of Pierre Aubameyang and Margarita Crespo Aubameyang in Laval, France.
His father was the former Gabonese international footballer. Aubameyang has two younger half-brothers named Catilina and Willy Aubameyang, and they have both played for Milan’s youth teams. His mother is Spanish. Aubameyang is married to a Lady named Alysha Behague, and they both have two sons named Curtys and Pierre.
In August 2022, Aubameyang suffered a broken jaw during a violent robbery of his home in Barcelona.
He is multilingual and speaks French, English, Spanish, Italian, and German.
Aubameyang was involved in the Amazon Original sports docuseries All or Nothing: Arsenal, which documented the club by spending time with the coaching staff and players behind the scenes both on and off the field throughout their 2021–2022 season.
Produced by Fulwell 73, FIFA released Captains in 2022, an eight-part sports docuseries following six national team captains in their respective 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns. Aubameyang, representing Gabon, starred alongside Thiago Silva (Brazil), Luka Modrić (Croatia), Andre Blake (Jamaica), Hassan Maatouk (Lebanon) and Brian Kalkat (Vanuatu). It was released by Netflix and also shown on FIFA’s own streaming platform, FIFA+.
Career
Aubameyang started his football career with ‘Dijon’ team in France. At the age of 18, he turned out to be one of the leading goal scorers for his team in ‘Coupe de la Ligue’ and he was further loaned out to ‘Lille’ and ‘Monaco.’ In 2011, he was signed for the first major deal of his career.
In December 2011, ‘Saint Etienne’ signed him for a permanent deal and by February 2012, Aubameyang proved his worth by scoring a brace against the opponent team ‘Lorient.’ By the end of the ‘Coupe de la Ligue,’ he was the top scorer with 16 goals; he had scored half of the goals scored by his team.
He ended up winning the 2013 ‘Ligue’ for his team and finished the championship with a total number of eighteen (18) goals and seven assists.
His successful streak further continued in the next season as well and he finished as the second top goal scorer at the end of the tournament. He scored 19 goals in 37 games that he played in. This turned out to be the definitive season of his career and he was selected as the ‘Ligue’s African Player of the Year.’ This got him further fame in the European club circuit and he decided to play with ‘Borussia Dortmund.’
He made his appearance for Dortmund in July 2013 in a competitive match against ‘Bayern Munich’ in ‘DFL-Supercup.’ In his Bundesliga debut against ‘FC Augsburg,’ he scored a winning brace. This also made him the first Gabonese player to ever play in Bundesliga. He ended the year with a total number of sixteen (16) goals in total and a total number of thirteen (13) league goals, which was an above average performance at best.
For the 2014-2015 season, Aubameyang scored a total number of twenty-five (25) goals in 46 games, and assisted his team in reaching the 2015 ‘DFB-Pokal’ final.
In July 2015, he extended his contract with his team until 2020 and announced that he has developed an emotional connection with the team and that he would never want to leave it.
By September, Pierre had become the first ever player in the history of Bundesliga to score goals in first six consecutive matches. He further continued scoring goals in two more matches and carried on the super form in the UEFA Europa League. He scored a hat-trick against ‘Gabala FK’ in October and within a few days, he scored another hat-trick against ‘Augsburg.’
Halfway through the Bundesliga 2015, Pierre was the top scorer in the tournament with a total number of eighteen (18) goals in his first 17 games. By the end of the Bundesliga season, Pierre emerged as the second top scorer with a total number of twenty-five (25) goals.
His electrifying form continued in the 2016-2017 season as he debuted in the Bundeliga 2016 against ‘Mainz’ with two goals, leading his team to victory.
In the ‘Champions League,’ he scored in each game of the first leg but was surprisingly taken off the team for a match against ‘Sporting CP.’ It was later revealed that he had broken some rules and his suspension from the team was a disciplinary measure.
In his comeback game, he performed brilliantly and scored four goals helping his team crush ‘Hamburger SV.’ In March 2017, he finished the tally of 20 Bundesliga goals, his second feat in a row. By the end of the league, he was Bundesliga’s top scorer with a total number of thirty-one (31) goals. By now, it became very clear that he would be soon acquired by a Premier League team.
In January 2018, ‘Arsenal’ acquired him for a hidden fee, which also happens to be a club record. Although, it was later rumored that he was bought for 56 million pounds.
He was approached by Italy to play in their U19 team, but Pierre decided to go with the French Under-21 team. In March 2009, however, he signed up with the Gabon national team and helped his national team in reaching the quarter finals of the 2012 ‘Africa Cup of Nations.’ In July 2012, he further represented his team at the London Summer Olympics.
Net Worth
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has worked as a Footballer right from youth. he has accumulated a satisfactory fortune from playing football. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has an astonished net worth of $15 million.
Social Media
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as humble and hardworking as he is discovered that he also has some social media platforms where he can be connected.
- @Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (@auba) is his Instagram handle.
- @Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (@PEAubameyang_14) is his Twitter handle.
