About Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Pierre-Emerick Emiliano Francois famed as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a professional French-Gabonese footballer who is playing for the current team, Arsenal and Gabon National Team. He is the captain of both Premier League club Arsenal and the Gabon national team. His playing position is forward. He began his senior club career playing for Italian club A.C. Milan, but never appeared for the club as he went on a series of loan spells in France. In 2011, he started playing with Saint-Etienne. Later, he won a Coupe de la Ligue title and joined Borussia Dortmund in the year 2013. He finished as the league's top goalscorer in the 2016-2017 season and won a DFB-Pokal in 2013. He was the subject of a 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. He made his senior debut for the national team in 2009 aged 19 and appeared in three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics. For his impressive performance at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nation, he was named "African Footballer of the Year", making him the first Gabonese player to win the award and the 2nd European-born player next to Frederic Kanoute. He is multilingual and speaks French, English, Spanish, Italian, and German.
Gary Lineker is expecting big things from Arsenal frontman Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the coming weeks after his goal against Southampton. Lineker wrote on Twitter: "All strikers have spells without goals. The best don't let it affect them. @Aubameyang7 is one of the best and now he's scored the goals will flow again." He has scored 57 goals in just 98 Premier League appearances since arriving at Arsenal, netting 22 in the league last season and earning himself a new contract in the process. Aubameyang finally ended his goal drought to cancel out Theo Walcott’s opener but a red card for Gabriel Magalhaes left them short in their pursuit of a winner. He conceded that the Arsenal dressing room is currently “nervous” due to their current predicament.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is famous for being a footballer for the club, Arsenal. He is famous for becoming the first Gabonese player to appear in the Bundesliga. Besides this, he is also famous for having a record of running 30-meter in 3.7 seconds.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was born on 18th June 1989 with the birth name/full name of Pierre-Emerick Emiliano Francois Aubameyang. He was born in the city of France, Laval. He holds French-Gabonese nationality and his ethnic background is mixed as he has Gabonese ancestry on his father's side and Spanish ancestry on his mother's side. His race is black. He was born to his parents; Pierre Aubameyang (father) (former Gabonese captain) and Margarita Crespo Aubameyang (mother). Talking about his siblings; he has two named Catilina Aubameyang, and Willy Aubameyang. Gemini is his Zodiac sign and his religion is Christian. As of 2020, he celebrated his 31st birthday.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a handsome man with an athletic body build. He stands tall at the height of 1.87 m and his balanced bodyweight consist of 80 Kg. He has a charming face along with a glowing face attracting a lot of people towards him. His hair color is black and his eye color is dark brown. He has a tall stature with thin lips. His other body measurements such as chest size, waist size, and more have not been disclosed yet. He maintains his body a lot by doing frequent exercise. Overall, he has a healthy body.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's Football Career
- Initially, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang began his career by joining the A.C. Milan's youth academy. It was in January 2007. He was also part of the squad that finished fourth in the inaugural Champions Youth Cup.
- He was loaned out to Dijon in France to gain first-team experience. It was during the 2008-2009 season where his performances there led him to appear in World Soccer's Talent Scout section in Summer 2009. He then finished the season with ten goals and two assists in all competitions including two goals in Coupe de la Ligue.
- It was announced on 24th June 2009 that Ligue 1 club Lille had decided to sign him on loan. During his 2009-2010 season, he scored only 2 goals in 14 appearances.
- After that, he was loaned for the season to Monaco for the 2010-2011 season. For the team, he scored his first goal against Lens on 21st August 2010. He was later loaned to Saint-Etienne until the end of the 2010-2011 season in January 2011. In July 2011, the loan for him was extended for the entire 2011-2012 season.
- After that, he signed with the club, Saint-Etienne on 22nd December 2011 on a permanent deal. In February 2012, he scored his first hat-trick against Lorient. He was in the starting line-up for Saint-Etienne in the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue final on 20th April 2013.
- He ended second in the competition's top-goalscorers list, scoring 19 goals and finishing behind only Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the 2012-2013 season.
- Later, he joined 2012-2013 Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund on a five-year contract on 4th July 2013. For the team, he made his debut game against Bayern Minich in the DFL-Supercup on 27th July 2013.
- He made his Bundesliga debut and scored a hat-trick against FC Augsburg on 10th August becoming the first Gabonese player to appear in the Bundesliga.
- After that, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3-1 win against Napoli on 27th November and then finished the season with 13 league goals and 16 goals in all competitions.
- He assisted Borussia Dortmund's first goal and scored the second goal in a 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the DFL-Supercup on 13th August 2014. Scoring the goal, he celebrated by putting on a Spider-Man mask. He ended his second season in Dortmund with 25 goals from 46 appearances, including one in the 2015 DFB-Pokal Final.
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- On 31st July 2015, he signed a new contract to last until 2020, saying, "Every part of me wants to be here and I have never wanted to leave." He scored a hat-trick in a UEFA Europa League match against Gabala of Azerbaijan on 22nd October and scored another hat-trick in a 5-1 defeat of Augsburg at the Westfalenstadion on 25th October.
- He began his 2016-2017 season in the Bundesliga with a double against Mainz 05 on 27th August in a 2-1 victory, while also scoring twice against VfL Wolfsburg on 20th September.
- Following an injury to Marcel Schmelzer, he wore the captain's armband for Dortmund for the first time on 22nd October, also scoring a goal in the 3-3 draw at FC Ingolstadt.
- He scored his 100th goal for Borussia Dortmund in a 2-2 draw away to 1899 Hoffenheim on 16th December.
- In the final of the 2016-2017 DFB-Pokal on 27th May 2017, he scored the winning goal, a penalty, as Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1.
- After that, he signed for Premier League club, Arsenal, for a then-club-record fee, reported to be £56 million on 31st January 2018 and made his debut for Arsenal against Everton in the Premier League in a 5-1 home victory, scoring the team's fourth goal, chipping the ball over a grounded Jordan Pickford on 3rd February.
- His goals against Stoke made him the first player to score five times in his first six games for the club. He followed this up by scoring the only goal in Arsenal's 1-0 away win against Huddersfield Town. He ended the season with ten goals and four assists in thirteen Premier League games and was the last goalscorer for Arsenal under Arsène Wenger.
- On 2nd September 2018, he scored his first goal of the new season in a 3-2 away win over Cardiff City. He made his European debut for Arsenal, in the 4-2 home win over Vorskla Poltava, scoring two goals, before being substituted for Mesut Ozil in the 57th minute.
- He scored his first Arsenal hat-trick in the club's 4-2 win over Valencia on 9th May 2019. He finished the season with two goals in a 3-1 away win at Burnley, meaning he ended the season sharing the Premier League Golden Boot title with Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, on 22 goals.
- He scored his first home goal of the campaign in Arsenal's next game, a 2-1 win over Burnley on 17th August.
- He scored both goals in Arsenal's eventual 2-2 draw with Norwich City on 1st December whereas his first goal (a penalty) had to be retaken after VAR discovered there to be encroachment in the penalty area.
- He also scored in Arsenal's 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on 11th January 2020. He ended the season with 22 league goals.
- Again Manchester City on 18th July in their FA Cup semi-final, he scored both goals in a 2-0 win for his team, Arsenal.
- He converted a penalty and scored the winner in the final, as Arsenal defeated Chelsea 2-1 on 1st August and he lifted his first trophy with the club, becoming the first African to win the FA Cup as a captain.
- He scored a goal in normal time and the fifth and winning penalty in a shoot-out win against Liverpool in the Community Shield on 29th August 2020.
- Arsenal played their first Premier League game away from home at Craven Cottage against Fulham on 12th September 2020.
- He also assisted Alexandre Lacazette's goal in Arsenal's 2-1 win over West Ham United on 19th September. Later, he signed a new three-year contract with Arsenal on 15th September 2020.
- Speaking to the Arsenal website, Aubameyang said: "Signing for this special club was never in doubt, it's thanks to our fans, my team-mates, my family and everybody at this club that I feel like I belong here. I believe in Arsenal. We can achieve big things together. We have something exciting here and I believe the best is to come for Arsenal."
- He scored a penalty on 1st November 2020 in a 1-0 away win against Manchester United, to grant Arsenal their first Premier League win at Old Trafford since 2006.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's International Career
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's firstly played his international game by debuting for the France under-21 team in a friendly match against Tunisia in February 2009.
- He was selected for the Gabon national team on 25th March 2009 and scored his first goal in a 3-2 victory over Morocco.
- Additionally, he was a key member of the Gabon national side that reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
- He represented Gabon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in July 2012.
- He scored a hat-trick of penalty kicks in Gabon's 4-1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Niger on 15th June 2013.
- He then captained Gabon at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring the team's opening goal of the tournament in their 2-0 win over Burkina Faso on 17th January 2015. He is Gabon's highest goalscorer.
Awards, Honors, and Achievements of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Saint-Etienne
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2012-13
Borussia Dortmund
- DFB-Pokal: 2016-17; runner-up: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16
- DFL-Supercup: 2013, 2014
Arsenal
- FA Cup: 2019-20
- FA Community Shield: 2020
- EFL Cup runner-up: 2017-18
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2018-19
Gabon
- King's Cup third place: 2018
Individual
- Ligue 1 Best African Player: 2012-13
- UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2012-13
- UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: February 2012, October 2012, February 2013
- CAF Team of the Year: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
- Prix Marc-Vivien Foé: 2013
- UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2015-16, 2018-19
- Borussia Dortmund Player of the Season: 2014-15
- Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2016-17
- African Footballer of the Year: 2015
- Bundesliga Player of the Year: 2015-16
- Facebook FA Bundesliga Player of the Year: 2016
- Bundesliga top scorer: 2016-17
- Premier League Player of the Month: October 2018, September 2019
- Premier League Golden Boot: 2018-19
- Arsenal Player of the Season Award: 2019-20
- PFA Team of the Year: 2019-20 Premier League
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's Girlfriend, Alysha
Reflecting the marital status of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, he is not married yet and he is still to get married. As of today, he is in a relationship. He is currently dating his beautiful girlfriend, Alysha. The duo has been dating since the year 2011 and their bond is going strong until now. They are enjoying their present life happily without any disturbances. The couple is also blessed with two kids; a son named Curtys and another kid's name is still to get revealed. There are no rumors about Pierre with any other girls except his girlfriend, Alysha. His sexual orientation is straight and he is not gay.
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Net Worth of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is a very talented and successful footballer who has reached a great height in his career. As of 2020, the net worth of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is estimated to have $30 Million. During his four-season with Arsenal, he has earned $49 Million which includes the estimated £13 million ($16.8 million) he is set to receive for the 2020-2021 season. In the summer, Aubameyang signed a contract extension that ties him to the Gunners until 2023 and will see him earning around £250,000 ($320,000) per week, Goal reported. He is living a luxurious lifestyle from his earnings and his major source of wealth comes from his football career and he is satisfied with his earnings. He wore a £2,500 pair of Swarovski crystals encrusted boots during the warm-up in a match against Lyon.
