Editing Didier Drogba (section)

=== Marseille ===
[[Olympique de Marseille]] completed the signing of Didier Drogba on 30 June 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0eaad6a55c36-ebf063d00cc8-1000--drogba-makes-marseille-move/|title=Drogba makes Marseille move|publisher=[[UEFA]]|date=June 30, 2003|access-date=February 7, 2025}}</ref> The Ivorian striker played his first match in his new colours on 2 August 2003, during the first matchday of the [[2003–04 Ligue 1|2003–2004 season]] against his former club, [[En Avant Guingamp|Guingamp]]. Drogba had a season in which he emerged as one of the highest European scorers. He has notably scored 19 league goals, winning the [[National Union of Professional Footballers]] (UNFP) Player of the Year award. He also scored 11 goals in European competitions, five goals in [[UEFA Champions League]] and six in the [[UEFA Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/the-season-at-olympique-marseille-that-changed-chelsea/bltacdf8962b6387ed6|title=The season at Olympique Marseille that changed Chelsea striker Didier Drogba's career|publisher=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|first=Robin|last=Bairner|date=September 28, 2010|access-date=February 7, 2025}}</ref> 

At the end of the season, Drogba was a transfer priority of newly endorsed [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] coach [[José Mourinho]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2816359-jose-mourinho-reveals-how-he-persuaded-roman-abramovich-to-sign-didier-drogba|title=Jose Mourinho Reveals How He Persuaded Roman Abramovich to Sign Didier Drogba|publisher=[[Bleacher Report]]|first=Rory|last=Marsden|date=January 18, 2019|access-date=February 7, 2025}}</ref> and was bought as the club's then record signing of £24 million.<ref name=Times1 /> His shirt from his only season at Marseille is also framed in the [[basilica]] of the city, [[Notre-Dame de la Garde]], which he presented to the church before the [[2004 UEFA Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.online-massalia.org/v3/article.php?id_article=530|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051016085300/http://www.online-massalia.org/v3/article.php?id_article=530|archive-date=16 October 2005 |title=Mieux connaître Notre Dame de la Garde|access-date=20 May 2007 |work=Online Massalia |language=fr}}</ref>