Didier Drogba...the name strikes fear into defenders throughout football & excites fans around the world. The giant forwards life story is as amazing as some of the goals which have turned him into a hero on two continents. Born in 1978 in Abidjan the capital of the troubled African state of Ivory Coast he was sent to live in France with an uncle a professional footballer at the tender age of five. At the age of nineteen Drogba signed with Le Mans before moving to Guingamp & becoming an Ivory Coast international. In 2004 Chelsea splashed out GBP 24 million to bring him from Olympique Marseilles to Stamford Bridge. His goals & commitment won supporters hearts but he has courted controversy along the way apparently confessing to diving in opposition penalty areas & his sending off in a brutal Champions League clash with Barcelona led to one of the worlds top referees quitting the game. He has even had to face competition for his place from Ukrainian goal-machine Andriy Shevchenko. Now one of the highest-paid footballers in the world his amazing life story reveals the struggle of his early years his battle for acceptance on & off the football field & the truth about his rivalry with Shevchenko in a story that really is stranger than fiction.