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Jordan Ayew is a Ghanaian soccer player who has played for Leicester City. He occupies the right winger position and wears the number 18 jersey. Born on September 11, 1991, he began his professional work period in 2009. Ayew stands 182 centimeters tall and weighs 81 kilograms.
In a recorded statement, Ayew noted that following his father’s career involved high expectations in Europe and his home country. He described himself as a good finisher who sometimes requires luck. The subject is referenced by 452 other encyclopedia articles and has 64,458 social media followers.
Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Wikiquote, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Scooby-Doo! Halloween Coloring Book
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,908x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,207x
- The organization of the human cerebral cortex estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity
· 2011 · cited 9,224x
- From local explanations to global understanding with explainable AI for trees
· 2020 · cited 8,692x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “It is not so easy to come after your father in the sense of the expectations being so high back home and in Europe”
- “My career has not been easy but I always keep on working hard and have belief in my qualities so I don't have any problems."”
- “I've always thought that I was a good finisher, but sometimes you just need a bit of luck”
- “This year, I've had quite a bit of luck, but luck doesn't just come like that, you need to provoke it. I've been working really, really hard on that but there's still room for improvement”
- “People tell me that I don't have the killer instinct or aggressiveness in front of goal. But I am in a team where we need to work for each point”
- “People tell me that I don't have the killer instinct or aggressiveness in front of goal. But I am in a team where we need to work for each point. I can't just stand up front and wait for the ball and try to take people on and shoot. There are other things I need to do and I enjoy doing them”
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Key facts
- 2010
- Ghana U20
- 2014
- → Sochaux (loan)
- 2024
- Leicester City
- Full name
- Jordan Pierre Ayew
- Date of birth
- ( 1991-09-11 ) 11 September 1991 (age 34)
- Place of birth
- Marseille , France
- Height
- 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Positions
- Winger forward
- Current team
- Leicester City
- 2000 2006
- Lyon Duchère
- 2006 2009
- Marseille
- Years
- Team
- 2009 2014
- Marseille
- 2014 2015
- Lorient
- 2015 2017
- Aston Villa
- 2017 2019
- Swansea City
- 2018 2019
- → Crystal Palace (loan)
- 2019 2024
- Crystal Palace
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Leicester City
- Position
- Right Winger
- Nationality
- Ghana
via TheSportsDB
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:26, 2 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:27, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
Jordan Pierre Ayew (born 11 September 1991) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for EFL League One club Leicester City. Born in France, he plays for the Ghana national team.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jordan Ayew” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.