Didier Drogba

Vice President

Peace and Sport

BIO

Didier Drogba is the Vice President of Peace and Sport. After 25 years as a successful international football player, the all-time top scorer from Cote d’Ivoire decided to continue his long-time commitment to promoting peace through sport. In 2005, having led his country to qualify for the World Cup, Drogba picked up a microphone in the dressing room and, surrounded by his team-mates, fell to his knees live on national television. He begged both warring factions to lay down their arms and, within a week, his valiant wish had been granted. Two years later, in 2007 he created The Didier Drogba Foundation, whose mission is to facilitate health and education within vulnerable populations. His social engagement led him to be nominated as a Champion for Peace in 2017 and he visited Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, under this title to inspire more than 150 young Colombians during a ‘Sport Simple’ beach soccer and rugby tournament. In 2018, he decided to push his commitment even further and became Vice President of Peace and Sport.