1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang represented Gabon at four Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
43 Facts About Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored against every opponent Milan played, finishing with seven goals in six matches.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang finished with a total of ten goals and two assists in all competitions, including two goals in a Coupe de France tie against Selongey.
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Relative to his previous season Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang did not perform as well, scoring just two goals in 14 appearances, four as a starter.
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On 22 December 2011, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang signed with Saint-Etienne on a permanent deal.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was quickly added to the starting lineup and was given the number 7 jersey.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became an integral part of the squad, scoring half of the team's away goals during the season, and went on to be Ligue 1's 4th top scorer having scored 16 goals behind Montpellier's Olivier Giroud with 21, PSG's Nene with 21 too and Lille's Eden Hazard with 20.
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On 20 April 2013, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was in the starting line-up for Saint-Etienne in the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue Final.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang finished the season with 18 goals and seven assists in all competitions.
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At the halfway stage of the Bundesliga season, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the league's top scorer with 18 goals from 17 appearances.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored three days later against recently promoted SC Freiburg, bringing his season total to 5, into a tie atop the scoring charts with Lewandowski early in the season.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got off to an excellent start in Dortmund's Champions League group stage matches, scoring in each of their first leg matches as Dortmund were joint top of their group with Real Madrid.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ended the season with ten goals and four assists in thirteen Premier League games and was the last goalscorer for Arsenal under Arsene Wenger.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang assisted a goal as Arsenal rose above Tottenham in the Premier League on goal difference.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the first Arsenal player to score a hat-trick in the semi-finals of a European competition.
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On 5 November 2019, after Granit Xhaka was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy following his angry reaction to getting booed by the Arsenal supporters during their Premier League game against Crystal Palace, head coach Unai Emery confirmed that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would take over as the new Arsenal captain.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was originally given a yellow card for the tackle by referee Paul Tierney the card was eventually upgraded to a red card, by the VAR, resulting in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's first-ever red card for the Gunners and would mean that the striker would miss Arsenal's next three matches against Sheffield United, Chelsea, and Arsenal's FA Cup tie against Bournemouth.
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However, following a 119th-minute goal by Olympiacos that meant Arsenal would be heading out of the competition, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed an open shot from five yards out in the last seconds of the match that would have seen his side through.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang assisted the Gunners' second goal, which was scored by Granit Xhaka.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ended the season with 22 league goals, one behind Jamie Vardy, the winner of the Golden Boot, and tied with Danny Ings for second place.
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On 2 February 2022, Barcelona reached an agreement for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to join the club.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang signed a contract until 30 June 2025 with an option to agree departure on 30 June 2023.
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On 2 September 2022, Chelsea announced the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to join the club on a two-year contract.
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On 21 July 2023, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang left Chelsea and signed a three-year deal with Olympique de Marseille.
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In December 2023, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored four goals and provided four assists, leading Marseille to a five-match unbeaten run, earning him the Ligue 1 Player of the Month award.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was invited to play for Italy U19s after a good season with Dijon, but he debuted for the France under-21 team in February 2009 in a friendly match against Tunisia U21.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was eligible to play for Spain because he has Spanish nationality.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang decided to represent Gabon because his father once captained the team, but he maintains a close relationship with Spain and expressed a desire to play in La Liga prior to signing for FC Barcelona.
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On 25 March 2009, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was selected for the Gabon national team and made his debut for the squad.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was a key member of the Gabon national side that reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations as co-hosts of the competition.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted three goals in total, finishing the tournament as one of the top scorers.
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In July 2012, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang represented Gabon at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in the team's opening game against Switzerland, which was Gabon's first-ever Olympic goal, and would prove to be Gabon's only goal of the tournament.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang then scored a brace against Burkina Faso in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Qualification.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang tested positive for COVID-19 before Gabon's first game in the African Cup of Nations.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang withdrew from the tournament a few days later to undergo further medical examinations in England after being diagnosed with heart lesions.
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On 18 May 2022, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang announced his retirement from international football.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made a total of 72 appearances for the Gabon national team and scored 30 goals.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang said his decision had been prompted by a meeting with President Ali Bongo Ondimba.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, representing Gabon, starred alongside Thiago Silva, Luka Modric, Andre Blake, Hassan Maatouk and Brian Kaltak.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the son of former Gabonese international footballer Pierre Aubameyang and younger half-brother of Catilina and Willy, who have both played for Milan's youth teams.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is married to Alysha Behague, the couple have two sons, Curtys and Pierre.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is multilingual, speaking French, English, Spanish, Italian, and German.