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Chelsea's Drogba Named WHO Ambassador for Sports & Health

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  • Source: Goal
  • 19 Oct 2021 23:55

Didier Drogba is tasked with promoting the organization's recommendations on the necessity of physical activity.

  • Didier Drogba.
    Football champion Didier Drogba.

Former Cote d’Ivoire international and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is named the World Health Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Sport and Health.

Following the announcement in Geneva on Monday, the two-time African Player of the Year will work with the organization to promote its recommendations for physical activity and other healthy lifestyles.

Drogba retired from football at the age of 40 after a two-decade professional career, the most of which he spent at Stamford Bridge.

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  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Chelsea
  • Didier Drogba

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