Didier Yves Drogba Tébily, popularly known as Didier Drogba is a retired professional football player from Ivory Coast. Drogba won the UEFA President’s award along with the “Footballer Of The Year” on four different occasions. Having said that, he is undoubtedly one of the best football players to have come from the lands of Africa.
Didier Drogba started his professional career in 1998 with the French club Le Mans and later signed a contract with Chelsea which is a famous English professional football club.
With a net worth of over $90 Million, Drogba is one of the most successful players the game has ever seen which points to his lavish and sumptuous car collection. His garage includes cars ranging from a modest MINI Cooper JCW to the nonpareil Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster. Of course, there is more to Didier Drogba’s car collection, followed below.
3. MINI Cooper John Cooper Works
The MINI Cooper JCW is one of the cars that the African footballer got in his Chelsea days. He used to drive the car to the practice and was photographed multiple times in it.
The MINI Cooper JCW is the more expensive iteration of the regular Cooper Hatchback with notable performance and design upgrades.
2. Ferrari F430
One of the most illustrious cars of the 2000s from the Italian car maker, the Ferrari F430 also grabbed the attention of the African footballer and he got it when he signed a contract with Chelsea football club in 2004.
The Ferrari F430 was one of the very few models from the brand which shared the design philosophy of the classic Ferraris with a measured improvement in aerodynamics and technology.
1. Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster
The most expensive car in the “Ultimate Big Game Player” winner’s garage is indeed the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster. With a whopping $495,000 price tag, the car was a joint venture between the F1 team McLaren and the German automaker Mercedes-Benz.
The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster was one of the first production models to offer carbon ceramic brakes and monocoque which not to mention was adopted from the McLaren F1.