Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Arsenal and the Gabon national team. He is the son of former Gabonese international Pierre Aubameyan. Aubameyon began his senior club career playing for Italian club A. C. Milan, but never appeared for the club as he went on a series of loan spells in France. He moved to Saint-Étienne in 2011, where he won a Coupe de la Ligue title and joined Borussia Dortmund in 2013. In 2018, he signed for Arsenal in a transfer worth £56 million, making him the most expensive Gabonesese player of all time.
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Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Arsenal and the Gabon national team. He is the son of former Gabonese international Pierre Aubameyan. Aubameyon began his senior club career playing for Italian club A. C. Milan, but never appeared for the club as he went on a series of loan spells in France. He moved to Saint-Étienne in 2011, where he won a Coupe de la Ligue title and joined Borussia Dortmund in 2013. In 2018, he signed for Arsenal in a transfer worth £56 million, making him the most expensive Gabonesese player of all time. In 2015, he was named African Footballer of the Year for his performances at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. He finished as the league’s top goalscorer in the 2016–17 season and won a DFB-Pokal. He made his senior debut for the national team in 2009 aged 19, and appeared in three Africa Cups of Nations tournaments, as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics. He ranks as Gabon’s all-time top goal scorer, with 18 goals and seven assists in all competitions. In the 2012–13 season, he ended second in the Champions League’s top-goalscorers list, scoring 19 goals and finishing only behind Zlatan Ibrahimović. From his 37 appearances, he also provided eight assists in the Ligue 1 team of the season. He won the African Player of the year award for the second time in his career in 2013, after scoring 16 goals in the 2012-13 season.
On 4 July 2013, he joined Champions League finalists Dortmund on a five-year contract. He appeared in his first competitive game against Bayern Munich on 27 July 2013. He also made his debut for his new club against the Bayern Munich in July 2014. In February 2012, he scored his first hat-trick against Lorient. He became an integral part of the squad, scoring half of the team’s away goals during the season, and went on to be Ligue1’s top goal-scorer with 16 goals. In April 2013, Aubame Yang was in the starting line-up for Saint- Étienne when they won the 2013 Coupe de Ligue 1 Final 1–0 with a goal from Brandão to give him his first major trophy as professional footballer. In January 2014, he won the African Player of the Year award for his performance at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He was also named African Footballer of the Year in 2014, becoming the first Gabonese player, and second-European born player, to win the award. He has also been named in the FIFA World Cup squad for the 2014 edition in Brazil, and the 2014 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in South Africa. In May 2014, Aubamayang was named the African Player of the Year for the 2014 African Cup of Nations.
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