André Ayew

André Morgan Rami Ayew, widely known as Dede Ayew in Ghana, was born on December seventeenth, nineteen eighty-nine. He is a professional footballer who currently plays as a winger or forward for NAC Breda in the Dutch Eredivisie and serves as the captain of the Ghana national team. Ayew is the second-born son of the legendary Abedi 'Pele' Ayew, a three-time African Footballer of the Year and member of FIFA 100, and he has two brothers, Ibrahim and Jordan, who also pursue careers in professional football.

Ayew's football journey began in Germany, where he debuted for 1860 Munich at the tender age of seven. In two thousand six, he joined his father's former club, Marseille, and spent two seasons in the youth academy before making his first-team debut in the two thousand seven to eight season. His early career included loan spells at Lorient and Arles-Avignon, where he played a pivotal role in helping Arles-Avignon achieve promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time.

In two thousand ten, Ayew returned to Marseille, quickly establishing himself as a key player under manager Didier Deschamps. Over the course of his tenure, he made more than two hundred appearances and contributed to the club's success, winning consecutive Trophée des Champions and Coupe de la Ligues in both two thousand ten and two thousand eleven.

Internationally, Ayew has represented Ghana since two thousand eight, earning one hundred twenty caps. He captained the under-20 team to victory in both the two thousand nine African Youth Championship and the two thousand nine FIFA U-20 World Cup. Ayew has participated in three FIFA World Cups (two thousand ten, two thousand fourteen, and two thousand twenty-two) and eight Africa Cup of Nations tournaments (two thousand eight, two thousand ten, two thousand twelve, two thousand fifteen, two thousand seventeen, two thousand nineteen, two thousand twenty-one, and two thousand twenty-three), where he played a crucial role in helping Ghana finish as runners-up in two thousand ten and two thousand fifteen, and was the top goalscorer in the latter tournament.