Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang(oblation)

Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang born 18 June 1989 is a professional footballer who plays for the German club Borussia Dortmund and the Gabon national football team. He is known for his speed, having clocked 30 meters in 3.7 seconds, and his capability of playing as a striker or a winger.

He began his career at A.C. Milan, who loaned him to four French clubs before he joined Saint-Étienne permanently in 2011. After winning the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue Final, he joined Dortmund, where he has twice won the DFL-Supercup.

Despite playing once for France Under-21, Aubameyang made his senior international debut for Gabon in 2009, and has represented them at three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2012 Olympics.

Club career
Early career
Aubameyang joined A.C. Milan youth team in January 2007. In August, he was part of the squad that finished fourth in theinaugural Champions Youth Cup held in Malaysia and was awarded the Roberto Bettega Trophy for being the top scorer. He scored seven goals in six matches.

France

For the 2008–09 season, Aubameyang was loaned out to Dijon FCO, in order to gain some first team experience. His performances there led him to appear in World Soccer's Talent Scout section in Summer 2009.

On 24 June 2009, it was announced Ligue 1 club Lille OSC had decided to sign Aubameyang on loan.

In the following season, he was loaned out again, this time to AS Monaco. On 21 August 2010, Aubameyang scored his first goal for Monaco in an away match versus RC Lens. He scored again on 29 August at home to AJ Auxerre where his Monaco team won 2–0.

In January 2011, after six months at Monaco, Aubameyang was loaned to AS Saint-Étienne until the end of the 2010–11 season. In July 2011, the loan was extended for the entire 2011–12 season. On 22 December 2011, Aubameyang signed with Saint-Étienne on a permanent deal. In February 2012, Aubameyang scored his first hat-trick against FC Lorient. In a warm up in a match against Olympique Lyonnais, he wore a £2,500 pair of swarovski crystals encrusted boots.

On 20 April 2013, Aubameyang was in the starting line-up for Saint-Étienne in the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue Final. Les Verts won the match 1–0 with a goal from Brandão to give Aubameyang his first major trophy as a professional footballer.

In the 2012–13 Ligue 1 season, Aubameyang ended second in the competition's top-goalscorers list with 19 goals. From his 37 appearances he also provided eight assists second only to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Borussia Dortmund
2013-2014 Season
On 4 July 2013, Aubameyang joined Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund on a five-year contract. He made his competitive debut for his new club on 27 July 2013 against Bayern Munich in the DFL-Supercup, replacing Jakub Błaszczykowski for the last 18 minutes of Dortmund's 4–2 victory assisting the final goal which was scored by Reus. On 10 August 2013, Aubameyang made hisBundesliga debut and scored a hat-trick against FC Augsburg, including a goal from his first shot in the league. In the process, Aubameyang also became the first Gabonese player to appear in the Bundesliga. On 27 November 2013, Aubemayang scored his firstChampions League goal in a 3–1 win against Napoli in the group stage of the 2013–14 competition. He took a penalty against 1860 Munchen that propelled Dortmund into the next round of the DFB Pokal. He spent most the season playing as either a substitute from the bench or as second striker to Robert Lewandowski but still gave Dortmund important goals racking up 16 goals in all competitions.

2014-2015 Season
On 13 August 2014, Aubameyang assisted Borussia Dortmund's first goal and scored the second goal in a 2–0 victory over Bayern Munich in the DFL-Supercup. After scoring the goal, he celebrated by putting on a Spider-Man mask. In Dortmund's next match, a 4–1 win over Stuttgart Kickers in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, Aubameyang scored two second-half goals and provided the assist for Adrián Ramos's goal. On 13 September, Aubameyang scored his first Bundesliga goal of the season, netting Dortmund's final goal of their 3–1 win over SC Freiburg. Three days later, Aubameyang scored Borussia Dortmund's second goal in a 2–0 win over Arsenal in the first group match of theChampions League. He scored a goal in Dortmund's 2-2 draw with Stuttgart. In the next game, he scored the only goal for Dortmund in a 2-1 loss to FC Schalke 04. In their Champions league match against Anderlecht, he assisted Adrian Ramos' second goal to make the scores 3-0. Two games later, he scored a first half brace against Galatasaray S.K. in the Champions League. He assisted Marco Reus' goal in the derby against Bayern Munich in what was eventually a 2-1 loss for Dortmund. In the reverse fixture of the groupstage match against Galatasaray, he assisted a Ciro Immobile goal to make it 3-0. The match eventually ended 4-1.In a match against SC Paderborn 07, he scored a 12th minute goal to give Dortmund an early lead. he then assisted the second goal which was scored by Reus, the match ended 2-2. He assisted the only goal in a 1-0 win againstTSG Hoffenheim. He then went on to score a goal in what ended in a 2-2 draw against Wolfsburg. He was runner up to Yaya Toure in the CAF African Player of the year with Nigerian shot stopper Vincent Enyeama coming in third. In a match against FSV Mainz 05, Aubameyang assisted Marco Reus' 9th minute goal and scored 2 goals to make the final score 3-0. In their next game against SC Freiburg, he scored the third goal in a match that ended 4-2 in favor of Dortmund. Maintaining his goal scoring form he netted the opener in their next match against VfB Stuttgart in what was Dortmund's third win in a row and extended his scoring streak to three games. Aubameyang continued his amazing form by scoring Borussia Dortmund's first goal in a 3-0 win vs FC Schalke 04 in the Revierderby. The goal was famous for his Bat-Man celebration with Marco Reus who wore aRobin mask in the same celebration. This goal meant that he had scored 5 goals in his last four games.

International career

Aubameyang was invited to play for Italy U-19s after a good season with Dijon, but he debuted for the France U-21 team in February 2009 in a friendly match against Tunisia.



On 25 March 2009, Aubameyang was selected for the Gabon national football team and made his debut for the team. He scored his first goal in a 3–2 victory over Morocco.

Aubameyang was a key member of the Gabon national side that reached the quarter finals of the 2012 African Cup of Nations as co-hosts of the competition. He netted three goals in total, finishing the tournament as one of the top scorers. On 5 February 2012, he set up the opening goal for his team and hit the post in the quarter-final against Mali. However, the match ended 1–1 after extra time and Aubameyang had hispenalty saved in the shootout to decide the game.

In July 2012, Aubameyang represented Gabon at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. He scored in the team's opening game againstSwitzerland, which was Gabon's first Olympic goal, and would also prove to be Gabon's only goal of the tournament. They were eliminated in the group stage.

On 15 June 2013, Aubameyang scored a hat-trick of penalty kicks in Gabon's 4–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Niger.

Aubameyang captained Gabon at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring the team's opening goal of the tournament in their 2–0 win overBurkina Faso on 17 January 2015. He is Gabon's highest goal scorer as well as the nations best player.

Playing Style
Aubameyang is described as a versatile attacker capable of playing anywhere in front of a three man attack formation as well as an attacking midfielder. He is also a good header of the ball due to his height and his jumping ability as expressed in his header against Bayern Munich in the DFL-Supercup. He is an accurate finisher within the box and a decent one outside the box.

He is capable of scoring direct free kicks which he has shown several times in his career. He possesses an excellent track record of penalties which was best expressed in his hat-trick of penalties against Niger Republic in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Aubameyang has good ball control and dribbling ability enabling him to beat players one on one. He also boasts accurate short and direct passes as well as through balls. He possesses good vision witnessed by the number of assists he makes. He is unarguably one of the fastest players in the modern game having clocked a time of 3.70 seconds over 30 meters which is marginally faster than the time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt recorded in the first 30 meters of his record breaking 100 meter run. He has recorded the fastest on pitch sprint alongside Arjen Robben of an excess of 35 km/hr.

In addition to his blistering speed, he also possesses excellent acceleration being able to reach his top speed in few strides. This has caused problems for officials tracking his runs and has led to some of his goals being wrongly discredited as offside. This also makes him a major threat on counter-attacks. Teammate Neven Subotic said that "he is one of those players with the rare natural ability of immense speed. He is very difficult to mark. I would not like to defend against him and I don't know anyone who would". Bloombergdescribed him as "speed merchant supreme".

Due to the fact that Aubameyang is very fast and is a great finisher, he quickly gained fame because he is very overpowered in FIFA 13, FIFA 14 and FIFA 15. He is so overpowered that in FIFA 14 He wasn't the highest rated, yet some people said he was hands down the best player in the whole game.

Personal life
Aubameyang is the son of former Gabonese international Pierre Aubameyang and younger brother of Catilina and Willy, who both have played for Milan youth teams. His mother is Spanish. On 17 July 2013, he bought a mansion worth £1.2 million in Germany. Aubameyang enjoys spending time with his son and frequently thanks God for things in his life.

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