World Of Sports: Emmanuel Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor

Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (born 26 February 1984) is a Togolese footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur as a striker on loan from Manchester City. He played in the same position for the Togo national team before he announced his retirement from international football on 12 April 2010. Adebayor previously played for Metz, Monaco and Arsenal (as well as Real Madrid whilst on loan from Manchester City in the 2010-11 La Liga season), and was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2008.In January 2010, Adebayor was one of the players involved when the Togo national team's bus came under a gunfire attack on the way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.Despite being injured, Adebayor played for Togo against Cameroon. Within this match he scored the only goal for Togo to seal the win.On 8 January 2010, Adebayor was one of the players involved when the Togo national team's bus came under a gunfire attack on the way to the African Cup of Nations in Angola.The fatal attack, in which all the players survived but three other people were killed, led to Togo withdrawing from the tournament.Adebayor consequently announced his retirement from international football on 12 April 2010 in a statement which read, "I have weighed up my feelings in the weeks and months since the attack and I am still haunted by the events which I witnessed on that horrible afternoon on the Togo team bus. We were just footballers going to play a football match and represent our country, yet we were attacked by people who wanted to kill us all. It is a moment I will never forget and one I never want to experience again."