Jordan Ayew

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Jordan Ayew
Ayew with Leicester City in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jordan Pierre Ayew[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-11) 11 September 1991[2]
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Positions
Youth career
2000–2006 Lyon Duchère
2006–2009 Marseille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Marseille 111 (14)
2014 → Sochaux (loan) 17 (5)
2014–2015 Lorient 31 (12)
2015–2017 Aston Villa 51 (9)
2017–2019 Swansea City 50 (8)
2018–2019 → Crystal Palace (loan) 20 (1)
2019–2024 Crystal Palace 175 (21)
2024–2026 Leicester City 72 (11)
International career‡
2010 Ghana U20 1 (1)
2010– Ghana 122 (34)
Medal record
Representing  Ghana
Men's football
Africa Cup of Nations
Runner-up2015
Unity Cup
Third place2025
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:26, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:25, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Jordan Pierre Ayew (born 11 September 1991) is a professional footballer who last played as a winger or forward for EFL League One club Leicester City. Born in France, he plays for the Ghana national team.

The son of former Ghana national football captain Abedi Pele, and the brother of fellow players André and Ibrahim Ayew, Ayew began his professional career with Marseille, scoring on his senior debut in 2009. After short spells with fellow Ligue 1 clubs Sochaux and Lorient, he was signed by English side Aston Villa in 2015, finishing his only full season as the team's top scorer as they were relegated from the Premier League; this feat was subsequently repeated with Swansea City in 2018. Following Swansea's relegation, Ayew was signed by Crystal Palace, going on to make over 200 appearances for the club.

Born in France, Ayew made his senior debut for Ghana in 2010 and has since earned over 110 caps for his country, serving as captain since 2025. He has played for the national team at three FIFA World Cups (2014, 2022 and 2026), as well as six Africa Cup of Nations (2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023), helping them finish runners-up in 2015.[4]

Club career

Marseille

Ayew playing for OM in 2013

Ayew joined Marseille as a trainee in 2006. He signed a three-year professional contract with Marseille in 2009. Jordan Ayew made his debut for the senior team on 16 December 2009 in a league match, scoring the equaliser against Lorient. Marseille went on to win the match 2–1.[5] Ayew scored his second goal against Nice at the Stade Vélodrome on 27 April 2011 in a match which saw his elder brother André Ayew score a hat-trick. On 1 November 2011, Jordan and André both started a UEFA Champions League match for the first time against Premier League giants Arsenal.

On 6 January 2014, he joined Ligue 1 rivals Sochaux on a loan deal until the end of the 2013–14 season.[6]

Lorient

On 28 July 2014, Ayew signed a four-year contract with Lorient.[7] Ayew explained the style and quality of play that Lorient proposed was the reason behind the decision.

Aston Villa

On 27 July 2015, Ayew joined Aston Villa on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £8 million.[8][9] He scored his first goal for the club on 24 October 2015 against his elder brother's club, Swansea City, in the 62nd minute.[10] Aston Villa were relegated at the end of the 2015–16 season, winning only 17 points, but Ayew did end the season as their top scorer, albeit with just seven goals.

Swansea City

2016–17 season

Ayew playing for Swansea in 2017

On 31 January 2017, Jordan Ayew joined Premier League Swansea City until the end of the 2019–20 season in exchange for Welsh International defender Neil Taylor, plus add-on fees from Swansea rising to £5 million if undisclosed future conditions were met.[11] Jordan's elder brother was a Swansea City player during the 2015–16 season and later joined him in the winter transfer window of 2018.[12] On 12 February 2017, he made his debut in a 2–0 victory over Leicester City after coming on in the 72nd minute for Fernando Llorente.[13][14] In the final match of the season, Ayew scored his debut goal for Swansea by scoring the first goal, an equaliser which led to a their 2–1 comeback victory over West Bromwich Albion.[15][16] He played a key role in helping them survive the league and avoid relegation by playing 14 matches, starting nine of those, scoring a goal and assisting three goals.[17]

2017–18 season

On 22 August 2017, Ayew put up a man of the match performance by scoring a 20-yard strike goal and assisting another for Tammy Abraham's debut goal in Swansea's EFL Cup match against MK Dons.[18][19] His goal 20-yard effort was described by news outlet BBC as a tremendous strike.[19] Ayew scored his first goal in the 2017–18 season, on 26 August 2017, to help The Swans to a 2–0 victory over his future club Crystal Palace.[20] On 17 January 2018, he scored the opening goal in the Swans' 2–1 FA Cup replay match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.[21]

At the end of his second season, his only full season with the club, he played 44 matches in all competition and scored 11 goals with 7 coming in the league. He finished the season as the club's top goal scorer and was voted the Players' Player of the season.[22] His solo goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers scored on 17 January 2018 in the FA Cup won the club's goal of the season award.[23] Despite his performance over the season, Swansea was relegated to the championship. This made it the fourth time he had ended as a club's top goal scorer but the club still getting relegated at the end of the season.[24]

Crystal Palace

2018–19 season

On transfer deadline day in August 2018, Ayew joined Crystal Palace on loan for the 2018–19 season.[25] He made his debut on 1 September 2018, starting in Palace's 2–0 loss to Southampton. On 15 September, he put on an impressive performance against Huddersfield, providing the assist to Wilfried Zaha's goal to earn Palace a 1–0 victory.[26] He was praised for his pressing, hold up play which helped in bringing others into play and allowing the other attackers the opportunity to create chances.[26]

On 2 January 2019, he scored his first league goal for Palace by scoring the opening goal in their 2–0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.[27] Three days after, Ayew came on in the 68th minute for Jairo Riedewald to score a late winner (in the 86th minute) against Grimsby Town in the FA Cup.[28]

2019–20 season

Ayew (9) playing for Crystal Palace against Manchester United in 2021

On 25 July 2019, Ayew made the move permanent with a £2.5m transfer from Swansea City on a three-year deal.[29] Ayew scored his first goal of the season on 24 August 2019 against Manchester United at Old Trafford, netting the opener in the first half against the run of play, latching on to Jeffrey Schlupp's flick-on as Crystal Palace secured an historic 2–1 victory.[30]

On Boxing Day 2019, Ayew scored the match winner in stoppage time as Crystal Palace came from behind to defeat West Ham United 2–1.[31] It was Ayew's 21st goal in the Premier League with 20 having been scored in the second half (95%) – the highest such ratio of any player with 20+ goals in the competition's history.[32] On 20 June 2020, he scored to assist the Eagles defeat Bournemouth 2–0, making him the highest-scoring Ghanaian in Premier League history with 25 goals. He surpassed Tony Yeboah who scored 24 goals while playing for Leeds United.[33][34]

At the end of the season, Ayew was the highest goalscorer for Crystal Palace with 9 goals, and won the Crystal Palace Player of the season, Players' Player of the season and Goal of the season awards.[35][36]

2020–2023

In the 2020–21 season, Ayew scored his only goal in the season in a 4–1 victory over Leeds United.[37] He subsequently went 43 games without a goal before scoring a 65th-minute equaliser to secure a 2–2 Premier League draw for Crystal Palace against Southampton on 16 December 2021.[38] On 4 April 2022, he scored the second goal in a 3–0 home victory over Arsenal at Selhurst Park.[39][40] At the end of the 2021–22 season, he was played 31 league matches, scored 3 goals and made 3 assists.[41]

In June 2022, he signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2023.[42] Ayew scored his first goal of the 2022–23 season and his first goal after his contract extension on New Year's Eve, ending his goal drought failing to score from 13 starts in 15 matches. He scored the opening goal to help Crystal Palace to 2–0 victory over Bournemouth.[43][44] On 9 April 2023, he scored a brace inspiring Crystal Palace to an emphatic 5–1 away victory against Leeds United.[45] At the end of the 2022–23 season, Ayew played in all 38 league matches scoring four goals and providing three assists.[46]

2023–24 season

On 1 November 2023, Ayew signed a contract extension until 2025.[47] On 27 February 2024, he made his 200th Crystal Palace appearance in all competitions, marking the milestone with a player of the match-winning performance including scoring one goal and assisting another in a 3–0 victory over Burnley.[48] Days after that, he was adjudged the Crystal Palace men's Player of the Month for February.[49]

Leicester City

On 23 August 2024, Leicester City signed Ayew on a two-year contract worth £5 million.[50] He made his debut for the club on 24 August in a 2–1 defeat to Fulham, coming on for Bobby De Cordova-Reid.[51] He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win against Tranmere Rovers in the EFL Cup.[52] On 19 October, he tallied his first league goal for the club when he scored a stoppage time winner against Southampton.[53] Leicester City endured successive relegation campaigns that saw them drop from the Premier League to the EFL Championship and then further into EFL League One, taking his total career relegations to five across five clubs.[54]

On 24 May 2026, the club announced it was releasing the player following relegation.[55]

International career

Ayew playing for Ghana in 2015

Born in France, Ayew is of Ghanaian and Lebanese descent and holds dual Ghanaian and French citizenship.[56] He made his first senior appearance for Ghana on 5 September 2010, in a 3–0 2012 AFCON Qualification match win against Swaziland, at the Somhlolo National Stadium in Lobamba, Swaziland.[57][58] On 1 June 2012, Ayew scored his first and second international goals in a 2014 World Cup qualification match win against Lesotho, at the Kumasi Sports Stadium in Kumasi, Ghana.[59] In December 2011, Ayew was named to the Ghana national team provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations,[60] and in January 2012 he was selected for the tournament's 23-man squad.[61]

In June 2014, he was included in the Ghanaian squad for the 2014 World Cup. In Ghana's last warm-up match before the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil on 9 June 2014, Ayew came on as a first-half substitute for the injured Majeed Waris and ended up scoring a hat-trick in a 4–0 victory over South Korea.[62][63]

Jordan Ayew was part of the Ghanaian team in 2015 Africa Cup of Nations which took place in Equatorial Guinea that took a silver medal as result of losing out to Ivory Coast on a penalty shoot-out whom they clinch the African Cup, which occurred on 8 February 2015.

Ayew (left) playing for Ghana at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

He was part of the Ghanaian team in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that was eliminated at the group stage of the competition.[64][65] In January 2024, he was named in the 27-man squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.[66] He scored two penalties in his 100th international cap, which ended in a 2–2 draw against Mozambique in the last group stage match of the African competition.[67]

He featured and scored in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers match on 6 June 2024 in which Ghana beat Mali 2–1,[68] he also scored a hat-trick when the Black Stars beat the Central African Republic on 10 June 2024 at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.[69][70] In November 2024, Ghana coach Otto Addo name Jordan Ayew captain of the team ahead of crucial Afcon 2025 qualification matches.[71]

On 2 June 2026, he was named in the 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[72] On the same day, he featured in his 120th international match in a 1–1 friendly draw with Wales, equaling the record for the most international appearances by a Ghanaian player, previously set by his brother André Ayew.[73] On 17 June, he made his record 121st appearance for Ghana in the team's World Cup opening match against Panama, also becoming the fourth player to represent Ghana at three different World Cups.[74][75] At 34 years and 185 days, he surpassed Denis Odoi as the oldest player to feature for Ghana at a World Cup.[75]

Personal life

Ayew is the son of Maha Ayew and Abedi Pele. His maternal grandfather, Alhaji A.A. Khadir,[76] is Lebanese.[77] His father, uncles Kwame and Sola, and brothers André and Ibrahim are all current or former professional footballers as well as a sister, Imani. Ayew is a practising Muslim.[78] He has never been married but shares two children with Denise Acquah and another older son from a previous relationship.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 May 2026[79]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Marseille 2009–10 Ligue 1 41000000–41
2010–11 Ligue 1 22210303[c]000292
2011–12 Ligue 1 34333116[c]01[d]0457
2012–13 Ligue 1 35720109[e]3—4710
2013–14 Ligue 1 16100105[c]1—222
Total 1111463612341014722
Sochaux (loan) 2013–14 Ligue 1 1751000——185
Lorient 2014–15 Ligue 1 31120011——3213
Aston Villa 2015–16 Premier League 3073030——367
2016–17 Championship 2120011——223
Total 5193041——5810
Swansea City 2016–17 Premier League 141————141
2017–18 Premier League 3675232——4411
Total 5085232——5812
Crystal Palace (loan) 2018–19 Premier League 2013120——252
Crystal Palace 2019–20 Premier League 3791010——399
2020–21 Premier League 3311010——351
2021–22 Premier League 3132010——343
2022–23 Premier League 3841020——414
2023–24 Premier League 3540020——374
2024–25 Premier League 10————10
Total 175215070——18721
Leicester City 2024–25 Premier League 3052031——356
2025–26 Championship 4262010——456
Total 72114041——8012
Career total 527812762762341060597
  1. Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 23 June 2026[80][81]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ghana 201020
201110
201272
201300
2014113
2015145
201671
201781
201812
2019103
202040
202181
2022141
202391
2024139
202584
202651
Total12234
Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ayew goal.[80]
List of international goals scored by Jordan Ayew
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 June 2012Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana Lesotho3–07–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.6–0
3.9 June 2014Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States South Korea1–04–0Friendly
4.3–0
5.4–0
6.5 February 2015Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea1–03–02015 Africa Cup of Nations
7.14 June 2015Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Mauritius2–07–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
8.5–1
9.1 September 2015Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville, Congo Congo3–23–2Friendly
10.17 November 2015Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana Comoros2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.24 March 2016Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Mozambique3–03–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12.29 January 2017Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon DR Congo1–02–12017 Africa Cup of Nations
13.18 November 2018Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia1–02–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
14.2–0
15.25 June 2019Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt Benin2–12–22019 Africa Cup of Nations
16.2 July 2019Suez Stadium, Suez, Egypt Guinea-Bissau1–02–0
17.18 November 2019Estádio Nacional 12 de Julho, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe1–01–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
18.28 March 2021Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Cape Coast, Ghana São Tomé and Príncipe2–03–1
19.10 June 2022Noevir Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Japan Japan1–11–42022 Kirin Cup
20.20 September 2023Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Liberia3–03–1Friendly
21.22 January 2024Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Mozambique1–02–22023 Africa Cup of Nations
22.2–0
23.22 March 2024Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco Nigeria1–21–2Friendly
24.26 March 2024Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech, Morocco Uganda2–12–2
25.6 June 2024Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako, Mali Mali2–12–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
26.10 June 2024Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, Ghana Central African Republic1–04–3
27.2–2
28.3–2
29.15 November 2024Estádio 11 de Novembro, Talatona, Angola Angola1–01–12025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
30.21 March 2025Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Chad3–05–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
31.31 May 2025Brentford Community Stadium, London, England Trinidad and Tobago1–04–02025 Unity Cup
32.4 September 2025Stade Olympique Maréchal Idriss Déby Itno, N'Djamena, Chad Chad1–01–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
33.8 October 2025Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, Morocco Central African Republic4–05–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification
34.27 March 2026Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Austria1–31–5Friendly

Honours

Ayew celebrating the 2011 Trophée des Champions with Marseille

Marseille

Ghana

Individual

See also

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