Jordan Ayew

Location: London, England

The Crystal Palace man in his London apartment, enjoying his leisure time playing with his lovely kids. (Image: Instagram)

Born in Marseille, France, son of former Ghana captain and Olympique de Marseille hero Abedi Pelé, being a top-class professional footballer was certainly this man's destiny. Starting out as a nine year old at the Lyon Duchére youth academy, he joined Marseille as a trainee in 2006 and later signed his first professional contract with the club in 2009. The forward made his club debut in Ligue 1 on 16 December 2009, scoring against Lorient as Marseille ran out 2-1 winners. The Ghanians time with Les Phocéens saw him score 27 goals and assist a further 17 in 147 appearances, winning the treble of Ligue 1, Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions in 2010;  the double of Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions in 2011; and Coupe de la Ligue in 2012. After a successful spell with his boyhood club the forward moved to fellow Ligue 1 club Lorient on 28 July 2014 citing the need for a new challenge, and here at the Stade du Moustoir he'd have his most productive season, scoring 13 and assisting 7 goals is 33 appearances. Soon he'd be on the move again, this time moving countries to sign for English club Aston Villa, the forward would be The Villians' top-scorer with 7 goals in 30 appearances but that was the only silver-lining in an otherwise miserable Premier League campaign which saw Aston Villa relegated to the EFL Championship. The forward joined Swansea City ahead of the 2017/18 season, in what would be a replica of his time with Aston Villa, the forward scored 7 goals in 36 appearances only to see his team relegated once more. On transfer deadline day, the Ghanian joined Crystal Palace on loan for the 2018/19 season, he featured 25 times for The Eagles, scoring and assisting 2 goals apiece as Palace finished in twelfth position in the Premier League.