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Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang (born 18 June 1989) is a professional
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who plays as a striker for
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club Al-Qadsiah and captains the Gabon national team. Aubameyang began his senior club career by signing for Italian club
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, but never appeared for the club, instead going on a series of
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spells in France. He transferred to
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in 2011. There he won a
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title, subsequently joining
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in 2013. In Germany, Aubameyang finished as the league's top goalscorer in the 2016–17 season and won a
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. He also ranks as the club's eighth-highest all-time goalscorer. In 2018, Aubameyang was the subject of a then– club record association football transfer when he signed for
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in a move worth £56 million (€60 million), making him the most expensive Gabonese player of all time. With Arsenal, he won an
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and finished as the league's joint- top goalscorer in the 2018–19 season. After leaving Arsenal in 2022, Aubameyang had spells with
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and Chelsea before signing for
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in 2023. In 2024 he joined Al-Qadsiah. Born in France, Aubameyang chose to represent Gabon at international level, making his senior debut in 2009 at the age of 19; with 35 goals, he is the nation's all-time top scorer. He represented Gabon at four
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tournaments and the
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. In 2016, he was named
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; the first Gabonese and second European-born player to win the award.


Club career


AC Milan

Aubameyang joined
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's youth academy in January 2007. In August, he was part of the squad that finished fourth in the inaugural Champions Youth Cup held in
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, where he made a name for himself and attracted the attention of scouts internationally. He scored against every opponent Milan played, finishing with seven goals in six matches.


2008–09: Loan to Dijon

For the 2008–09 season, Aubameyang was loaned out to
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of
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in France to gain first-team experience. His performances there led him to appear in '' World Soccer'' Talent Scout section in the summer of 2009. He finished with a total of ten goals and two assists in all competitions, including two goals in a
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tie against Selongey.


2009–10: Loan to Lille

On 24 June 2009, it was announced
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club
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had decided to sign Aubameyang on loan. Relative to his previous season, however, Aubameyang did not perform as well, scoring just two goals in 14 appearances, four as a starter.


2010–11: Loans to Monaco and Saint-Étienne

For the 2010–11 season, Aubameyang was loaned for the season to
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. On 21 August 2010, he scored his first goal for Monaco in an away match against
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, then scored again on 29 August at home to
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, where Monaco won 2–0. In January 2011, after six months with the club, Aubameyang was loaned to
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until the end of the 2010–11 season, finishing the season with four goals and three assists. In July 2011, the loan was extended for the entire 2011–12 season.


Saint-Étienne

On 22 December 2011, Aubameyang signed with Saint-Étienne on a permanent deal. He was quickly added to the starting lineup and was given the number 7 jersey. In February 2012, he scored his first
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against
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. He became an integral part of the squad, scoring half of the team's away goals during the season, and went on to be Ligue 1's 4th top scorer having scored 16 goals behind Montpellier's
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with 21, PSG's Nenê with 21 too and Lille's
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with 20. 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. He finished the season with 18 goals and seven assists in all competitions. In the 2012–13 season, Aubameyang ended second in the competition's top-goalscorers list, scoring 19 goals and finishing behind only
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. From his 37 appearances, he also provided eight assists. The season was widely regarded as his breakout year—he appeared in the Ligue 1 team of the season and he won the Ligue 1 African Player of the Year award.


Borussia Dortmund


2013–15: DFL Supercups

On 4 July 2013, Aubameyang joined 2012–13 Champions League finalists
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on a five-year contract. He made his competitive debut for his new club on 27 July 2013 against Bayern Munich in the
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, replacing
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for the last 18 minutes of Dortmund's 4–2 victory, assisting Dortmund's final goal, scored by
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. On 10 August, Aubameyang made his
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debut and scored a hat-trick against
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, 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, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–1 win against
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in the group stage of the 2013–14 competition. He later took a penalty against 1860 Munich that propelled Dortmund into the next round of the
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, finishing the year with 13 league goals and 16 goals in all competitions. 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
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. After scoring the goal, he celebrated by putting on a
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mask. In Dortmund's next match, a 4–1 win over
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in the first round of the
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, Aubameyang scored two second-half goals and provided the assist for Adrián Ramos' goal. On 13 September, Aubameyang scored his first
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goal of the season, netting Dortmund's final goal of their 3–1 win over
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. Three days later, Aubameyang scored Dortmund's second goal in a 2–0 win over future club
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in the first group match of the Champions League. Aubameyang ended his second season in Dortmund with 25 goals from 46 appearances, including one in the
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, where Dortmund were defeated 3–1 by
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at the Olympiastadion.


2015–16: League runner-up

On 31 July 2015, Aubameyang signed a new contract to last until 2020, saying, "Every part of me wants to be here and I have never wanted to leave." On 20 August, he scored a brace as Dortmund came from 0–3 down to win 3–4 at
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in the first leg of their Europa League
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. By scoring in Dortmund's 1–1 draw with 1899 Hoffenheim on 23 September, Aubameyang became the first player in Bundesliga history to score in each of his team's opening six matches of a season. He later extended this record to eight matches, scoring in the team's next two fixtures against Darmstadt 98 and Bayern Munich, before failing to score for the first time in the Bundesliga season in a 2–0 win at Mainz 05. On 22 October, Aubameyang scored a hat-trick in a
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match against Gabala of Azerbaijan. Three days later, he scored another hat-trick in a 5–1 defeat of Augsburg at the Westfalenstadion. On 8 November, Aubameyang scored the winning goal for Dortmund in a 3–2
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victory over rivals
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. At the halfway stage of the Bundesliga season, Aubameyang was the league's top scorer with 18 goals from 17 appearances. On 30 January 2016, Aubameyang scored his 19th and 20th league goals of the season to give Dortmund a 2–0 home victory over FC Ingolstadt. Aubameyang reached 30 goals in all competitions in a 3–1 victory over
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in the quarter-final of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal. In addition to scoring himself, he assisted the side's other two goals scored by Marco Reus and Henrikh Mkhitaryan. On 10 March 2016, Aubameyang scored for Borussia in their 3–0 win over
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in the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 first-leg. A week later, he scored both goals in the 2–1 second-leg victory at
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, taking him to 35 goals for the season. In scoring two goals in a 5–1 win against VfL Wolfsburg on 30 April, Aubameyang reached 25 goals in the Bundesliga season, thus ending as the league's second-top scorer behind
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of Bayern Munich.


2016–17: Bundesliga top goalscorer and DFB-Pokal

Aubameyang began his 2016–17 season in the Bundesliga with a double against Mainz 05 on 27 August in a 2–1 victory, while also scoring twice against
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on 20 September. Aubameyang scored three days later against recently promoted SC Freiburg, bringing his season total to 5, into a tie atop the scoring charts with Lewandowski early in the season. Following an injury to
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, Aubameyang wore the captain's armband for Dortmund for the first time on 22 October, also scoring a goal in the 3–3 draw at FC Ingolstadt. Aubameyang also got off to an excellent start in Dortmund's Champions League group stage matches, scoring in each of their first leg matches as Dortmund were joint top of their group with
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. However, Aubameyang was left out of the squad by Thomas Tuchel for their return leg against
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on 2 November due to an "internal issue". It turned out that he received a one-game suspension for breaking club rules, by traveling to
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instead of staying in Dortmund. Expected to return that weekend at
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, Aubameyang exploded with a four-goal performance in a 5–2 victory, their first in five tries in the Bundesliga, while also assisting Ousmane Dembélé for Dortmund's final goal. On 19 November, Aubameyang scored the only goal of a 1–0 win over Bayern Munich at the Westfalenstadion. This was Dortmund's first Klassiker victory in the league since April 2014. On 7 December, Aubameyang scored Borussia's first goal in a 2–2 comeback draw with Real Madrid at the
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to secure qualification to the next stage as group winners. On 16 December, Aubameyang scored his 100th goal for Borussia Dortmund in a 2–2 draw away to 1899 Hoffenheim. On 4 March 2017, Aubameyang passed 20 Bundesliga goals for the second consecutive season with two goals in a 6–2 defeat of Bayer Leverkusen. Four days later, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 win over Benfica to put Dortmund into the
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of the Champions League. On 20 May, Aubameyang scored twice in Borussia's final-day defeat of
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to end the season as the Bundesliga's top scorer with 31 goals. In the
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of the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal on 27 May 2017, he scored the winning goal, a penalty, as Dortmund beat
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2–1.


Arsenal

On 31 January 2018, Aubameyang signed for
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club,
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, for a then-club-record fee, reported to be £56 million.


2018–2019: Debut season, Premier League Golden Boot

On 3 February, Aubameyang made his debut for Arsenal against Everton in the Premier League in a 5–1 home victory, scoring the team's fourth goal, chipping the ball over a grounded
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. After missing the Europa League matches against Östersunds FK for the Gunners due to being cup-tied, Aubameyang registered his first away goal for the club in the team's 2–1 away defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion. Aubameyang registered his first assist for the team, setting up Henrikh Mkhitaryan's goal in a 3–0 win over
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in which he also scored. Aubameyang scored twice in a 3–0 home win against Stoke City, making him the first player to score five times in his first six games for the club. He scored twice in manager
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's final home game for the club, opening and closing the scoring, whilst also assisting Alex Iwobi's goal, in a 5–0 win over
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. He ended the season with ten goals and four assists in thirteen Premier League games and was the last goalscorer for Arsenal under Arsène Wenger. Aubameyang scored his first goal of the following season in a 3–2 away win over Cardiff City on 2 September 2018. His strike from outside the box ended his personal run of 76 consecutive goals from inside the box in club football and was also his 150th goal in league football. Aubameyang made his European debut for Arsenal, in the 4–2 home win over
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, scoring two goals while playing for 57 minutes. By October 2018, Aubameyang had tallied 16 goals in Premier League play since joining Arsenal in February. According to Opta statistics, that gave him a minutes-per-goal ratio of 104.6, which set the record for the best minutes-per-goal ratio in Premier League history (minimum 10 goals). Aubameyang became the first player to reach 10 goals in the Premier League that season, following a brace in Arsenal's 4–2 victory over
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in the
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on 2 December. He also assisted a goal as Arsenal rose above Tottenham in the Premier League on goal difference. He scored his first Arsenal hat-trick in a 4–2 win over
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on 9 May 2019 as the club reached the Europa League final. He was the first Arsenal player to score a hat-trick in the semi-finals of a European competition. Aubameyang finished the season with two goals in a 3–1 away win at Burnley, meaning he ended the season sharing the
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title with Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané, on 22 goals. He played the full 90 minutes in Arsenal's 4–1 defeat to Chelsea in the Europa League, failing to make a significant impact as the result meant Arsenal missed out on Champions League qualification.


2019–2022: FA Cup win and departure

On 11 August 2019, Aubameyang scored his and Arsenal's first goal of the season in their 1–0 opening match victory over
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at
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, in which he demonstrated perfect technique to cushion a cross from Ainsley Maitland-Niles, to slot the ball past Martin Dúbravka, with
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hailing the strike as "a moment of genius". Aubameyang scored his first home goal of the campaign in Arsenal's next game, a 2–1 win over Burnley on 17 August. He scored his first European goal of the season on 19 September against
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in the Europa League, as Arsenal won 3–0 away from home on matchday 1. Aubameyang's five goals in September, including equalizers against Tottenham and
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and the winner against
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, saw him named the Premier League Player of the Month. On 5 November 2019, after Granit Xhaka was stripped of the Arsenal captaincy following his angry reaction to getting booed by the Arsenal supporters during their
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game against Crystal Palace, head coach
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confirmed that Aubameyang would take over as the new Arsenal captain. On 1 December, following the dismissal of Emery, Aubameyang scored both goals in Arsenal's 2–2 draw with
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under interim head coach
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. Aubameyang's first goal (a penalty) had to be retaken, after VAR discovered there to be encroachment in the penalty area. Aubameyang's first effort was kept out by goalkeeper Tim Krul, however, his second effort (the same side as his previous attempt), was successfully converted. Aubameyang scored in Arsenal's 1–1 draw with Crystal Palace on 11 January 2020, but was also sent off for a late challenge on Palace midfielder Max Meyer. Aubameyang was originally given a yellow card for the tackle by referee Paul Tierney, however, the card was eventually upgraded to a red card, by the VAR, resulting in Aubameyang's first-ever red card for the Gunners and would mean that the striker would miss Arsenal's next three matches against Sheffield United, Chelsea, and Arsenal's
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tie against
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. On 27 February, in Arsenal's Europa League second leg round of 32 match against
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and with the aggregate score tied at 1–1, Aubameyang's scissor kick goal in extra time allowed his side to equalize the match and lead the tie on aggregate. However, following a 119th-minute goal by Olympiacos that meant Arsenal would be heading out of the competition, Aubameyang missed an open shot from five yards out in the last seconds of the match that would have seen his side through. Following Arsenal's elimination, Aubameyang apologized for and lamented his miss, stating, "I feel very, very bad. It can happen but I do not know how I missed this chance. I was tired, I had some cramps but it is not an excuse." Following the resumption of the league in the wake of the
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, Aubameyang did not score or assist in the first three Premier League games after the restart for Arsenal, but eventually netted a brace on 1 July against Norwich City in a 4–0 rout. Aubameyang's first goal was his 50th in the league for Arsenal, making him the quickest player to reach 50 goals for the club in the Premier League era, having achieved the feat in just 79 league appearances, four games quicker than all-time club goalscorer
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, and also became the sixth fastest to 50 in the Premier League, behind
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and Mohamed Salah. Aubameyang also assisted the Gunners' second goal, which was scored by Granit Xhaka. He ended the season with 22 league goals, one behind Jamie Vardy, the winner of the Golden Boot, and tied with Danny Ings for second place. On 18 July, in their FA Cup semi-final against defending champions
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, Aubameyang scored both goals in a 2–0 win for Arsenal, sending them to the
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. On 1 August, he converted a penalty and scored the winner in the final, as Arsenal defeated Chelsea 2–1 and Aubameyang lifted his first trophy with the club, becoming the first African to win the FA Cup as a captain. On 29 August 2020, Aubameyang scored a goal in normal time and the fifth and winning penalty in a shoot-out win against
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in the Community Shield, after the game ended 1–1. On 12 September, he scored in the first league game of the new season the final goal of a 3–0 win away to
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. On 15 September, Aubameyang signed a new three-year contract with Arsenal. On 1 November, he scored a penalty in a 1–0 away win against Manchester United, to grant Arsenal their first Premier League win at
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since 2006. Aubameyang scored two goals for Arsenal in their 3–0 victory over
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on 18 January 2021. However, he did not play in the club's next three matches, in order to tend to his ill mother. On 14 February, Aubameyang scored his first Premier League hat-trick in a 4–2 win over
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. This took him to 200 career goals across Europe's top five leagues. On 25 February, he scored two goals against Benfica in a 3–2 win to secure a place in the Europa League round of 16. On 14 March, Aubameyang was left out of the starting lineup in the North London Derby against Tottenham, the manager citing disciplinary reasons. On matchday 16 of the 2021–22 season, Aubameyang was omitted from the squad for Arsenal's match against Southampton, with manager Mikel Arteta yet again citing disciplinary reasons. Three days later, Aubameyang was stripped of the captaincy. On 1 February 2022, Arsenal announced Aubameyang's departure from the club by mutual consent.


Barcelona

On 2 February 2022, Barcelona reached an agreement for Aubameyang to join the club. Aubameyang signed a contract until 30 June 2025 with an option to agree departure on 30 June 2023. Aubameyang made his debut for Barcelona on 6 February 2022, coming on as a substitute in a 4–2 win over
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. On 20 February, he scored his first competitive goals in his fourth match for Barcelona, scoring a hat-trick in a 4–1 away win at Mestalla Stadium over
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in a man-of-the-match performance. On 20 March, Aubameyang scored a brace and assisted
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in his only El Clásico helping Barcelona to a 4–0 away victory against the league leaders. On 14 May 2023, Barcelona beat Espanyol in a 4–2 win to secure the
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title, meaning Aubameyang claimed the first league title in his career, despite playing just nine minutes for Barcelona before joining Chelsea in the summer of 2022.


Chelsea

On 2 September 2022, Chelsea announced the signing of Aubameyang to join the club on a two-year contract. Barcelona confirmed the fee was €12 million (£10.3 million). Aubameyang made his Chelsea debut on 6 September, after being named a starter in a 1–0 Champions League defeat to
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. On 1 October, he made his league debut for the club and scored his first goal in a 2–1 away win against Crystal Palace. In the Champions League group stage, he scored two goals in two matches against his former club AC Milan. However, he was later excluded from the 25-man Champions League squad for the knockout stages by coach Graham Potter.


Marseille

On 21 July 2023, Aubameyang left Chelsea and signed a three-year deal with
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. On 12 August, he made his debut coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute in a 2–1 win against Stade de Reims. Three days later, he scored a brace against Panathinaikos in the Champions League third qualifying round which gave his team a 2–0 lead; however, Marseille conceded a penalty in the stoppage time which equaled the tie 2–2, before losing 3–5 on penalties to be eliminated from the competition. In December 2023, Aubameyang scored four goals and provided four assists, leading Marseille to a five-match unbeaten run, earning him the Ligue 1 Player of the Month award. On 22 February, Aubameyang became the top goal scorer in the history of the UEFA Europa League with 31 goals after scoring against Shakhtar Donetsk in a 3–1 victory, surpassing
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, with whom he was level on 30 goals.


Al-Qadsiah

On 18 July 2024, newly promoted
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club Al-Qadsiah confirmed the signing of Aubameyang on a two-year contract.


International career

Aubameyang was invited to play for Italy U19s after a good season with Dijon, but he debuted for the France under-21 team in February 2009 in a friendly match against Tunisia U21. Aubameyang was also eligible to play for
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because he has Spanish nationality. He decided to represent Gabon because his father once captained the team, but he maintains a close relationship with Spain and expressed a desire to play in La Liga prior to signing for
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. On 25 March 2009, Aubameyang was selected for the Gabon national team and made his debut for the squad. He scored his first goal in a 2–1 victory over
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, then scored a goal each in friendly matches against
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,
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,
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and
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. Aubameyang was a key member of the Gabon national side that reached the quarter-finals of the
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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
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. However, the match ended 1–1 after
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and Aubameyang had his penalty saved in the
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to decide the game. In July 2012, Aubameyang represented
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at the
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in London. He scored in the team's opening game against
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, which was Gabon's first-ever 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
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qualifying win over
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. He then scored a brace against
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in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Qualification. Aubameyang captained Gabon at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring the team's opening goal of the tournament in their 2–0 win over Burkina Faso on 17 January 2015. He rejected a callup for a pivotal World Cup qualifier at home to the
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in August 2017, and they lost 3–0. On 25 March 2021, Aubameyang captained Gabon to a 3–0 win at home to
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, scoring the third goal to ensure qualification to the
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to be staged in Cameroon. At that time, he contracted
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, in which he got a fever and had to be hospitalized. Aubameyang tested positive for
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before Gabon's first game in the
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. He withdrew from the tournament a few days later to undergo further medical examinations in England after being diagnosed with heart lesions. On 18 May 2022, Aubameyang announced his retirement from international football. He made a total of 72 appearances for the Gabon national team and scored 30 goals. However, a year later, he announced he had changed his mind and would return to the national side. He said his decision had been prompted by a meeting with President Ali Bongo Ondimba.


Media

Aubameyang was involved in the Amazon Original sports
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'' All or Nothing: Arsenal'', which documented the club by spending time with the coaching staff and players behind the scenes both on and off the field throughout their 2021–22 season. Produced by Fulwell 73,
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released ''Captains'' in 2022, an eight-part sports
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following six national team captains in their respective
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campaigns. Aubameyang, representing Gabon, starred alongside Thiago Silva (
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), Luka Modrić (
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), Andre Blake (
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), Hassan Maatouk (
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) and Brian Kaltak (
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). It was released by
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and also shown on FIFA's own streaming platform, FIFA+.


Personal life

Aubameyang was born in Laval, Mayenne, France. He is the son of former Gabonese international footballer Pierre Aubameyang and younger half-brother of Catilina and
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, who have both played for Milan's youth teams. His mother is Spanish. He is married to Alysha Behague, the couple have two sons, Curtys and Pierre. In August 2022, Aubameyang suffered a broken jaw during a violent robbery of his home in
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. He is multilingual, speaking French, English, Spanish, Italian, and German.


Career statistics


Club


International


Honours

Saint-Étienne *
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: 2012–13 Borussia Dortmund *
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: 2016–17; runner-up: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 *
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Arsenal *
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: 2019–20 *
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runner-up: 2017–18 *
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runner-up: 2018–19 Barcelona *
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: 2022–23 Al-Qadsiah * King's Cup runner-up: 2024–25 Individual *
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: 2015 * Prix Marc-Vivien Foé: 2012–13, 2023–24 * UNFP Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2012–13, 2023–24 * UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: February 2012, October 2012, February 2013, December 2023 * CAF Team of the Year: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 * UEFA Europa League Top scorer: 2023–24 * UEFA Europa League Player of the Season: 2023–24 *
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Squad of the Season: 2015–16, 2018–19, 2023–24 *
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Player of the Year: 2015–16 * Bundesliga top scorer: 2016–17 *
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Team of the Season: 2016–17 *
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: 2018–19 (shared) * Premier League Player of the Month: October 2018, September 2019 *
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*IFFHS CAF Men Team of The Year: 2020 * IFFHS CAF Men's Team of the Decade 2011–2020 * Arsenal Player of the Season Award: 2019–20 *Borussia Dortmund Player of the Season: 2014–15 Orders *Commander of the National Order of Merit of Gabon: 2016


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List of top international men's football goal scorers by country This article lists the top all-time goalscorer for each List of men's national association football teams, men's national football team. This list is an List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals, all-time top international ...


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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
at the Olympique de Marseille website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick 1989 births Living people Footballers from Laval, Mayenne French men's footballers Gabonese men's footballers Men's association football forwards OGC Nice players Stade Lavallois players FC Rouen players SC Bastia players AC Milan players Dijon FCO players Lille OSC players AS Monaco FC players AS Saint-Étienne players Borussia Dortmund players Arsenal F.C. players FC Barcelona players Chelsea F.C. players Olympique de Marseille players Al Qadsiah FC players Ligue 2 players Ligue 1 players Bundesliga players Premier League players La Liga players Saudi Pro League players France men's under-21 international footballers Gabon men's international footballers 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players Olympic footballers for Gabon Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics African Footballer of the Year winners Kicker-Torjägerkanone Award winners First Division/Premier League top scorers French expatriate men's footballers Gabonese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco French expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in England Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Monaco Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Gabonese expatriate sportspeople in Spain French people of Spanish descent Sportspeople of Spanish descent French people of Gabonese descent Gabonese people of French descent Gabonese people of Spanish descent Naturalized citizens of Gabon Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Gabon 21st-century French sportsmen