Didier Drogba’s Girlfriend Posts Birthday Message to Chelsea Legend

• Chelsea and Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba recently turned 46
• Drogba's girlfriend posted a message to the former footballer
• He got an early birthday present when Ivory Coast won the AFCON

Didier Drogba got an early birthday present when Ivory Coast mounted a historic comeback to win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

His girlfriend, Gabrielle Lamaire, posted an adorable birthday message for the Chelsea legend on her social media.

The Ivory Coast legend turned 46 on March 11, and Lamaire celebrated the former African Footballer of the Year with a lovely post on her Instagram.

Lemaire posted several photos with Drogba with a heartwarming caption. She will probably throw a great party for the former footballer.

"Happy birthday my everything."

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It is fair to say that Drogba's year started well. He failed to win an AFCON title as a player but was in attendance last month to watch his country lift the trophy, per BBC.

Drogba's splits with his wife

In 2021, Drogba split with his Malian wife, Lalla Diakate, after 10 years of marriage. The Premier League Diakate in the late 1990s in Paris and they married in 2011.

The pair exchanged their vows in Monaco in the presence of selected guests, but the player claims they have separated after 20 years of togetherness.

He made the announcement of their split after photos of Drogba and a mysterious woman went viral on social media.

The union got blessed with three kids, but the couple has now separated after 20 years, as Sports Brief earlier reported.

Drogba watches as Cote d'Ivoire suffer huge defeat

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Chelsea legend Drogba watched as Cote d'Ivoire got battered by Equatorial Guinea in their Group A game at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

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The former Cote d'Ivoire captain was in the stands as the host nation suffered one of their worst-ever defeats at the tournament, leaving their slim chance of progressing bleak.

A second-half masterclass from the Nzalang Nacional saw them add three goals to the first-half strike from Emiliano Nsue to leave the Alassane Outarra Stadium 4-0 winners.

The hosts recovered to win the tournament.