• Awards
  1. 100 Most Influential Young Africans – 2017
  2. 100 Most Influential Young Africans – 2016
  • Gabon
  • Footballer, Gabon & Borussia Dortmund
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Emerick_Aubameyang

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays for the German club Borussia Dortmund and the Gabon national football team.

He is known for his speed, having clocked 30 metres in 3.7 seconds, and his capability of playing as a striker or a winger.

Despite playing once for France Under-21, Aubameyang made his senior international debut for Gabon in 2009, and has represented them at three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2012 Olympics.

He is the current holder of CAF’s African Footballer of the Year award, becoming the first Gabonese player to win the award.

In 2016 and 2017 Africa Youth Awards named her among the 100 Most Influential Young Africans, an initiative instituted to promote African youth movements and achieving and also restoring excellence in the works of young people across Africa.