Jordan Pierre Ayew is a Ghanaian internationalfootballer who plays for French Ligue 1 club Olympique de Marseille. He started his football profile as a Marseille trainee in 2006. He signed a 3-year professional contract with Marseille in 2009. Ayew made his debut for the senior team on 16 December 2009 in a league game. Ayew scored his second goal against Nice at the Stade Vélodrome on the 27th of April 2011 in a match which saw his elder brother André Ayew score a hat-trick. On 1 November 2011, he started a UEFA Champions League match for the first time against Premier League outfit Arsenal. Ayew recorded 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. On 1 June 2012, Ayew scored his first and second international goals in a 2014 World Cup qualification match win against Lesotho. Ayew was named to the Ghana national team provisional 25-man squad for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
