Abedi Pele
Ghanaian and French association football player (born 1964) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Ghana
- Born
- 5 November 1964
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1980–2000
Clubs Real Tamale United · FC Zürich · Al Sadd Sports Club · AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé · Chamois Niortais F.C. · FC Mulhouse · Lille OSC · Olympique de Marseille · Olympique Lyonnais · Torino FC · TSV 1860 München · Al Ain FC
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
479
Club league goals
157
International caps
73
International goals
33
League goals / match
0.33
International goals / cap
0.45
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Tamale UnitedClub | 1980–1985 | League | 65 | 28 |
| Ghana men's national football teamNational team | 1981–1998 | Full caps | 73 | 33 |
| Al Sadd Sports ClubClub | 1983 | League | 8 | 7 |
| FC ZürichClub | 1983–1984 | League | 18 | 9 |
| AS Dragons FC de l'OuéméClub | 1984 | League | 8 | 11 |
| Chamois Niortais F.C.Club | 1986–1987 | League | 32 | 14 |
| FC MulhouseClub | 1987 | League | 16 | 5 |
| Lille OSCClub | 1988–1990 | League | 61 | 16 |
| Olympique de MarseilleClub | 1988–1993 | League | 112 | 23 |
| Olympique LyonnaisClub | 1993–1994 | League | 29 | 3 |
| Torino FCClub | 1994–1996 | League | 49 | 11 |
| TSV 1860 MünchenClub | 1996–1998 | League | 50 | 2 |
| Al Ain FCClub | 1998–2000 | League | 31 | 28 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×5
Ligue 1
Domestic
- 1988–89 · Olympique de Marseille
- 1989–90 · Olympique de Marseille
- 1990–91 · Olympique de Marseille
- 1991–92 · Olympique de Marseille
- 1992–93 · Olympique de Marseille
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1992–93 · Olympique de Marseille
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
No dated individual awards from the catalog are recorded for this player in the current sources. This may reflect incomplete source data rather than an absence of awards; editors can add sourced entries.
Career timeline
1980
- Joins Real Tamale United — Until 1982
1981
- Senior international debut: Ghana men's national football team — Until 1998
1983
- Joins Al Sadd Sports Club — Until 1983
- Joins FC Zürich — Until 1984
1984
- Joins AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé — Until 1984
1985
- Joins Real Tamale United — Until 1985
1986
- Joins Chamois Niortais F.C. — Until 1987
1987
- Joins FC Mulhouse — Until 1987
1988
- Joins Lille OSC (loan) — Until 1990
- Joins Olympique de Marseille — Until 1993
1989
- Ligue 1 winner — 1988–89 · Olympique de Marseille(provisional)
1990
- Ligue 1 winner — 1989–90 · Olympique de Marseille(provisional)
1991
- Ligue 1 winner — 1990–91 · Olympique de Marseille(provisional)
1992
- Ligue 1 winner — 1991–92 · Olympique de Marseille(provisional)
1993
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1992–93 · Olympique de Marseille(provisional)
- Ligue 1 winner — 1992–93 · Olympique de Marseille(provisional)
- Joins Olympique Lyonnais — Until 1994
1994
- Joins Torino FC — Until 1996
1996
- Joins TSV 1860 München — Until 1998
1998
- Joins Al Ain FC — Until 2000
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
35.4
Rank #98
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 0% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence23.9+7.17 points
- Best window
- 1989–1993
- Individual award points in window
- 0
- Award availability in window
- 0.641
- Team honor points in window
- 20.5
- Peak index
- 10.25
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence57.9+14.47 points
- League goals per match
- 0.328 → 70.55
- International goals per cap
- 0.452 → 95.21
- International caps per year
- 4.06 → 45.74
Individual accoladesFull evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Contemporary award points
- 0
- Award availability coverage
- 0.558
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 0
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence41.6+6.24 points
- Team honor points
- 20.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.619
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1992–93)
- 8
- Ligue 1 (1988–89)
- 2.5
- Ligue 1 (1989–90)
- 2.5
- Ligue 1 (1990–91)
- 2.5
- Ligue 1 (1991–92)
- 2.5
- Ligue 1 (1992–93)
- 2.5
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence75.3+7.53 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 21 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 5 → 45
- International career length (years)
- 18 → 100
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Abedi Pele (Q336916)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Abedi Pele 2007.jpgCC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026