Chelsea FC’s Champions League Winning Penalty Takers: Where Are They Now?

Didier Drogba

Result:  Champions League Winners

Where is he now:  Galatasaray S.K (sort of)

Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Last and certainly not least, King Didier.  Because of the red card in Moscow, he was not available to take the deciding penalty in the 2008 Champions League final against Manchester United.  Since he left, rare is the match over the last two seasons where someone did not say, “Man, if only we had Drogba up front…”. Drogba was the ideal striker who played his best when the stakes were highest.  His last touch of a football created, “the greatest night in the history of Chelsea Football Club, European Champions.”

Replaced by:  Well, we’re working on that