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Drogba: Chelsea legend stutters in Ivorian football presidential election race

Didier Drogba’s ambition of becoming president of the Ivorian Football Federation suffered a huge blow on Sunday.

In the election conducted amongst former Cote d’Ivoire players through video conferencing, the Chelsea legend scored zero out of the 14 votes available.

Just like Drogba, incumbent vice-president Idriss Diallo got no votes as league president Sory Diabate garnered 11 ballots, while three withdrew.

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Didier Zokora, who was Drogba’s assistant captain, was among the former players who failed to endorse the former African Player of the Year.