BASEL I dan BASEL II

Basel I

     Adalah putaran pertimbangan oleh gubernur bank sentral dari seluruh dunia, dan pada tahun 1988, Komite Basel (BCBS) di Basel , Swiss , menerbitkan satu set persyaratan modal minimal untuk bank-bank. Hal ini juga dikenal sebagai Basel Accord 1988, dan ditegakkan oleh hukum dalam Kelompok Sepuluh (G-10) negara pada tahun 1992.

Penetapan Basel 1

v  Secara internasional dibutuhkan suatu keragaman regulasi secara global atau internasional yang akan menjadi suatu acuan bagi regulator pada masing-masing Negara.

v  Pandangan dan pemikiran ini yang menjadi dasar munculnya kesepakatan Basel – basel accord.

Kesepakatan Basel 1

v  Pada tahun 1974 dicetuskan komite basel – the basel committee.

v   Fungsi untuk pengawasan dibidang perbankan.

v   pembentukan komite basel diprakarsai oleh gubernur bank sentral the group of ten (G10).

Tujuan utama Pengembangkan Kesepakatan Basel I

v   Meningkatkan kekuatan dan stabilitas dari sistem perbankan internasional.

v  Untuk menciptakan kerangka pengukuran kecukupan modal dari bank yang aktif secara internasional.

v  Untuk membentuk kerangka yang dapat diaplikasikan secara konsisten dengan berpandangan untuk mengurangi ketidaksertaan dalam persaingan – competitive inqualities – antara bank – bank yang aktif secara internasional.

Konsep Kesepakatan Basel 1

v   Pengukuran kecukupan modal menurut kredit didasari oleh beberapa kalkulasi terdiri dari :

   Ø   Bobot risiko aktiva dan bobot risiko.

   Ø   Penyertaan dengan risiko kredit.

   Ø  Target rasio modal dan kalklasi modal yang memenuhi syarat.

   Ø  Kecukupan hasil pada modal yang memenuhi syarat.

   Ø  Struktur modal.

Kelemahan Kesepakatan Basel I

v   Pendekatan portofolio belum diakomodasi.

v   Netting belum diizinkan.

v   Eksposur risiko pada pada Basel I diregulasi secara samar-samar.

v  Pendekatan Basel I memberikan  pembobotan pada bobot risiko aktiva yang sama terhadap semua pinjaman korporat tanpa memperdulikan peringkat kredit dari debitur.

Basel II

     Adalah yang kedua dari Basel Accord, yang rekomendasi mengenai hukum perbankan dan peraturan yang dikeluarkan oleh Komite Basel tentang Pengawasan Perbankan. Basel II, awalnya diterbitkan pada bulan Juni 2004, dimaksudkan untuk menciptakan sebuah standar internasional untuk regulator perbankan untuk mengontrol berapa banyak kebutuhan modal bank-bank untuk menyisihkan untuk menjaga terhadap jenis bank resiko keuangan dan operasional (dan ekonomi keseluruhan) wajah. Salah satu fokus adalah untuk menjaga konsistensi peraturan yang cukup sehingga hal ini tidak menjadi sumber ketidaksetaraan antara bank-bank internasional yang kompetitif aktif. Advokat Basel II percaya bahwa standar internasional seperti dapat membantu melindungi sistem keuangan internasional dari jenis masalah yang mungkin timbul harus sebuah bank besar atau serangkaian keruntuhan bank. Dalam teori, Basel II berupaya mencapai hal ini dengan mendirikan risiko dan persyaratan pengelolaan modal yang dirancang untuk memastikan bahwa bank memilki modal yang memadai untuk resiko bank menghadapkan sendiri untuk melalui pemberian pinjaman dan praktik investasi.

Kesepakatan Basel II

v  Dalam the market risk amendement in 1996 mengizinkan bank  menggunakan model internal untuk mengukur risiko kredit.

v  Komite Basel pada tahun 1999 meningkatkan kerja sama dengan bank utama dari Negara anggota dalam mengembangkan kesepakatan modal yang baru (capital accord).

v   Kenal dengan nama Kesepakatan Basel II.

Basel II ; Mencapai Tujuan

v  Menggunakan tiga pilar untuk keseimbangan antara modal yang sesuai persyaratan dengan modal ekonomis.

v  Mendorong integrasi pengukuran risiko ke dalam proses manajemen.

v  Mencapai sensitivitas risiko kredit yang lebih tinggi.

v  Menciptakan flesibilitas dalam memilih pendekatan dalam penetapan modal sesuai dengan persyaratan.

Regulasi Tiga Pilar 

v  Pilar 1 – Kewajiban penyediaan modal minimum.

Kesepakatan pilar pertama dengan pemeliharaan modal peraturan dihitung untuk tiga komponen utama resiko yang dihadapi bank: resiko kredit , resiko operasional , dan resiko pasar . Resiko lain tidak dianggap sepenuhnya diukur pada tahap ini.

v  Pilar 2 – Tinjauan berdasarkan regulasi.

Kesepakatan Pilar kedua dengan respon peraturan untuk pilar pertama, memberikan regulator jauh lebih baik atas yang tersedia untuk mereka di bawah Basel I. Hal ini juga memberikan suatu kerangka kerja untuk menangani semua resiko lainnya mungkin menghadapi bank, seperti resiko sistemik , resiko pensiun , resiko konsentrasi , resiko strategik , resiko reputasi , resiko likuiditas dan resiko hukum , yang menggabungkan kesepakatan itu di bawah judul resiko residual.

v  Pilar 3 – Disiplin pasar yang efektif

Pilar ini bertujuan untuk melengkapi persyaratan modal minimum dan proses review pengawasan dengan mengembangkan satu set  persyaratan pengungkapan yang memungkinkan pelaku pasar untuk mengukur kecukupan modal suatu institusi. Pasar disiplin 

suplemen ketentuan sebagaimana berbagi informasi memfasilitasi penilaian bank oleh orang lain termasuk investor, analis, 

pelanggan, bank lain dan lembaga rating yang mengarah ke tata kelola perusahaan yang baik. Tujuan dari pilar ketiga adalah untuk 

memungkinkan disiplin pasar untuk beroperasi dengan mewajibkan lembaga untuk mengungkapkan rincian tentang ruang lingkup aplikasi eksposur, modal, resiko, proses penilaian resiko dan kecukupan modal lembaga. Ini harus konsisten dengan bagaimana manajemen senior termasuk papan menilai dan mengelola resiko lembaga.

SARBANES OXLEY ACT

PENGERTIAN

Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX atau SOA) yaitu undang-undang disahkan sebagai tanggapan terhadap tinggi profil Enron dan WorldCom sekandal keuangan untuk melindungi pemegang saham dan masyarakat umum dari kesalahan akuntansi dari paktek-praktek curang dalam perusahaan. Undang-undang tersebut diprakarsai oleh Senatur Paul Sarbanes dan Representative Michael Oxley. Undang-undang ini dipandang sebagai reformasi tersebsar di USA bagi pengukuran corporate governance sejak diterbitkannya Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934.

Dengan diberlakukannya undang-undang Sarbanes Oxley 2002 yang ditndatangani oleh presiden George Walker Bush pada 30 Juli 2002 diharapkan dapat membawa dampak positif bagi berbagai profesi, antara lain : akuntan public bersertifikat (CPA), kantor akuntan public (KAP), perusahaan yang memperdagangkan sahamnya (list di bursa US), peraturan (broker), penyaluran (dealer), pengacara yang ber praktik untuk perusahaan public, investor perbankan serta para analisis keunagan. Penerapan undang-undang tersebut dilatabelakangi oleh bangkrutnya sejumlah korporasi di Amerika Serikat.

PENGATURAN

Pemerintah melakukan regulasi dengan tujuan agar terjadi persaingan yang sehat diantara pelaku usaha. Selain itu juga untuk menyelaraskan ketidak seimbangan kekuatan diantara pelaku usaha, konsumen secara individu, dan masyarakat pada umumnya. Masyarakat dalam arti individu meupun kelompok sangat membutuhkanasanya suatu lembaga yang mengatur dan melindungi kepentingan mereka terutama terhadap barang/jasa public. Tujuan dari adanya pengaturan tersebut yaitu berkaitan dengan 5 (lima) hal sebagai berikut :

1.      Mengatur Persaingan (regulate Competition)

2.      Melindungi Konsumen (Protect Consumers)

3.      Mendorong Keadilan dan Keselamatan (Promote Equity and Safety)

4.      Melindungi Lingkungan Alam (Protect Natural Environment)

5.      Adanya etika untuk mencegah dan menegakkan hokum terhadap tindakan ilegal (ethics to deter and provide for enforcement against misconduct).

LEGALISASI

Karena adanya desakan dari masyarakat, Congress cepat untuk bertindak. Pada tanggal 30 Juli 2002, Presiden Walker Bush mengesahkan suatu undang-undang yang bernama Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Undang-undang tersebut bermaksud untuk meningkatkan kepercayaan public Terhadap pasar modal dan menetapkan kewajiban dan hukuman yang berat bagi perusahaan publik dan para eksekutif, direksi, auditor, pengacara, dan analis saham yang melanggar aturan yang telah ditetapkan.

            Undang-undang ini merupakan reformasi terbesar di USA bagi penilaian corporate governance. Oleh karena itu merupakan suatu keharusan bagi para akuntan, auditor dan fraud examiners untuk mempelajari undangundang ini, dan termasuk juga Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 99, agar mengetahui pengaruhnya bagi organisasi publik, swasta maupun jenis organisasi yang lain serta tanggung jawab apa saja yang menjadi kewajibannya.

Berikut ini ringkasan isi pokok dari Sarbanes-Oxley Act:

v  Mensyaratkan salah seorang anggota komite audit adalah orang yang ahli dalam bidang keuangan.

v  Melarang kantor akuntan publik dari tawaran jasa lainnya, seperti melakukan konsultasi, ketika rnereka sedang melaksanakan audit pada perusahaan yang sama. Hal ini untuk menghindari adanya benturan kepentingan (conflict of interest).

v  Mensyaratkan penasehat hukum perusahaan untuk mengungkap adanya penyimpangan kepada pejabat senior dan kepada dewan komisaris, jika perlu; penasehat hukum tersebut berhenti untuk bekerja sama dengan perusahaan jika manajer senior tersebut mengabaikan laporan tersebut.

v  Mensyaratkan mutual fund professional untuk menyampaikan suaranya pada wakil pemegang saham, sehingga memungkinkan para investor untuk mengetahui bagaimana saham mereka berpengaruh terhadap keputusan.

v  Memberikan perlindungan kepada individu yang melaporkan adanya tindakan menyimpang kepada pihak yang berwewenang.

Biography of My Idols

Wayne Rooney Biography

Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985 in Liverpool) is an English footballer. He currently plays for the English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. He normally played as a second striker to Ruud van Nistelrooy for his club team before van Nistelrooy's move to Real Madrid, although during 2005-06, he showed his versatility as a player by shifting to the midfield and playing on both flanks. He wears number 8 for Manchester United and wears number 9 the English national team.

Rooney was brought up in an urban area of eastern Liverpool called Croxteth, where he and his two brothers attended the local De La Salle Catholic School.

His boyhood team was always Everton; his love for his home town club was famously bore out when he wore a T-shirt reading "Once a blue, Always a blue". However, he would end up playing just two seasons with Everton before demanding, and then executing, a transfer. This has left him on unfavourable terms with Everton fans, as they showed when he returned to Goodison Park and he was booed severely.

Although he has been under an intense media spotlight since first arriving on the scene in 2002, it was not until his performances at Euro 2004 that he gained a reputation on the world stage, as he spearheaded the English attack, scoring four goals. Rooney is also on the cover of the FIFA 07 video game in the United Kingdom.

Rooney has also been compared to George Best and Paul Gascoigne in terms of talent.

Wayne Rooney Private Life

Wayne Rooney married Colleen Rooney on 12 June 2008. They had been dating for six years. They had a first child, Kai Wayne Rooney, on 2 November 2009. His younger brother John Rooney is also a professional footballer, playing for Macclesfield Town.

Wayne Rooney in the Premiership

After excelling for Liverpool Schoolboys and The Dynamo Brownwings, Rooney was signed by Everton shortly before his 11th birthday. Rooney gained national prominence on the 19th of October 2002 when he became the youngest goal scorer in the history of the Premier League at 16 years and 360 days while playing for Everton (though this record has since been surpassed twice). His goal against then-champions Arsenal was a last-minute winner and brought to an end the London side's 30-match unbeaten run. At the end of 2002 he won the BBC Sports Young Personality of the Year award. On 26 December 2002 he "achieved" the record of becoming the youngest player ever to be sent off in a Premiership game. This is also his only standing record in the Everton books.

National team career

He has also figured prominently in recent England international matches, after having become the youngest ever player to play for England, in a friendly against Australia, on 12 February 2003, aged 17 years, 111 days. This record has since been surpassed by Theo Walcott, who came off the bench to play in England's friendly against Hungary on 30 May 2006. England's youngest ever player previous to Rooney was James F. M. Prinsep of Clapham Rovers, who made his debut almost one and a quarter centuries before, on 5 April 1879, aged 17 years, 253 days. Rooney is also the youngest England scorer ever (17 years, 317 days).

His reputation as one of the world's most exciting young players was further enhanced by his impressive performances for England at Euro 2004 in Portugal. At the tournament Rooney became the youngest player ever to score in the UEFA European Football Championships, when on 17 June 2004 he scored twice against Switzerland; although the Swiss player, Johan Vonlanthen, broke this record against France four days later. Unfortunately Rooney was injured early in the quarter final match against Portugal and England were subsequently knocked out on penalties.

World Cup 2006 - Wayne Rooney

There was concern for Rooney's fitness ahead of the 2006 FIFA World Cup after the fourth metatarsal on his right foot was broken, possibly in several places, following a seemingly innocuous challenge from Paulo Ferreira during Manchester United's 3-0 defeat away at Chelsea on 29 April 2006, putting him out of action for an estimated six weeks. This was also the first match he played in the re-branded Nike Total 90 'Supremacy'. The boot's safety went under the spotlight after many considered it unsafe to wear.

A bone scan on 25 May 2006 suggested he would not be expected to return in time for the World Cup group ties, with a decision to be made on his return to training after these games had passed. Shortly afterwards his international manager confirmed he would travel with the squad to Germany, and would return to have another bone scan on 7 June. Ahead of this scan, Wayne claimed to be feeling fine and was "300% confident" of his own fitness. Rooney was reported to be back, doing light training on 2 June, working on kicking the ball and running.

On 7 June, Wayne Rooney had his second scan, with reports saying he would play in the World Cup as he boarded a flight to Baden-Baden to regroup with the England squad.

On 8 June, Sven-Göran Eriksson said that he was "injury free" and that "he just needs to get back his fitness before he can play". Eriksson hinted at a possible involvement in the later group stage matches and almost certainly, should England progress, in the second round of the competition.

On 15 June, Sven-Göran Eriksson and FA doctors declared Rooney match fit in time for the match against Trinidad & Tobago. Prior to the match there was much speculation as to whether his health would be risked by playing him at this stage; the speculation was ended when he entered the match in the 58th minute, replacing Michael Owen. Although Rooney did not score, England's fans were keen to see him running with pace (as if he was match fit many weeks before his medical clearance) and making his presence felt on the attack. On 18 June, Eriksson announced that Rooney would be starting England's next game. Rooney's rush into play was much to the dismay of his club team, Manchester United, who were concerned that a full recovery would be jeopardised.

On 20 June, Rooney started in the final group match, England against Sweden, helping England to a 2-2 draw.

On 25 June, Rooney once again started in England's second round game (knock-out rounds) against Ecuador. Although he failed to score, he looked lively and appeared to be fully fit and definitely match fit.

On 1 July, Rooney was sent off in the quarter final against Portugal while fighting for possession with Chelsea and Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho. Rooney appeared to stamp down on Carvalho's groin and was sent off by referee, Horacio Elizondo. Rooney later announced, through the serialisation of his biography in the Daily Mail, that the stamp on Ricardo Carvalho was unintentional. He became only the third English player to be sent off in a World Cup Finals. Due to his red card, he missed England's opening Euro 2008 qualifiers against Andorra on 2 September and Macedonia on 6 September.

2009–10 Season

On 22 August 2009, he became the 20th Manchester United player to have scored over 100 goals for the club, finding the net twice in a 5-0 away win at Wigan Athletic.

His performance for Manchester United have led many to say he is one of the greatest football players in the world. If not the best player, then in the top two with Lionel Messi of Barcelona

2010 World Cup

The 2010 World Cup was another comparative disappointment for Wayne Rooney. England lost in the second round against Germany, and Wayne failed to find his great form of the previous domestic season. In the lead up to the World Cup finals, much media speculation suggested Wayne Rooney was the key to a good England performance. It is possible this weight of expectation played on Rooney's mind.

2010/11 Season

In November of 2011, Wayne Rooney shocked fans by suggesting he was ready to leave Manchester United, even raising the possibility of moving to Manchester City. In the end, he signed for Manchester United on a new contract making him one of the best paid players in the world. With Manchester United, he won his 4th Premier League winners medal. It was Manchester United's 19th.

Career Statistics for Wayne Rooney

• Total Club Appearances - 424. Total Goals - 181
• Total International Appearances - 73. Total Goals - 28

Stats correct 22nd Jan 2012

Club Honours

With Manchester United

• Premier League (4): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
• Football League Cup (2): 2005–06, 2009–10
• FA Community Shield (3): 2007, 2010, 2011
• UEFA Champions League (1): 2007–08
• FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008

Individual

• PFA Players' Player of the Year (1): 2009–10
• PFA Young Player of the Year (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
• PFA Fans' Player of the Year (2): 2005–06, 2009–10
• PFA Premier League Team of the Year (2): 2005–06, 2009–10
• FWA Footballer of the Year (1): 2009–10

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Biography of My Idols

Name:	Didier Drogba
Nationality:	Ivorian
Date of Birth:	11/03/1978
Height:	6' 2" (189cm)
Weight:	14st 5lbs (91.0kg)
Previous
Clubs:	Marseille, Guingamp
Position:	Striker

Chelsea career
When Didier signed from Marseille in the summer of 2004 he was a big man with a growing reputation, Though a groin operation forced him out for two months midway through his first Chelsea season and it took time to reach full power again, he ended the league-winning campaign with 16 goals to his name in all competitions, including one in the victorious Carling Cup Final against Liverpool.

In 2005/06 his season's tally was again 16, 12 coming during the successful defence of the Premiership, but before that triumph, there was also adversity.

Following handball incidents in two games and accusations of diving in the media, it took character to respond with an awe-inspiring showing against West Ham at the Bridge in March 2006.

Chelsea came back from a goal and a man down to win that game 4-1, prompting then manager Jose Mourinho to say: 'Didier should go home, switch on the TV, listen to the pundits, buy every single paper tomorrow and listen and read to see if the same people who wanted to kill him have now the common sense to say what he deserves.'

The 2006/07 campaign was when it all came together for the Ivorian, whose pace, strength and aerial power had made him the type of forward not seen at Chelsea for some time. He netted 33 times in all competitions after moulding a strike partnership with newly-arrived Andriy Shevchenko.

His 20 goals in the league won him the Premier League's Golden Boot for the first time. His 60 games tally was the second highest appearances in a season in the club's history - and he ended the campaign with the first club goal at the new Wembley as Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 in stoppage time of the 2007 FA Cup Final.

There were high hopes that he could reach the heights again in 2007/08 but knee injuries and an African Nations Cup meant it was hard to put a run of games together, and he ended a disrupted season with 15 goals, including another at Wembley in the Carling Cup Final defeat to Spurs.

After his double at the Bridge against Liverpool in the semi-finals, the Champions League ended with shame as he was red-carded the Final in Moscow against Man United.

If there had been ups and downs in that campaign, 2008/09 would be even more extraordinary.

The arrival of Luiz Felipe Scolari into the manager's chair was greeted with excitement, but the Brazilian struggled to utilise the injury-affected Didier alongside the free-scoring Nicolas Anelka, eventually opting to go with the Frenchman alone.

Lacking match fitness, Didier found it hard to make an impact in the first half of that season, eventually doing so against Burnley in the Carling Cup, but after a fine individual goal, he reacted to coins thrown from the away end and was punished with a three-match ban that further hinder his involvement.

Scolari's dismissal and Guus Hiddink's arrival in mid-February sparked a return to form and the starting line-up for the Ivory Coast captain, and he repaid the Dutchman with a number of vital goals.

Controversy though was never far away. Eliminated from the Champions League in injury time of the semi-final against Barcelona, again he did not react well, confronting referee Tom Henning Ovrebo in front of the TV cameras. Another three-match ban followed, reduced on appeal from four.

Still there was one more twist to come, as he powered home a header in the FA Cup Final against Everton, levelling up Louis Saha's opener for his fourth goal in as many Wembley visits. Chelsea lifted the Cup once more.

From the moment his two-goal salvo turned a deficit into victory versus Hull on the opening day of the 2009/10 campaign, the signs were good that the player could pick up where he left off the previous season.

The early season formation adopted by the Dutchman's successor, Carlo Ancelotti, allowed Didier to play close to Anelka and he locked into an incredibly consistent run of scoring. By Christmas he had found the net 18 times in 21 games as he departed for the African Nations.

On his early return to club duty at Hull, he scored his third direct free-kick of the season before he went on the rampage against Arsenal with a brace - making it 12 goals in 12 games against the Gunners.

However as Champions League ambition faded once again, Didier was sent off near the end of defeat by Inter, maintaining what was almost becoming a traditional ban for the start of the next Euro campaign. It was his one red card of the season.

Back in the middle of a three-man attack for the league run-in, Didier netted a vital winner at Old Trafford that put Chelsea on top of the table and with our destiny in our own hands.

An historic 8-0 win against Wigan on the final day and a second-half hat-trick was a great way way to reclaim both the Premier League and the Golden Boot.

His winner in the 2010 FA Cup Final, a direct free-kick against Porstmouth meant the season had a pair of Ivorian bookends - a Didier goal at its start and at its finish.

Voted the club's Player of the Year by the fans, his 37 goals is the second best total in Chelsea history and included strikes at Anfield, the Emirates and Old Trafford.

Following hernia surgery that saw him miss most of pre-season, he began 2010/11 with a hat-trick against West Brom, followed by a hat-trick of assists at Wigan in the first away game. It looked like being another scary season for defences around Europe.

However illness struck in the autumn in the form of malaria. Didier battled on and was captain for a spell with Terry and Lampard both injured, but his power was down and Chelsea's flying start to the campaign gave way to an extended period of well-below-par results with important players missing. Coming on as a sub away to Spurs before Christmas, he scored to salvage a point but frustratingly missed out on a winner when his penalty was saved, a rare spot-kick failure indeed.

A stunning long-range strike away to Bolton in January 2011 was his last for 11 games as Fernando Torres came onto the scene and the right mix up front was sought by Ancelotti.

Didier was on the bench for a Champions League quarter-final second leg at Old Trafford and although he came on at half-time and scored, Chelsea went out. It was a sad way to mark his 300^th appearance for the club.

Although 13 goals in all competitions and no medals in 2010/11 suggests an indifferent season by his standards, his combined league total of goals and assists was still the second highest by any top-flight player in that season. His 109 shots were the most attempts on goal.

Physically a match for any defender and able to score any type of goal, his ability to make and take chances as well as take on the opposition backline single-handed has marked Didier down as one of the world's very finest strikers for many seasons.

In 2011-12 we have seen another healthy goal return posted for the Ivorian, who missed eight games and over five weeks at the start of 2012 on international duty. Most crucially for his club, he netted a brace in the vital 3-0 Champions League win over Valencia at the start of December that ensured European progression, as group winners, for the Blues.

With 12 goals by the end of March, including a recent winner against Stoke City and the all-important opener in that memorable extra-time victory over Napoli and, with his habit of scoring very big goals in very big games, Didier will inevitably continue to play a big part as the Blues hunt domestic and continental glory.

Pre-Chelsea
Didier was signed in the summer of 2004 from Marseille where he had been named France's Player of the Year. A reported fee of £24 million was paid.

The man who spearheaded Ivory Coast to a first World Cup Finals in 2006 moved from Africa to live in France as a young child and played his early junior football at right-back.

He dabbled with various small clubs and even turned down the chance of a trial at Paris St-Germain, preferring to learn his trade before moving onto the big stage.

He did so at second division Le Mans before shifting up a division to Guingamp, a club he had been prevented from joining some years earlier due to injury.

It was during this spell in Brittany that Didier first came to the attention of Jose Mourinho, then Porto's manager - but after scoring 17 goals in 2002/03 and becoming an international, he had moved out of the Portuguese club's price range.

Marseille swooped and they did not regret their move. In his second season at l'OM, he netted 18 times in 35 league games and six times as the 2004 Uefa Cup Final was reached, including braces against Liverpool and Newcastle.

In addition to his France Footballer of the Year award, Fifa recognised the achievements with a nomination for World Player of the Year. Mourinho made the player a top target in his first summer of transfer activity at Chelsea - and this time the price wasn't a problem.


International career
Didier made his Ivory Coast debut in 2002, and captained his country to their first ever World Cup appearance in 2006, where he scored in a narrow defeat by Argentina which was followed by an equally-close reverse against Holland.

There may have been a few choice words from the 32-year-old when Ivory Coast were drawn in the 'group of death' for the second World Cup running ahead of South Africa 2010.

Chelsea's all-time international goalscorer, having netted 43 times in 69 matches by that stage, suffered a broken arm in a pre-tournament warm-up game which left his participation in 2010's Finals in question leading up to the opening game. He came on as sub although his play looked restricted, but he did find the net during defeat to Brazil next match. Once again Ivory Coast left after three games. Didier was again the captain.

In the Africa Cup of Nations, Ivory Coast have struggled to live up to expectations. In Ghana in 2008 they were expected to challenge but eventually finished fourth, having lost the final on penalties to Egypt in 2006, Drogba missing his. In an incredible shoot-out in the quarter-final against Cameroon that eventually ended 12-11, Didier scored as the first of the original five takers and then later scored the decisive spot kick.

In 2010, they bowed out in extra-time of the quarter-finals as coach Vahid Halilhodzic lost his job, making way for Sven Goran Eriksson to coach the side in South Africa after Guus Hiddink had turned the post down.

Didier's exploits for club and country won his Africa's Player of the Year in 2006 and 2009. For Ivory Coast, he is simply their biggest star, but expectation weighs heavy even on the broadest of shoulders.

At the 2012 African Nations, Drogba once more helped his side to the final, but against Zambia, he had the chance to win it for his country, only to send his penalty over the bar. The game went to a shootout, and although Didier converted, his side were beaten once again. There will be one more chance, at least, in 2013.

 

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