Jordan Ayew

Three days after, Ayew came on in the 68th minute for Jairo Riedewald to score a late winner (in the 86th minute) against Grimsby Town in the FA Cup.

Jordan Pierre Ayew (born 11 September 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for club Crystal Palace and the Ghana national team.

He is the son of former Ghana captain Abedi Pele and brother of fellow players André and Ibrahim Ayew.

Born in Marseille, Ayew was raised in France and started his career with Lyon Duchère before joining the Marseille academy in 2006.

Ayew joined Marseille as a trainee in 2006.

He signed a three-year professional contract with Marseille in 2009.

Jordan Ayew made his debut for the senior team on 16 December 2009 in a league match, scoring the equaliser against Lorient.

Marseille went on to win the match 2–1.

Born in France, Ayew made his debut for the Ghana national team in 2010 and has earned 100 caps.

Ayew scored his second goal against Nice at the Stade Vélodrome on 27 April 2011 in a match which saw his elder brother André Ayew score a hat-trick.

On 1 November 2011, Jordan and André both started a UEFA Champions League match for the first time against Premier League giants Arsenal.

He has played in two FIFA World Cups (2014 and 2022), as well as six Africa Cup of Nations (2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023), helping them finish runners-up in 2015.

On 6 January 2014, he joined Ligue 1 rivals Sochaux on a loan deal until the end of the 2013–14 season.

On 28 July 2014, Ayew signed a four-year contract with Lorient.

Ayew explained the style and quality of play that Lorient proposed was the reason behind the decision.

On 27 July 2015, Ayew joined Aston Villa on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £8 million.

He scored his first goal for the club on 24 October 2015 against his elder brother's club, Swansea City, in the 62nd minute.

Aston Villa were relegated at the end of the 2015–16 season, winning only 17 points, but Ayew did end the season as their top scorer, albeit with just seven goals.

Jordan's elder brother was a Swansea City player during the 2015–16 season and later joined him in the winter transfer window of 2018.

On 31 January 2017, Jordan Ayew joined Swansea City until the end of the 2019–20 season in exchange for Welsh International defender Neil Taylor, plus a fee from Swansea that can rise to £5 million if undisclosed future conditions are met.

On 12 February 2017, he made his debut in a 2–0 victory over Leicester City after coming on in the 72nd minute for Fernando Llorente.

In the final match of the season, Ayew scored his debut goal for Swansea by scoring the first goal, an equalizer which led to a their 2–1 comeback victory over West Bromwich Albion.

He played a key role in helping them survive the league and avoid relegation by playing 14 matches, starting nine of those, scoring a goal and assisting three goals.

On 22 August 2017, Ayew put up a man of the match performance by scoring a 20-yard strike goal and assisting another for Tammy Abraham's debut goal in Swansea's EFL Cup match against MK Dons.

His goal 20-yard effort was described by news outlet BBC as a tremendous strike.

Ayew scored his first goal in the 2017–18 season, on 26 August 2017, to help The Swans to a 2–0 victory over his future club Crystal Palace.

On 17 January 2018, he scored the opening goal in the Swans' 2–1 FA Cup replay match against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

At the end of his second season, his only full season with the club, he played 44 matches in all competition and scored 11 goals with 7 coming in the league.

He finished the season as the club's top goal scorer and was voted the Players' Player of the season.

His solo goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers scored on 17 January 2018 in the FA Cup won the club's goal of the season award.

Despite his performance over the season, Swansea was relegated to the championship.

This made it the fourth time he had ended as a club's top goal scorer but the club still getting relegated at the end of the season.

On transfer deadline day in August 2018, Ayew joined Crystal Palace on loan for the 2018–19 season.

He made his debut on 1 September 2018, starting in Palace's 2–0 loss to Southampton.

On 15 September, he put on an impressive performance against Huddersfield, providing the assist to Wilfried Zaha's goal to earn Palace a 1–0 victory.

He was praised for his pressing, hold up play which helped in bringing others into play and allowing the other attackers the opportunity to create chances.

On 2 January 2019, he scored his first league goal for Palace by scoring the opening goal in their 2–0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

On 25 July 2019, Ayew made the move permanent with a £2.5m transfer from Swansea City on a three-year deal.

Ayew scored his first goal of the season on 24 August 2019 against Manchester United at Old Trafford, netting the opener in the first half against the run of play, latching on to Jeffrey Schlupp's flick-on as Crystal Palace secured an historic 2–1 victory.

On Boxing Day 2019, Ayew scored the match winner in stoppage time as Crystal Palace came from behind to defeat West Ham 2–1.