It had been Pepe's childhood dream to join Arsenal having been gifted a Thierry Henry shirt by his brother. He still managed 24 goals and 15 assists in 91 matches during his first two seasons in ...

Arsenal signed Pepe in 2019 after a sensational season with Lille, during which he scored 23 goals and managed 12 assists, but he never approached the same strike rate in England.

Pepe may have dreams of a NJSIAA title, but the 5-foot-7½ junior head coach Will Nahan describes only as "a football player" is more engrossed in incremental goals – the little things that will ...

With the goal, Pepe became the second-oldest player to score in a World Cup. At 39 years, 283 days, he trails just Roger Milla of Cameroon who scored in the 1994 tournament at 42 years and 39 days.

Pepe - who went on to help Ivory Coast to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations this summer - picked up the club's player of the season award and earned a spot in the Ligue 1 team of the ...

But Pepe then shot himself in the foot by being sent off for a headbutt away to Leeds United at the end of November, and for a while after that he was restricted to appearances in the Europa League.

Pepe - who went on to help Ivory Coast to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations this summer - picked up the club's player of the season award and earned a spot in the Ligue 1 team of the ...