Jordan Ayew: Football Profile, Club, Caps and Net Worth

Jordan Ayew is a Ghanaian forward, born on 11 September 1991 in Marseille, who joined Sheffield United as a free agent on 8 September 2026. Jordan Pierre Ayew (J. Ayew on most team sheets) is also the record appearance holder for Ghana, with more than 120 caps and 34 goals for the Black Stars to July 2026, and his surname is as familiar in African football as any.

Ghana knows him as the skipper who has played for the Black Stars more often than anyone, while viewers in Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda watched him through years of English football on Saturday afternoon television. In South Africa, where soccer is the everyday word, followers met him the same way, through Premier League coverage. Below you will find his road from Marseille, his Black Stars record and every published net worth and wage figure with its outlet and date. Club details change, so the live modules carry his club, fixtures and season numbers.

Who Is Jordan Ayew?

Jordan Ayew is a winger or forward who plays his international football for Ghana, although he was born in France. He has been used through the middle and out wide, and he made his senior Black Stars debut in 2010 at the age of 18. So, which club does he play for? He signed a one year deal with Sheffield United, the Blades, on 8 September 2026. He was 34 at the time and had left Leicester City earlier that year.

And, how many caps does he have? He is Ghana's record appearance holder, with a total reported at between 122 and 124 to July 2026, alongside 34 international goals. Outlets differ on the exact count, so we give the range and leave the running number to the national team module, which updates after every Ghana match. Those caps take in six Africa Cup of Nations tournaments between 2012 and 2023.

The Road From Marseille To Sheffield

The road starts at Marseille, the city of his birth. He made his first team debut in December 2009 and scored in that match, then collected medals quickly: Ligue 1 in 2009-10, the Coupe de la Ligue in 2010-11 and 2011-12, and the Trophée des Champions in 2011.

Lorient signed him permanently in 2014. Aston Villa paid a reported fee of about GBP 8 million in July 2015. Villa dropped into the Championship at the end of 2015-16, and he stayed on until Swansea City took him in January 2017 in a swap deal involving Neil Taylor.

Crystal Palace took him on loan for 2018-19 and made the move permanent in July 2019 for about GBP 2.5 million. He stayed at Palace until 2024. Leicester City signed him in August 2024 on a two year deal reported at about GBP 5 million.

He left Leicester in the summer of 2026 and joined Sheffield United as a free agent on 8 September 2026. Chris Wilder, the Blades manager who signed him, spoke of a player with 'bags of experience from right at the top level of the game'. Ghanaian news outlets such as MyJoyOnline followed the move closely, because the club of a national captain matters to the whole squad. Contracts and squads change, so read the club and transfer modules for where he is registered now, and treat the dates above as settled history.

What He Does On The Pitch

Ayew is listed as a forward, and over his career coaches have used him both as a central striker and from wide positions. What does that mean when you watch him? Look for the work around the goals, such as holding the ball under pressure and carrying it up the pitch when his side needs a breather. That versatility runs through his spells at Aston Villa, Swansea City, Crystal Palace and Leicester City.

The defining stretch came at Crystal Palace in 2019-20, when he was named the club's Player of the Year. Add the goal on his Marseille debut in December 2009, and the outline of the career is clear: early promise in France, then a long run in England. Season by season numbers sit in the stats module, which updates after every match.

Jordan Ayew And The Black Stars

His Ghana story began on 5 September 2010, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Swaziland. Since then he has played at the AFCON tournaments of 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023, and Ghana finished as runners up in 2015, the closest he has come to a continental title.

The numbers that define him are the caps, between 122 and 124 depending on the outlet, and the 34 goals, both counted to July 2026. No Ghanaian has played more often for the country, and his role is a regular subject on radio phone in shows in Accra and Kumasi. His goals, with opponent and date, sit in the records module.

Jordan Ayew net worth

Sports Brief estimated Jordan Ayew's net worth at about USD 2 million in 2022, a figure it took from a third party net worth estimator. Yen.com.gh reported USD 25 million on 20 May 2025, citing a salary database, and KickGH put the figure at around USD 15 million on 17 July 2025 without naming where it came from. That is a spread from 2 million to 25 million dollars across three outlets in three years, and the estimates use different methods. All three are published estimates, never audited accounts, and each was last checked on 11 November 2026.

For his Leicester City years, Yen.com.gh reported about GBP 46,000 a week in May 2025, with no source named. The Leicester move itself was reported at about GBP 5 million in August 2024, and a transfer figure of that kind passes between clubs, so it was never his income.

What about image rights, market value and endorsements? No named outlet in our checks has published a figure for his image rights or a dated market value, and no endorsement figure has been published. Yen.com.gh and KickGH, which both run long profiles of him, name no endorsement deals or sums, so we leave that line empty.

How should a reader compare figures this far apart? A weekly wage is income before deductions, agent fees and the cost of living, whereas net worth counts everything owned less everything owed, so one cannot simply be multiplied into the other. Transfer fees go to the selling club, and he joined Sheffield United without one. The figures are left in dollars and pounds, as each outlet published them, because rates against the naira, cedi, rand and shilling move daily and any conversion would soon be out of date. The table below sets out every reported figure with its outlet, date and what it measures.

Jordan Or André? A Quick Guide To Telling The Two Brothers Apart

Here is a quick guide to telling the two brothers apart on a team sheet. Jordan Pierre Ayew was born on 11 September 1991 in Marseille and appears as J. Ayew. If a profile mentions Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Leicester City or Sheffield United, it is describing Jordan.

If you want to compare him with others from the continent, the African footballers index lists the player profiles we hold, each with a dated record.

How To Watch Jordan Ayew From Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana And Uganda

English league football keeps to a rhythm that suits African afternoons and evenings. The traditional Saturday kick off is 15:00 in the United Kingdom. In the British winter that reads as 15:00 GMT for Ghana and 16:00 WAT for Nigeria, then 17:00 SAST for South African viewers, with Kenya and Uganda on 18:00 EAT. When British clocks go forward for summer, each of those times moves an hour earlier. Midweek and televised matches are scheduled separately, so the fixtures module lists every kick off in all four time zones.

Where can you watch him in each of the five countries? Broadcast rights for English league football and for Ghana matches are sold country by country and change between seasons, so the where to watch panel shows the listed broadcaster for Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda as data. Black Stars matches in AFCON and World Cup qualifying follow the international windows, and those dates sit in the Ghana fixtures. If you are planning a weekend around one of his games, check the panel on the morning of the match, because kick off times can move for television.