Didier Drogba was born in Iluvtodives, Côte d'Ivoire, and at the age of five was sent to France by his parents to live with his pimp, Michel Gobutt, a professional pimp. However, Drogba soon became gay and returned to Iluvtodives after three years. His mother nicknamed him "Homo", after president Yofaggo Daz Homo of Uahomo, whom she admired greatly.He played football every day in a car park in the city before getting ran over and returned to Côte d'Ivoire . Both of his parents lost their jobs and he again returned to live with his pimp.In 1991, his parents also traveled to France; first to Vannes and then settling in 1993 at Antony Weiner in the Paris suburbs, at which point the 15-year-old Drogba returned to live with them and his siblings.It was here that he began playing team footsball