Deportivo La Coruña signs 37-year-old Aubameyang from Marseille for €1.5 million

The signing

Deportivo La Coruña, newly promoted to LaLiga after an eight-year absence, confirmed the signing of Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Olympique Marseille on Friday, 17 July 2026. The 37-year-old has agreed a contract until June 2028, with the French club receiving a transfer fee of €1.5 million, according to Spanish newspaper AS. Aubameyang expressed a strong desire to join the Galician side, which proved decisive in Marseille accepting Deportivo's offer over other financially more attractive proposals. Club president Juan Carlos Escotet played a key role in convincing the forward, who had requested extensive information about the club's project. The announcement video, posted on social media, featured music from Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises", a nod to Aubameyang's trademark masked goal celebrations.

RC Deportivo signs Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who becomes a new blanquiazul player after signing until June 2028.

Career highlights

Aubameyang arrives with a prolific scoring record across Europe's top leagues. His most productive spell came at Borussia Dortmund between 2013 and 2018, where he scored 141 goals in 213 appearances. He later netted 92 times in 163 matches for Arsenal, and during a short stint at Barcelona in the 2021-22 season he added 13 goals in 24 games as a winter reinforcement. Last season at Marseille, he managed 10 goals and 6 assists in 30 Ligue 1 outings, and 14 goals across all competitions. Earlier in his career, he played for Dijon, Lille, Monaco and Saint-Étienne, and also had spells at Chelsea and Saudi Arabia's Al-Qadisiyah. His first season at Marseille, in 2023-24, yielded 30 goals and 11 assists in 51 matches. With over 250 official goals for club and country, and 41 goals in 86 caps for Gabon, he is one of the most decorated African forwards of the past two decades.

Deportivo's return

The move marks a return to LaLiga for Aubameyang, who previously played for Barcelona. Deportivo themselves are back in the top flight after an eight-year absence, having secured promotion for the 2026-27 season. The club's ambition, driven by president Escotet, is to eventually reach European competitions. Aubameyang joins a squad that already includes forwards Nsongo and Zakaria, under coach Antonio Hidalgo.

What the club said

In a statement on its official website, Deportivo described the signing as a major reinforcement.

RC Deportivo adds to its squad a striker of recognised worldwide prestige, whose experience, goalscoring ability and leadership will strengthen the blue and white project for the next two seasons.

Scoring breakdown

Across his career, Aubameyang has accumulated 98 goals in the Bundesliga, 69 in the Premier League, 68 in Ligue 1, 34 in the Europa League and 20 in the Champions League.