Emile Heskey

Emile Heskey was in a relationship with Kylee Pinsent in 2004 and has three children with her. She left him after his two-year-old affair with Chantelle Tagoe became public.

He started dating Chantelle Tagoe secretly in 2002, when he was still with Pinsent. He married Tagoe in May 2014 and has three children with her.

Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey was born on January 11, 1978 in Leicester, Leicestershire, into a family of Antiguan descent. His father Tyrone Heskey worked as the security at the nightclubs in Leicester.

He attended City of Leicester School in Evington. At the age of eleven, he appeared on TV for the first time in the ‘Rod Hull and Emu Show’ in April 1989.

Emile Heskey, who played for the local Leicester youth team Ratby Groby Juniors during his childhood, was accepted into Leicester City's football academy at the age of nine. On March 8, 1995, at the age of 17, he made his first-team debut against Queens Park Rangers and subsequently signed a professional contract with the club on October 3, 1995.

In the 1995-96 season, he helped his team earn promotion to the Premier League for the next season, and scored a decisive goal in their 1997 League Cup Final win against Middlesbrough. After scoring 10 Premier League goals in two consecutive seasons, he was criticized for scoring only six times during the 1998-99 season, but was praised for his unselfish assists.

Following his League Cup win for Leicester City in 2000, he transferred to Liverpool for a record £11 million deal. He debuted for the team in a Premier League match against Sunderland on March 11, 2000 and scored his first goal in the following month.

During the 2000-01 season, he helped Liverpool win the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup treble with 22 goals. While he remained at Liverpool despite a £12 million offer from Tottenham Hotspur, he scored only 9 goals in 2002-03 and sustained an injury in the next season, which increased his competition in the team.

In 2002, he supported the consortium led by Gary Lineker with a six-figure donation in their bid to buy-out his former club, Leicester City, which was facing financial difficulties.