Didier Ya Konan

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Didier Ya Konan
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Ya Konan in July 2015
Personal information
Full name Didier Ya Konan [1]
Date of birth (1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2003 Sepahan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006 ASEC Mimosas 77 (13)
2006–2009 Rosenborg 50 (13)
2009–2014 Hannover 96 124 (39)
2014–2015 Al-Ittihad 14 (8)
2015 Hannover 96 7 (1)
2015–2017 Fortuna Düsseldorf 20 (4)
Total292(78)
International career
2006–2014 Côte d'Ivoire 27 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Didier Ya Konan (born 22 May 1984 [2] [3] ) is an Ivorian former footballer who played as a forward.

Contents

Club career

Ya Konan started his professional career at ASEC Mimosas in 2003. A club that previously had produced players as Kolo Touré and Didier Zokora. Ya Konan was joint top scorer in the African Champions League competition that season, with ASEC eventually failing in the semi finals, to Egyptian club Al Ahly.

In December 2006, he signed for Rosenborg, [4] for a three-year contract in the Norwegian Premier League.

In January 2007, Ya Konan was nominated for the Ivorian footballer of the Year award for 2006, which was eventually won by Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. He was one of two homeland based players at the time to be nominated, the other being former ASEC teammate Bakary Soro. [5]

On 11 August 2009, Konan Ya moved to Bundesliga side Hannover 96, initially signing a three-year contract. [6]

Following the 2013–14 season he left Germany and completed a move to Al-Ittihad of the Saudi Professional League.

On 27 January 2015 he returned to Hannover 96, where he signed a one-year contract. [7]

Career statistics

As of 16 November 2013
SeasonClubDivisionLeagueCup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2007 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 20623913110
20082260082308
2009813241154
Rosenborg Total5013552147622
2009–10 Hannover 96 Bundesliga 2590000259
2010–11 281400002814
2011–12 28610121417
2012–13 27720843711
2013–14 1630000163
2014–15 71000071
Hannover Total131403020515445
Career Total181538541923067

International goals

International career

Ya Konan was called up to the Cote d'Ivoire national football team for the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Gabon on 5 October 2006. [8] In March 2007, he was one of four players to receive a late call-up for the Ivorian's African Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar in Antananarivo, due to injuries to other members of the squad.

Honours

Club

ASEC Mimosas
Rosenborg BK

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References

  1. ↑ "List of Players" (PDF). Confederation of African Football (CAF). Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Current Squad (from 07/2011)". Hannover 96. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ivorian Ya Konan joins Rosenborg". BBC Sport. 29 December 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Drogba swoops Ivorian award". BBC Sport. 6 January 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Hannover 96 holt Didier Ya Konan" (in German). Hannover 96. 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ya Konan kehrt zu 96 zurück – Vertrag bis Saisonende". Hannover 96. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ivory Coast drop Kalou". BBC Sport. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  9. ↑ Berre, Tor. "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 4 October 2009.
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