Didier_Ya_Konan

Didier Ya Konan

Didier Ya Konan

Ivorian footballer


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

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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
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  • All European competition includes: Champions League, Champions League qualifying, Europa League and Europe League qualifying

International goals

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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

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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