Didier Ya Konan

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Didier Ya Konan
Ya Konan in 2015
Personal information
Full name Didier Ya Konan[1]
Date of birth (1984-05-22) 22 May 1984
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
2003 ASEC Mimosas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 292 (78)
International career
2006–2014 Ivory Coast 27 (8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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, Ya Konan 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]

On 25 June 2015, Ya Konan signed a two-year deal with Fortuna Düsseldorf.[8]

International career

Ya Konan was called up to the Ivory Coast national team for the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Gabon on 5 October 2006.[9] 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.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rosenborg 2007[10] Tippeligaen 20691297
2008[10] 2260082308
2009[10] 813241154
Total 5013322147419
Hannover 96 2009–10[11] Bundesliga 2590000259
2010–11[11] 281410002914
2011–12[11] 28610121417
2012–13[11] 277301044011
2013–14[11] 1630000163
Total 124395022515144
Al-Ittihad 2014–15[12] Saudi Pro League 621072
Hannover 96 2014–15[11] Bundesliga 71000071
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2015–16[11] 2. Bundesliga 2042000224
Career total 2115910244926170

International

Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ya Konan goal.
List of international goals scored by Didier Ya Konan
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
18 February 2011Stade Georges Pompidou, Valence, France Mali1–01–0Friendly
211 May 2011Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Namibia4–15–1Friendly
35 June 2011Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou, Benin Benin1–0'6–22012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
410 August 2011Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Israel1–04–3Friendly
53 September 2011Stade Amahoro, Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda4–05–02012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
614 November 2012Linzer Stadion, Linz, Austria Austria1–03–0Friendly
714 January 2013Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Egypt4–24–2Friendly
826 January 2013Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa Tunisia3–03–02013 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

ASEC Mimosas

Rosenborg

Ivory Coast

References

  1. "List of Players" (PDF). Confederation of African Football (CAF). Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. "Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896 e.V." Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  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. Retrieved 27 January 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. "Ya Konan wird Fortune" [Ya Konan is going to become a "Fortune"] (in German). kicker. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  9. "Ivory Coast drop Kalou". BBC Sport. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  10. "Didier Ya Konan". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). NTB.
  11. "Didier Ya Konan » Club matches". worldfootball.net. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  12. Didier Ya Konan at Soccerway
  13. Berre, Tor (19 October 2006). "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  14. "AfricanFootball - Cote d'Ivoire".
  15. "2012 Africa Cup of Nations matches".