Sylvain Idangar
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Idangar with Cristiano Ronaldo | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sylvain Idangar Nguetoinar | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Lyon | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Lyon B | 85 | (10) |
| 2005–2006 | → Valenciennes (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Al-Watani | (2) | |
| 2008–2009 | ES Sétif | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | SO Cassis Carnoux | 12 | (2) |
| 2010 | Feirense | 7 | (0) |
| 2011 | Bangkok Glass | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | Vénissieux | 10 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Limonest | ||
| 2014 | Lyon-Duchère | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | FC Bords De Saône | ||
| 2016–2018 | Limonest | ||
| 2018–2021 | Vénissieux | ||
| International career | |||
| 2002–2003 | France U19 | ||
| 2014 | Chad | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sylvain Idangar Nguetoinar (born 8 March 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in France, he represented the Chad national team.[1]
Career
Idingar played one game for Lyon in the UEFA Champions League on 8 December 2004 scoring the fourth goal in a 5–0 win against Sparta Prague.[2]
In June 2005 Indingar moved on loan to Valenciennes where he played five games in Ligue 2 before going back to Lyon. In June 2007 he left Lyon and moved to Al-Watani. He moved again in 2008 move to ES Sétif.
Idangar had a brief spell with Feirense in Portugal's LigaPro.[3]
After several years playing abroad, Idangar returned to the Lyon metropolitan area, where he played with amateurs Venissieux, Lyon-Duchère and FC Bords de Saône.[4] With Venissieux he reached the round of 16 in the 2012–13 Coupe de France.[5] In January 2021, he was playing for the club while coaching its under-14 team.[5] By November, he had retired from playing.[6]
Personal life
Idangar was a roommate of France international footballer Hatem Ben Arfa during his spell at SO Cassis Carnoux, while Ben Arfa was playing for neighboring club Marseille. They first met as youth players at Lyon, and are now best friends.[4][7]
Idangar released an autobiographical novel entitled La valeur de l'échec (The value of failure) in 2020.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Sylvain Idangar". National Football Teams. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Gone un jour gone toujours. Sylvain Idangar: un éclair à l'OL et des beaux voyages" [Once gone, always gone. Sylvain Idangar: a flash of brilliance at OL and memorable journeys]. Le Progrès (in French). 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ^ Profile at Foradejogo.net
- ^ a b "[INTERVIEW] Sylvain Idangar : " Houllier est une personne détestable humainement "". ultimodiez.fr (in French). 5 January 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ a b Soto, Carlos (13 January 2021). "Vénissieux. Sylvain Idangar, l'ex-footballeur de l'OL est l'entraîneur des U14" [Vénissieux. Sylvain Idangar, the former OL footballer, is the U14 coach]. Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ^ Lanier, Christian (28 November 2021). "Sylvain Idangar, un éclair à l'OL puis une carrière de globe-trotter" [Sylvain Idangar: a brief spell at OL followed by a globetrotting career]. Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ^ "Sylvain Idangar, meilleur ami de Hatem Ben Arfa : "J'ai eu peur qu'il explose"". L'Équipe (in French). 25 October 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Younsi, Djamel (3 December 2020). "Sylvain Idangar : réussir par "l'échec"" [Sylvain Idangar: finding success through "failure"]. Expressions (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
External links
- Sylvain Idangar at National-Football-Teams.com