Aruna Dindane
Dindane playing for Lens in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aruna Dindane | ||
| Date of birth | 26 November 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1995 | Inconditionnel D'Adjamé | ||
| 1995–1998 | ASEC Mimosas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | ASEC Mimosas | 22 | (9) |
| 2000–2005 | Anderlecht | 131 | (50) |
| 2005–2010 | Lens | 102 | (27) |
| 2009–2010 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 19 | (8) |
| 2010–2012 | Lekhwiya | 23 | (5) |
| 2012–2013 | Al-Gharafa | 26 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Al-Sailiya | 18 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000–2010 | Ivory Coast | 62 | (17) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 27 May 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:37, 3 May 2013 (UTC) |
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Aruna Dindane (born 26 November 1980) is a former Ivorian footballer who played as a striker.
He has 62 caps and 17 goals for the Ivory Coast since his debut in 2000, and has played at four Africa Cup of Nations and two FIFA World Cups.
Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Dindane transferred from Ivorian club ASEC Mimosas to RSC Anderlecht in summer 2000 and helped the team to win the Belgian First Division Championship in 2001 and 2004, as well a Supercup in 2000 and 2001. In 2003, Dindane won both the Ebony Shoe as best player of African origin in the Belgian League and the Golden Shoe as the best player in the Belgian League. In November 2004, he was given a Swan D'Or Award for a spell of back-to-back hat-tricks.
In June 2005, Dindane signed for French Ligue 1 club Lens. In August 2009, he joined Premier League team Portsmouth on a one-year loan deal, with the option to sign him at the end of his loan spell. He scored his first goal for Portsmouth in a 3–1 League Cup win over Carlisle on 22 September 2009. and his first Premier League goal as part of a hat-trick in the 4–0 win over Wigan Athletic on 31 October. On 5 December 2009, he scored against Burnley with a header after missing a penalty earlier in the game. On 9 February 2010, Dindane scored a 95th-minute equaliser in the 1–1 draw with Sunderland at Fratton Park.
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