Aaron Appindangoyé
_8_(cropped).jpg) Appindangoyé with Evian TG in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aaron Christopher Billy Ondélé Appindangoyé[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Franceville, Gabon | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sivasspor | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | Mounana | ||
| 2015 | → Boavista (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Evian TG (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Laval | 20 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Ümraniyespor | 57 | (0) |
| 2019–2024 | Sivasspor | 100 | (2) |
| 2024–2025 | Kocaelispor | 36 | (1) |
| 2025– | Sivasspor | 29 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012– | Gabon | 73 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 November 2025 | |||
Aaron Christopher Billy Ondélé Appindangoyé (born 20 February 1992) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Turkish TFF 1. Lig club Sivasspor.
Club career
[edit]Trained in Gabon, at the CF Mounana, Gabon's champion in 2012, he is on the Gabonese championship model team for the 2013-2014 season.[3] Contacted after the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations by the Boavista, club of the city of Porto that operates in the Primeira Liga. He joins the club in ready form and stays there until the end of the season. He felt about his first European experience "It went pretty well".[4]
He joined Thonon Evian on loan, relegated to the French second division, on 11 August 2015.[5][6] Appindangoyé, however, remained in Ligue 2 and joined the Stade Lavallois.
In 2017, Appindangoyé moved to Turkey, where he established himself as a journeyman playing for Ümraniyespor (2 seasons), Sivasspor (5 seasons), Kocaelispor (1 season), and is currently playing for Sivasspor.
International career
[edit]With regard to the selection of Gabon, he was first called in 2012 and has always been summoned.[4] He was selected for the 2014 African Nations Championship final tournament for the Gabonese national team,[7] but also for matches with players like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 1 November 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mounana | 2010–11 | Gabon Championnat National D1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Boavista (loan) | 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Evian TG (loan) | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||
| Laval | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| Ümraniyespor | 2017–18 | TFF 1. Lig | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | TFF 1. Lig | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 57 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 62 | 0 | |||||
| Sivasspor | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 39 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Süper Lig | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Süper Lig | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 100 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 3 | |||
| Kocaelispor | 2024–25 | TFF 1. Lig | 32 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Süper Lig | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||||
| Sivasspor | 2025–26 | TFF 1. Lig | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 259 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 293 | 6 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ One appearance in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ↑ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
International
[edit]- As of match played 14 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Gabon's goal tally first.[7]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22 January 2014 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa |  Mauritania | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2014 African Nations Championship |
| 2. | 12 October 2018 | Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville, Gabon |  South Sudan | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Honours
[edit]Sivasspor
References
[edit]- ↑ Player details, CAF. Retrieved on 23 April 2015
- ↑ "Aaron Appindangoyé". Sivasspor. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ↑ "Le Ndambo d'Or de la saison 2013-2014 à Samson Mbingui". agpgabon.ga. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - 1 2 Appindagpyé : « J’aime aller au contact » sur etgfc.com, Philippe Briot, Évian Thonon Gaillard Football Club, août 2015, consulté le 15 août 2015
- ↑ Le Gabonais Aaron Appindangoye à Evian Thonon Gaillard sur lequipe.fr, L'Équipe, 11 août 2015, consulté le 15 août 2015
- ↑ Appindangoye, nouveau défenseur de l’ETG FC ! sur etgfc.com, Évian Thonon Gaillard Football Club, 11 août 2015, consulté le 15 août 2015
- 1 2 "Appindangoyé, Aaron". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
External links
[edit]- Aaron Appindangoyé at National-Football-Teams.com
- Aaron Appindangoyé at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Aaron Appindangoyé at Soccerway (archive)
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