Career record
Aruna Dindane is a forward, born 26 November 1980, listed at 174 cm, and holds Ivory Coast citizenship. The club record here runs 1999–2013 across 8 clubs, 341 appearances and 102 goals.
The longest stay was R.S.C. Anderlecht, 5 years from 2000 to 2005 and 131 appearances. R.S.C. Anderlecht accounts for the most football: 131 appearances of the 341 on record. The best scoring rate came at R.S.C. Anderlecht — 50 in 131, a goal every 2.6 games. Across 14 years there were 7 moves, roughly one every 2.0 seasons. At senior international level the record is 62 caps and 17 goals.
| Club | Years | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASEC Mimosas | 1999–2000 | 22 | 9 |
| R.S.C. Anderlecht | 2000–2005 | 131 | 50 |
| R.C. Lens | 2005–2010 | 102 | 27 |
| Portsmouth F.C. | 2009–2010 | 19 | 8 |
| Al-Duhail SC | 2010–2012 | 23 | 5 |
| Al-Gharafa SC | 2012–2012 | 26 | 1 |
| Al-Sailiya Sports Club | 2012–2013 | 18 | 2 |
| Crystal Palace F.C. | 2013–2013 | 0 | 0 |
International record
| Team | Years | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast men's national football team | 2000–2010 | 62 | 17 |
His clubs, in this archive
The archive covers 4 of the seasons Aruna Dindane spent at R.C. Lens, 2005/06 to 2009/10. Their best finish in those years was 4th in 2005/06 and their worst 18th in 2007/08, averaging 51 points a season. The single covered season at Portsmouth F.C. is 2009/10, when they finished 20th of 20 on 28 points. Those placings are recalculated from the individual results rather than copied from a table, so they can be read against any other club on this site.
| Season | Competition | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| R.C. Lens, 2005/06–2009/10 | |||
| 2005/06 | Ligue 1 | 4th of 20 | 60 |
| 2006/07 | Ligue 1 | 4th of 20 | 57 |
| 2007/08 | Ligue 1 | 18th of 20 | 40 |
| 2009/10 | Ligue 1 | 11th of 20 | 48 |
| Portsmouth F.C., 2009/10 | |||
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 20th of 20 | 28 |
Only the seasons this archive holds are listed — it begins in 2000/01 and covers league matches in the five competitions named above, so a career that started earlier or ran through other leagues shows a gap here rather than a blank.
How this page is put together
The career table above is the structured record held on Wikidata under a public-domain licence, read once and cached, not queried while you are reading. The player is bound to that record by date of birth rather than by name: a name search returns the wrong Klose and three different Robinhos, and a page carrying somebody else’s links cannot afford that.
Compare any two clubs he played for with the head-to-head tool, or read the records these seasons feed into.
Frequently asked
When and where was Aruna Dindane born?
26 November 1980, and holds Ivory Coast citizenship.
Which clubs did Aruna Dindane play for?
8 on record: ASEC Mimosas, R.S.C. Anderlecht, R.C. Lens, Portsmouth F.C., Al-Duhail SC, Al-Gharafa SC, Al-Sailiya Sports Club, Crystal Palace F.C..
How many of those seasons are in this archive?
5 of them, at 2 clubs. The archive runs from 2000/01 and covers the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, so seasons outside that window or in other leagues are not counted.
How long did the career last?
From 1999 to 2013 on the club record here, 14 years across 8 clubs in 2 of the five leagues this archive covers.
Which competitions can this site say anything about?
Ligue 1, Premier League. Those are the ones his clubs played in during the seasons the archive holds; the rest of the career is listed above but has no placings beside it.
Where do these figures come from?
The career record is the structured data held for this player on Wikidata, which is public-domain. The league placings and points beside it are not: those are recalculated here from every individual result in the archive, which is why they can be compared with any other club or season on this site.