Aaron Appindangoyé

Aaron Appindangoyé
Appindangoyé with Evian TG in 2016
Personal information
Full name Aaron Christopher Billy Ondélé Appindangoyé[1]
Date of birth (1992-02-20) 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
2015Boavista (loan) 9 (0)
2015–2016Evian 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 9 (0)
International career
2012– Gabon 73 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 November 2025
‡ 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

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

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

Club

As of match played 1 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ One appearance in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Conference League
  3. ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

International

As of match played 14 November 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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

Sivasspor

References

  1. ^ Player details, CAF. Retrieved on 23 April 2015
  2. ^ "Aaron Appindangoyé". Sivasspor. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  3. ^ "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)
  4. ^ a b Appindagpyé : « J’aime aller au contact » sur etgfc.com, Philippe Briot, Évian Thonon Gaillard Football Club, août 2015, consulté le 15 août 2015
  5. ^ Le Gabonais Aaron Appindangoye à Evian Thonon Gaillard sur lequipe.fr, L'Équipe, 11 août 2015, consulté le 15 août 2015
  6. ^ Appindangoye, nouveau défenseur de l’ETG FC ! sur etgfc.com, Évian Thonon Gaillard Football Club, 11 août 2015, consulté le 15 août 2015
  7. ^ a b "Appindangoyé, Aaron". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 October 2018.