Delvin N'Dinga
{{short description|Congolese footballer (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Delvin N'Dinga
| image = Delvin N'Dinga 2016.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = N'Dinga with Lokomotiv in 2016
| height = {{height|m=1.81}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|3|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2002
| youthclubs1 = CNFF
| youthyears2 = 2003–2005
| youthclubs2 = Diables Noirs
| years1 = 2005–2008
| clubs1 = Auxerre B
| caps1 = 57
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2008–2012
| clubs2 = Auxerre
| caps2 = 78
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2012–2016
| clubs3 = Monaco
| caps3 = 27
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2013–2015
| clubs4 = → Olympiacos (loan)
| caps4 = 36
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2015–2016
| clubs5 = → Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)
| caps5 = 24
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2016–2017
| clubs6 = Lokomotiv Moscow
| caps6 = 9
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2017–2019
| clubs7 = Sivasspor
| caps7 = 49
| goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2020
| clubs8 = Antalyaspor
| caps8 = 6
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2021
| clubs9 = Panetolikos
| caps9 = 14
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2023
| clubs10 = Balzan
| caps10 = 8
| goals10 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2007
| nationalteam1 = Congo U21
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2007–2021
| nationalteam2 = Congo
| nationalcaps2 = 56
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| club-update = 30 May 2021
| nationalteam-update = 20:13, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
}}
Delvin Chanel N'Dinga (born 14 March 1988) is a Congolese professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Maltese Premier League club Balzan.
Club career
=Auxerre=
N'Dinga began his career with CNFF then joined Diables Noirs in 2003.{{Cite web |url=http://www.congo-foot.com/index.asp?p=100 |title=La première génération du CNFF |access-date=26 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714175900/http://www.congo-foot.com/index.asp?p=100 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }} In July 2005, he Diables Noirs to sign in Europe with French club Auxerre.[https://archive.today/20130113122208/http://www.zerozero.pt/uk/jogador.php?id=38511&edicao_id=1462 zerozero.pt] {{in lang|pt}}
In the 2011–12 season, N'Dinga was linked with a move to Lyon as the replacement for Jérémy Toulalan, who joined Spanish side Málaga. Auxerre and Lyon were in the process of negotiating a transfer for Ndinga for €7 million, with Ndinga to sign a four-year contract with Lyon.{{cite news|title=Delvin N'Dinga: Lyon terms reportedly agreed |url=http://msn.football365.com/news/8924/7076823/N-DINGA-CLOSE-TO-LYON-REPORT |publisher=MSN Football |date=2 August 2011 |access-date=21 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002539/http://msn.football365.com/news/8924/7076823/N-DINGA-CLOSE-TO-LYON-REPORT |archive-date=15 July 2014 }} N'Dinga said a move to Lyon interested him: "It would be a good challenge for me, the opportunity to pass a course, While there is a chance that I play in this club, I will not hesitate. There is Lyon who has, then yes, it m? Interested!"{{cite news|title=Ndinga: "I am interested in Lyon"|trans-title=Ndinga : "Lyon m'intéresse"|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Ndinga-lyon-m-interesse/207884|publisher=L' Equipe|language=fr|date=23 June 2011|access-date=21 February 2013}} However, Auxerre club president Gérard Bourgoin refused to sell Ndinga, having rejected several offers from Lyon.{{cite news|title=Ndinga "will not go"|trans-title=Ndinga "ne partira pas"|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Ndinga-ne-partira-pas/217352|publisher=L' Equipe|language=fr|date=31 July 2011|access-date=21 February 2013}} The negotiations continued throughout the summer transfer window until N'Dinga signed a contract extension set to keep him at Auxerre until 2015.{{cite news|title=Ndinga extend the lease|trans-title=Ndinga prolonge son bail|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Ndinga-prolonge-son-bail/225149|publisher=L' Equipe|language=fr|date=1 September 2011|access-date=21 February 2013}} Shortly after, N'Dinga expressed sadness of not join Lyon, saying, "It takes time, honestly thought I leave. It hurt me. I try to focus quickly find my level."{{cite news|title=Ndinga "It hurt me"|trans-title=Ndinga: "Ça m'a fait mal"|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Ndinga-ca-m-a-fait-mal/227251|publisher=L' Equipe|language=fr|date=9 September 2011|access-date=21 February 2013}}
=Monaco=
Following Auxerre's relegation from Ligue 1 after the 2011–12 season, N'Dinga joined Ligue 2 side Monaco in July 2012 in a €6 million transfer deal.{{cite news|title=Ndinga joined Monaco (official)|trans-title=Ndinga rejoint Monaco (off.)|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Ndinga-rejoint-monaco-off/295101|publisher=L' Equipe|language=fr|date=29 June 2012|access-date=21 February 2013}}
=Olympiacos=
Following his two league appearances at Monaco in the 2013–14 season, but on 31 August 2013, N'Dinga left the club to join Greek champions Olympiacos on loan, with an option to make the move permanent next summer with a fee of €3 million.{{cite news|title=Olympiacos raid Ligue 1 for Yatabaré and Ndinga|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/025a-0ea8e7f2453e-f89a4648dcf6-1000--olympiacos-raid-ligue-1-for-yatabare-and-ndinga/|publisher=UEFA|date=1 September 2013|access-date=3 November 2013}} He started a second loan spell with Olympiacos in July 2014.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28213240 Congo's Delvin N'Dinga joins Olympiakos on loan from Monaco]{{Cite web |url=http://www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/monaco/monaco-ndinga-encore-prete-a-l-olympiacos-1147528.shtml |title=Monaco : Ndinga encore prêté à l'Olympiacos |access-date=8 July 2014 |archive-date=6 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206115935/http://www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/monaco/monaco-ndinga-encore-prete-a-l-olympiacos-1147528.shtml |url-status=dead }} Olympiacos will buy Delvin with a mark of €3.2 million from the Monegasque team. N'Dinga is likely to head back to France over the summer, after spending the last two seasons on loan at Olympiakos from Monaco but according to reports in France he will possibly to return to League 1 in the summer transfer window. N'Dinga will not renew his contract with Monaco and it looks like that Saint-Étienne is in pole position to sign him. Apart from Saint-Etienne, Rennes, Lille and Caen also expressed their interested in the Congolese defensive midfielder.[http://www.sdna.gr/gr/news-in-english/arthro-news-in-english/33731/saint-etienne-in-pole-position-to-sign-ndinga/ Saint-Etienne in pole position to sign N'Dinga]
=Lokomotiv Moscow=
After joining Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow on loan for the 2015–16 season, N'Dinga's move from Monaco was made permanent on 11 May 2016.{{cite web|publisher=AS Monaco FC|url=http://www.asmonaco.com/fr/article/delvin-ndinga-au-lokomotiv-moscou-70666.html|title=Delvin Ndinga au Lokomotiv Moscou|date=11 May 2016|language=fr|access-date=24 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604110305/http://www.asmonaco.com/fr/article/delvin-ndinga-au-lokomotiv-moscou-70666.html|archive-date=4 June 2016|url-status=dead}}
=Sivasspor=
On 7 September 2017, N'Dinga signed a two-year contract with Turkish club Sivasspor.{{cite web|publisher=Sivasspor|url=http://www.sivasspor.org.tr/tr/haber-1901-delvin-n-acute-dinga-demir-grup-sivasspor-umuzda.html|title=Delvin N'Dinga joins Sivasspor|language=tr|date=7 September 2017}}
International career
He made his first cap for Congo national football team at the WCQ match against Sudan on 8 June 2007.[http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/delvin-ndinga/ weltfussball.de]
He represented the national team at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, where his team advanced to the quarterfinals.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30599206 |title=Nations Cup 2015: LeRoy finalises Congo squad |first=Oluwashina |last=Okeleji |publisher=BBC Sport |date=8 January 2015 |access-date=11 January 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/fr/20150131-congo-rdc-direct-live-foot-can-2015-coupe-afrique-nations-quart-finale|title=Congo -DR Congo 2:4|publisher=France 24|date=31 January 2015 | access-date=23 December 2020}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{Updated|14 March 2019}}{{Soccerway|39100|Delvin N'Dinga}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Club statistics | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=5|Auxerre
|rowspan=4|Ligue 1 |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10
|26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11
|26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 2011–12
|23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 24 | 1 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!78 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 90 | 2 | |
| Auxerre II
|Championnat de France Amateur |1 | 0 | colspan=6|— | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| rowspan=3|Monaco
|25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|Ligue 1 |2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| rowspan=3|Olympiacos (loan)
|rowspan=2|Super League Greece |19 | 0 | 8 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15
|17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 6 | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!36 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 61 | 3 | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow (loan)
|24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 8 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| rowspan=3|Lokomotiv Moscow
|rowspan=2|Russian Premier League |9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=4|— | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=4|— | 0 | 0 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| rowspan=3|Sivasspor
|rowspan=2|Süper Lig |27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan=4|— | 29 | 2 | ||||
| 2018–19
|18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan=4|— | 14 | 1 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | |
| colspan=3|Career total
!220 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 268 | 8 |
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Congo's goal tally first.
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! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 14 November 2015 | Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia | {{fb|ETH}} | style="text-align:center;"|1–3 | style="text-align:center;"| 3–4 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Monaco
Olympiacos
Lokomotiv Moscow
References
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External links
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- [http://www.frenchleague.com/joueur/index.asp?no_joueur=114890 frenchleague.com]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Congo squad 2015 Africa Cup of Nations}}
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Category:People from Pointe-Noire
Category:Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Category:Republic of the Congo men's under-20 international footballers
Category:Republic of the Congo men's international footballers
Category:Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
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Category:Olympiacos F.C. players
Category:FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
Category:Sivasspor footballers
Category:Antalyaspor footballers
Category:Panetolikos F.C. players
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