Simon Adingra: Football Profile, Ajax Loan and Ivory Coast Record

Simon Adingra is an Ivorian winger who joined Ajax on a season long loan from Sunderland on 2 September 2026. The Ivory Coast international is familiar to football and soccer followers across Africa for supplying both assists against Nigeria in the AFCON 2023 final, played in February 2024.

His contributions to that final connect his story to Nigerian readers, while his development at the Right to Dream Academy adds a connection for Ghanaian readers. His route through Denmark, Belgium and European club football helps explain the player behind those moments. His dated career record, the live statistics above and an understanding of financial reports offer different ways to explore that story.

Who Is Simon Adingra?

Simon Adingra is a winger born on 1 January 2002 in Abobo, part of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He developed through the Right to Dream Academy before moving into senior football with Nordsjælland in Denmark. Readers searching simply for “Adingra” usually mean this Ivory Coast wide forward, whose contributions helped his country win AFCON 2023, played in 2024.

His Ajax move was announced on 2 September 2026, with Sunderland remaining his parent club under the loan arrangement. That distinction explains why searches can return several club names: Sunderland signed him permanently, Monaco borrowed him during the 2025 to 2026 season, and Ajax then borrowed him for the following campaign. Read each club reference alongside its date, and use the live player module for subsequent registration changes.

The Road From Right to Dream to Ajax

Adingra’s route runs from Right to Dream to Nordsjælland, Brighton, Union Saint Gilloise, Sunderland, Monaco and Ajax, with the Belgian, French and Dutch moves arranged as loans. He made his professional debut against Copenhagen on 18 April 2021. For Ghanaian readers, that academy connection gives his story a familiar starting point: development in West Africa followed by the demands of senior European football.

Brighton agreed a four year contract with him on 24 June 2022, then sent him to Union Saint Gilloise for the 2022 to 2023 season. Across his two playing seasons with Brighton, through the end of the 2024 to 2025 season, he made 73 appearances and scored 12 goals. Those appearances provided experience of English football before his next permanent move.

Sunderland announced his arrival on a five year contract on 10 July 2025. His move to Monaco followed on loan, announced on 2 February 2026.

The Monaco loan covered the latter part of the 2025 to 2026 season. Ajax then announced the next loan on 2 September 2026, adding a Dutch chapter to the Ivorian international’s club career.

When comparing those chapters, separate league appearances from totals across all competitions. A cup appearance and a league start describe different opportunities, while minutes reveal more about involvement than an appearance count alone. For followers tracing an Ivorian player through several countries, that distinction also prevents a loan spell and the parent club’s season from being treated as one continuous set of team statistics.

What Does Adingra Do on the Pitch?

Adingra plays as a winger or wide forward. To assess his contribution from a wide position, watch where he receives possession and which passing options develop around him. The defender’s position offers another useful cue: stepping towards the ball and protecting the space behind create different choices for the attacker.

The defining performance came against Nigeria on 11 February 2024, when his two assists helped Ivory Coast win the AFCON final by two goals to one. He provided both assists, making chance creation central to his contribution. That performance shows why goals alone cannot describe his influence on a match.

Adingra was named man of the match in that final and Best Young Player of AFCON 2023, the edition staged in January and February 2024. For Super Eagles supporters, his performance is a useful reminder to watch the supply line as closely as the striker. The Ajax loan offered another setting in which to develop that delivery and decision making. Its eventual success belongs in the dated results and statistics, rather than an assumption based on the move alone.

Watch the moments before Adingra receives a pass as well as his actions on the ball. Does he hold his width to offer an outlet, move towards a teammate for a short exchange, or run beyond the defender? Then follow the response around him. An overlapping teammate can open a passing lane, while a forward’s movement can create a target for a delivery. These observations make his role easier to assess without assuming every appearance involves the same instructions.

For an Ivory Coast match, compare his connection with the nearest midfielder and full back. If space is limited near the touchline, a return pass can help the team move the ball towards another opening. When room appears behind the defence, an earlier pass may reward his movement. Assessing those choices gives Nigerian viewers revisiting the final, and other African supporters following his club football, more to consider than the outcome of a single dribble.

Adingra and Ivory Coast: Debut, AFCON and International Record

Use the live stats module above to follow Adingra’s Ivory Coast appearances and goals, checking its timestamp and whether it separates appearances, starts and goals. A cap records an appearance, so substitute outings count towards the international total too.

His first senior call up came in March 2023 for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Comoros. He scored his first Ivory Coast goal against Seychelles on 17 November 2023. That sequence matters because his defining continental tournament arrived early in his senior international career. Within the same period of development, he moved from earning selection to contributing goals and creating chances in decisive matches.

Before the final against Nigeria, Adingra scored the equaliser against Mali in the AFCON quarter final on 3 February 2024. Ivory Coast went on to win that match by two goals to one after extra time. The Mali goal and the final assists explain different parts of his tournament: arriving to finish when his team needed a goal, then creating the openings that helped Les Éléphants secure the trophy against the Super Eagles.

He was also included in Emerse Faé’s 26 player Ivory Coast squad for the 2026 World Cup, announced on 15 May 2026. Selection is the dated fact here; appearances and tournament totals require their own records. For readers following African footballers from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda, his international career offers a way to follow the same player beyond European club fixtures without confusing the two sets of statistics.

Simon Adingra net worth

No credible news outlet has published a verified figure for Simon Adingra’s net worth. Net worth depends on assets and liabilities, including information that is usually private. A transfer announcement, a long contract or a successful international tournament cannot establish how much personal wealth a player holds.

His salary is not officially disclosed. The confirmed contract fact is the five year Sunderland agreement announced on 10 July 2025. A payment between clubs and the terms of a player’s employment are separate financial arrangements.

Published reports do not establish a figure for his endorsement or image rights income. Such arrangements may exist without their value being public. Expressing an unsupported valuation in Ghanaian cedis or South African rand adds no evidence about Adingra’s finances; the same limitation applies to Nigerian naira and the shilling currencies used in Kenya and Uganda.

The distinction between transfer fees, salary and wealth is especially useful when reading football finance stories. Transfer and loan fees are payments between clubs; wages are earnings over a period; net worth requires a wider account of someone’s finances. Even a properly attributed published estimate would remain an estimate rather than personal accounts. Until a credible outlet provides a defensible figure, leaving the amount unstated gives readers the more accurate answer.

How to Watch Adingra From Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda

Use the fixtures and viewing modules to find Adingra’s club and international matches, then check the competition and local broadcaster listing. Club fixtures, European matches and Ivory Coast internationals can have different viewing arrangements. Nigerian and Ghanaian readers may follow his story through both Premier League connections and AFCON, while readers in Kenya, South Africa and Uganda can use the same modules to distinguish those competitions before planning their viewing.

For Adingra’s televised appearances, read the four clock labels together: WAT for Nigeria, EAT for Kenya plus Uganda, SAST for South Africa, GMT for Ghana. An advertised 20:00 GMT kick off means Nigerian viewers start at 21:00 WAT, South African viewers at 22:00 SAST and those following from Kenya or Uganda at 23:00 EAT. European seasonal clock adjustments make the fixture’s converted listing the useful reference when arranging to watch the Ivorian winger.

A team’s fixture entry alone cannot establish Adingra’s involvement. The squad and lineup modules identify selections when they are announced; completed match records show whether he appeared. Choose your country in the viewing module and compare its listing with the broadcaster’s programme schedule.

Check the local calendar date alongside the hour for late starts. A fixture beginning at 22:00 GMT is at 23:00 WAT, 00:00 SAST and 01:00 EAT, with South African, Kenyan and Ugandan viewers watching after midnight on the following date. Keeping the date attached to the converted time helps distinguish an evening fixture listing from the overnight viewing slot it creates elsewhere.