| Landry Dimata | |
| Full Name: | Landry Nany Dimata |
| Birth Date: | 1 September 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Mbuji-Mayi, DR Congo[1] |
| Height: | 1.85 m[2] |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Samsunspor |
| Clubnumber: | 14 |
| Youthyears1: | –2016 |
| Youthclubs1: | Standard Liège |
| Clubs1: | Oostende |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Caps1: | 29 |
| Goals1: | 12 |
| Years2: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs2: | VfL Wolfsburg |
| Caps2: | 21 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs3: | → Anderlecht (loan) |
| Caps3: | 20 |
| Goals3: | 13 |
| Years4: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs4: | Anderlecht |
| Caps4: | 13 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Espanyol (loan) |
| Caps5: | 19 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Espanyol |
| Caps6: | 19 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs7: | → NEC (loan) |
| Caps7: | 30 |
| Goals7: | 10 |
| Years8: | 2023– |
| Clubs8: | Samsunspor |
| Caps8: | 19 |
| Goals8: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013–2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Belgium U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014–2015 |
| Nationalteam2: | Belgium U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2014–2016 |
| Nationalteam3: | Belgium U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 9 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2016–2019 |
| Nationalteam4: | Belgium U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 7 |
| Club-Update: | 26 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 18 October 2018 |
Landry Nany Dimata (born 1 September 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish Süper Lig club Samsunspor. Born in the DR Congo, he is a youth international for Belgium.
Dimata played with Standard Liège as a junior. He joined Oostende in 2016. He made his Belgian Pro League debut on 4 August 2016 against Genk.[3] In July 2017, Dimata joined VfL Wolfsburg for a fee of €10 million.
In July 2018, Dimata moved to Belgium club Anderlecht, on a loan deal until the end of the season with an option to buy.[4] [5] In November 2018, Anderlecht exercised the purchase option on Dimata.[6]
On 1 February 2021, Dimata moved to Spanish side Espanyol, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[7] The deal included a purchase option. On 2 June 2021, he joined Espanyol permanently.[8]
On 30 August 2022, Dimata moved on loan to NEC in the Netherlands for what ultimately was a poor period for the striker.[9] On 1 September 2023, he was transferred to Turkish Süper Lig side Samsunspor.[10]
Dimata was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and moved to Belgium at a young age, holding dual-citizenship.[11] In September 2020, he was called up to the senior Belgium squad for the UEFA Nations League matches against Denmark and Iceland.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Oostende | 2016–17 | First Division A | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | — | 34 | 14 | ||
| VfL Wolfsburg | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Anderlecht (loan) | 2018–19 | First Division A | 20 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 13 | |
| Anderlecht | 2019–20 | First Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | First Division A | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 2 | |||
| Total | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |||
| Espanyol (loan) | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
| Espanyol | 2021–22 | La Liga | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |||
| Samsunspor | 2023–24 | Süper Lig | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 126 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 37 | |||