Sylvain Idangar

Idingar played one game for Lyon in the UEFA Champions League on 8 December 2004 scoring the fourth goal in a 5–0 win against Sparta Prague. In June 2005 Indingar moved on loan to Valenciennes where he played five games in Ligue 2 before going back to Lyon. In June 2007 he left Lyon and moved to Al-Watani. He moved again in 2008 move to ES Sétif. Idangar had a brief spell with Feirense in Portugal's LigaPro. After several years playing abroad, Idangar returned to the Lyon metropolitan area, where he played with amateurs Venissieux, Lyon-Duchère and FC Bords de Saône. With Venissieux he reached the round of 16 in the 2012–13 Coupe de France. In January 2021, he was playing for the club while coaching its under-14 team. By November, he had retired from playing.

Idangar was a roommate of France international footballer Hatem Ben Arfa during his spell at SO Cassis Carnoux, while Ben Arfa was playing for neighboring club Marseille. They first met as youth players at Lyon, and are now best friends. Idangar released an autobiographical novel entitled La valeur de l'échec (The value of failure) in 2020.