Ivory Coast head coach Emerse Fae has challenged Simon Adingra to build a career similar to Ivorian legend Didier Drogba.

Adingra shot into the limelight when he helped Ivory Coast win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) by setting up the winner by Sebastian Haller.

The 23-year-old was adjudged as the best young player of the AFCON and later in the year finished as runner-up behind Ademola Lookman for the CAF Men's Player of the Year award.

Fae, who coaches Adingra at national level, acknowledged the Brighton and Hove Albion forward is different from Drogba. "I don't like to compare players.