Banana Yaya

Banana Yaya

Personal information
Full name	Banana Yaya [1]
Date of birth	(1991-07-29) 29 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Maroua, Cameroon
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) [2]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	AS Trouville-Deauville
Number	4
Youth career
0000–2009	Achille FC Yaouande
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	ES Tunis	15	(4)
2012–2014	Sochaux	26	(3)
2013–2014	→ Lausanne-Sport (loan)	24	(5)
2014–2017	Platanias	79	(7)
2017–2019	Olympiacos	0	(0)
2017–2019	→ Panionios (loan)	49	(6)
2020–2021	Shabab Al-Ordon	21	(3)
2022	Bengaluru	5	(12)
2023–	AS Trouville-Deauville
International career‡
2009–2011	Cameroon U20	14	(1)
2015–2019	Cameroon	16	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:49, 5 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:51, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Banana Yaya (born 29 July 1991) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a Centre-back for AS Trouville-Deauville.

Club career

In June 2009, Yaya signed with Tunisian club Espérance Sportive de Tunis where he started his professional playing career. ^[3] After rumours linking him with English Championship giants Leeds United Banana signed for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard from Espérance Tunis on 17 January 2012. ^[4]

Yaya was sent on loan to Swiss club Lausanne-Sport for the 2013–14 season. ^[5]

On 30 July 2014, he signed for Greek Super League side Platanias for an undisclosed fee. ^[6] He immediately became the undisputed leader of the club's defense.

On 23 June 2017, after the end of his contract with Platanias, he joined Olympiacos, remaining in the Super League. ^[7] On the same day he was loaned to Panionios on a season-long loan, as he was not in the plans of Olympiacos coach. ^[8] His loan was extended for another year.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 4 December 2019, his contract with Olympiacos was terminated without making a single appearance for the club.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 1 February 2022, it was announced that Bengaluru FC signed Yaya on a short-term deal for the remainder of the 2021–22 Indian Super League season. ^[9]

International career

Yaya made his debut for Cameroon starting against Thailand in a friendly match in March 2015. ^[10]

On 11 November 2017, Banana scored his first goal for Cameroon against Zambia. ^[11]

In the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, Yaya was called up to his national team. In his first match against Guinea-Bissau, he scored in the 66th minute and the team won 2–0. ^[12]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 12 July 2019 ^[13]

Cameroon national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	5	2
2016	3	0
2017	4	1
2018	10	1
2019	10	2
Total	32	6

International goals

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first. ^[13]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 November 2017	Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia	Zambia	2–2	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	25 June 2019	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt	Guinea-Bissau	1–0	2–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Individual

• CAF Team of the Year: 2011 ^{[14] [15]}

References

1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Cameron" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
2. "Yaya Banana". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
3. Yaya Bananana : de Diable Rouge de Maroua aux Lions
4. "Yaya Banana signs at Sochaux" (in French). Football Club Sochaux. 17 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
5. "Banana (Sochaux) prêté à Lausanne" [Banana (Sochaux) on loan to Lausanne] (in French). lequipe.fr. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
6. "Yaya Banana for Platanias F.C." www.chaniapost.eu. 30 July 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
7. "Il camerunese Yaya Banana riparte dal Panionios" (in Italian). www.tuttomercatoweb.com. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
8. "Yaya Banana set to return to Panionios". www.sdna.gr. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
9. "Bengaluru FC sign Cameroonian defender Yaya Banana". The Times of India. 1 February 2022. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
10. "Thailand 2-3 CMR: Ndassi spares Lions blushes | Soccer News 2015-03-30". www.cameroonweb.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
11. "Sambia - Kamerun 2:2 (WM-Quali. Afrika 2015-2017, Gruppe B)" (in German). 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
12. "Cameroon vs. Guinea-Bissau | National Football Teams". Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
13. "Yaya, Banana". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
14. "2011 CAF Awards". Confederation of African Football . Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
15. "CAF - CAF Awards - Previous Editions - 2011". CAF. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

External links

• Banana Yaya – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Banana Yaya at Soccerway