Banana Yaya

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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
Youth career
–2009 Achille FC Yaouande
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 defender

Contents

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]

Career statistics

International

As of matches played on 12 July 2019 [11]
Cameroon national team
YearAppsGoals
201552
201630
201741
2018101
2019102
Total326

International goals

Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first. [11]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 November 2017 Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, ZambiaFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2–22–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.25 June 2019 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, EgyptFlag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 1–02–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Honours

Individual

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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.
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