Personal information | |||
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Full name | Banana Yaya [1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 July 1991 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2012 | ES Tunis | 15 | (1) |
2012–2014 | Sochaux | 26 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 24 | (1) |
2014–2017 | Platanias | 79 | (2) |
2017–2019 | Olympiacos | 0 | (0) |
2017–2019 | → Panionios (loan) | 49 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Shabab Al-Ordon | 21 | (2) |
2022 | Bengaluru | 5 | (0) |
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.
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]
Yaya made his debut for Cameroon starting against Thailand in a friendly match in March 2015. [10]
Cameroon national team | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
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2015 | 5 | 2 |
2016 | 3 | 0 |
2017 | 4 | 1 |
2018 | 10 | 1 |
2019 | 10 | 2 |
Total | 32 | 6 |
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 11 November 2017 | Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola, Zambia | ![]() | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 25 June 2019 | Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
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