Steeve Yago

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Steeve Yago
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Personal information
Full name Steeve Farid Yago [1]
Date of birth (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Sarcelles, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Aris Limassol
Number 20
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2019 Toulouse 122 (0)
2012–2019 Toulouse B 31 (1)
2019Le Havre (loan) 13 (0)
2019–2021 Caen 39 (0)
2021– Aris Limassol 102 (1)
International career
2013– Burkina Faso 87 (1)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal icon.svg 2017 Gabon
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 21:34, 5 June 2024(UTC)

Steeve Farid Yago (born 16 December 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Cypriot First Division club Aris Limassol. Born in France, he represents the Burkina Faso national team. [2]

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Yago represented Burkina Faso in the 2021 AFCON tournament in Cameroon. [3]

Club career

Yago made his first Ligue 1 appearance for Toulouse on 25 August 2012, in a 0–1 win over Nancy, at the age of 19.

On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Yago joined Ligue 2 side Le Havre on loan until the end of the season. [4]

On 1 July 2021, he joined Aris Limassol in Cyprus. [5]

International career

He received his first call-up to the Burkina Faso national team on 23 March 2013, in a 4-0 win against Niger, a match that was part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Series. [6]

He went on to represent Burkina Faso at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and again at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[ citation needed ]

He also participated in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which was held in 2022, where Burkina Faso finished fourth, losing to Cameroon, the host country.[ citation needed ]

On 20 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Burkinabé players selected by Hubert Velud to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 October 2022
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toulouse 2012–13 Ligue 1 2201020250
2013–14 2401020270
2014–15 1400000140
2015–16 1901020220
2016–17 2200020240
2017–18 2202030270
2018–19 Ligue 2 00001010
Total1230501201400
Le Havre (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 130130
Caen 2019–20 Ligue 2 1503000180
2020–21 2401000250
Total3904000430
Aris Limassol 2021–22 Cypriot First Division 24110251
2022–23 40002060
Total281002000317
Career total203110012020002271

Honours

Burkina Faso

References

  1. "2017 Africa Cup of Nations Squad List" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. "Steeve Yago". ligue1.com. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. "Africa Cup of Nations (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. Noet, Arthur (31 January 2019). "Officiel: Toulouse continue son dégraissage et prête Steeve Yago" (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. "ANNOUNCEMENT". Aris Limassol. 1 July 2021.
  6. Steeve Yago at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. "2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads". newvision.co. New Vision. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  8. "Africa Cup of Nations 2017 schedule, scores and what you need to know". 14 January 2017.