Steeve Yago

Steeve Yago

Yago in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Steeve Farid Yago [1]
Date of birth	(1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 31)
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*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2019	Toulouse	122	(0)
2012–2019	Toulouse B	31	(1)
2019	→ Le Havre (loan)	13	(0)
2019–2021	Caen	39	(0)
2021–	Aris Limassol	61	(1)
International career‡
2013–	Burkina Faso	66	(1)
Medal record Representing   Burkina Faso Africa Cup of Nations 2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:34, 5 February 2022 (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 plays for the Burkina Faso national team. ^[2]

Yago featured for 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 age 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 team selection from Burkina Faso on 23 March 2013, against Niger. This game won 4-0 is part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Series. ^[6]

He participated with the Burkina Faso team in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and later in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

He participates in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which is played in 2022, he will finish fourth, losing to goal against Cameroon, the host country.

Career statistics

As of match played 4 October 2022

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Toulouse	2012–13	Ligue 1	22	0	1	0	2	0	—		—		25	0
	2013–14		24	0	1	0	2	0	—		—		27	0
	2014–15		14	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
	2015–16		19	0	1	0	2	0	—		—		22	0
	2016–17		22	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		24	0
	2017–18		22	0	2	0	3	0	—		—		27	0
	2018–19	Ligue 2	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Total		123	0	5	0	12	0	—		—		140	0
Le Havre (loan)	2018–19	Ligue 2	13	0	—		—		—		—		13	0
Caen	2019–20	Ligue 2	15	0	3	0	0	0	—		—		18	0
	2020–21		24	0	1	0	0	0	—		—		25	0
	Total		39	0	4	0	0	0	—		—		43	0
Aris Limassol	2021–22	Cypriot First Division	24	1	1	0	—		—		—		25	1
	2022–23		4	0	0	0	—		2	0	—		6	0
	Total		28	1	0	0	—		2	0	0	0	31	7
Career total			203	1	10	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	227	1

Honours

Burkina Faso

• Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2017 ^{[7] [8]}

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. 51928 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.

External links

• Steeve Yago – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Steeve Yago at National-Football-Teams.com
• Steeve Yago at L'Équipe Football (in French)
• Steeve Yago at Soccerway