Steeve Yago
 Yago with Burkina Faso at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Steeve Farid Yago[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 December 1992 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | 72 | (1) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Burkina Faso | 66 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2024 ‡ 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 represents the Burkina Faso national team.[2]
Yago represented Burkina Faso in the 2021 AFCON tournament in Cameroon.[3]
Club career
[edit]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
[edit]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.
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.
On December 20, 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Burkinabé players selected by Hubert Velud to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 4 October 2022
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| 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
[edit]Burkina Faso
- Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2017[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "2017 Africa Cup of Nations Squad List" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Steeve Yago". ligue1.com. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ "Africa Cup of Nations (Sky Sports)". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ Noet, Arthur (31 January 2019). "Officiel: Toulouse continue son dégraissage et prête Steeve Yago" (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "ANNOUNCEMENT". Aris Limassol. 1 July 2021.
- ^ 51928 at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads". newvision.co. New Vision. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Africa Cup of Nations 2017 schedule, scores and what you need to know". 14 January 2017.
External links
[edit]- 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
Burkina Faso squads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Val-d'Oise
- French sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
- Burkinabé people of French descent
- Sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
- Burkinabé men's footballers
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Burkina Faso men's international footballers
- 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Toulouse FC players
- Le Havre AC players
- Stade Malherbe Caen players
- Aris Limassol FC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Burkinabé expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Burkinabé expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- 21st-century Burkinabé people
- Black French sportspeople
- 21st-century French sportsmen