Yaya Banhoro

Yaya Banhoro (born 1 January 1996), known simply as Yaya in Brazil, is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Burkina Faso national football team.

Yaya Banhoro

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Majestic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Majestic
2015–2017	Londrina	12	(1)
2016	→ Iraty (loan)	13	(4)
2017–2019	Santos	0	(0)
2019	→ Bangu (loan)	10	(2)
2021	Joinville	5	(0)
2021–	ASO Chlef	2	(0)
International career‡
2017–	Burkina Faso	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:23, 11 April 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 September 2017

Club career

Londrina

Born in Ouagadougou, Yaya started playing for local side Majestic FC before moving to Brazil with Londrina in 2015.^[2]

On 6 March 2016, Yaya made his debut for Londrina, coming on as a second-half substitute for Paulinho Moccelin in a 1–1 Campeonato Paranaense home draw against Atlético Paranaense. On 8 August, after only two further appearances, he was loaned to Iraty until the end of the year.^[3]

Yaya scored four goals during his loan spell, and started to feature regularly for Londrina upon returning. He scored his first goal for the club on 16 April 2017, netting his team's only in a 2–1 away loss Atlético Paranaense.^[4]

Santos

On 1 November 2017, after a trial period, Yaya signed for Santos until April 2018, and was initially assigned to the B-team.^[5] On 15 January 2019, after a failed trial at Ponte Preta the previous year, he was loaned to Bangu until the end of the 2019 Campeonato Carioca.^[6]

International career

Yaya was first called up for Burkina Faso national team in May 2017.^[7] He made his full international debut on 2 September 2017, replacing Cyrille Bayala in a 0–0 away draw against Senegal.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 April 2021^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Londrina	2016	Série B	0	0	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
	2017		0	0	10	1	0	0	—		0	0	10	1
	Total		0	0	12	1	1	0	—		0	0	13	1
Iraty (loan)	2016	Paranaense Série Bronze	—		13	4	—		—		—		13	4
Bangu	2019	Carioca	—		10	2	—		—		—		10	2
Joinville	2021	Série D	0	0	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Total			0	0	40	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	41	7

International

As of 25 January 2017^[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Burkina Faso	2017	1	0
Total		1	0