Banana Yaya

Banana Yaya (born 29 July 1991) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a Centre-back.

Club career In June 2009, Yaya signed with Tunisian club Espérance Sportive de Tunis where he started his professional playing career. After rumours linking him with English Championship giants Leeds United Banana signed for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard from Espérance Tunis on 17 January 2012.

Yaya was sent on loan to Swiss club Lausanne-Sport for the 2013–14 season.

On 30 July 2014, he signed for Greek Super League club, Platanias for an undisclosed fee. 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. On the same day he was loaned to Panionios on a season-long loan, as he was not in the plans of Olympiacos coach. His loan was extended for another year.

On 4 December 2019, his contract with Olympiacos was terminated without making a single appearance for the club.

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.

International career Yaya made his debut for Cameroon starting against Thailand in a friendly match in March 2015.

On 11 November 2017, Banana scored his first goal for Cameroon against Zambia.

In the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, Yaya was called up to his national team. In his first match against Guinea-Bissau, he scored in the 66th minute and the team won 2–0.

Career statistics

International

International goals Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.