Haoua Yao

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| fullname = Haoua Yao{{WorldFootball.net|name=Haoua Yao|accessdate=9 January 2021}}{{Cite news|url=http://lefaso.net/spip.php?article9339|title=Tournoi des cinq Nations : un football féminin de haut niveau|first=Bassourou|last=Sorgho|language=fr|website=leFaso.net|date=1 September 2005|access-date=20 December 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.footofeminin.fr/Coupe-d-Afrique-des-Nations-la-Guinee-Equatoriale-championne_a401.html|title=Coupe d'Afrique des Nations : la Guinée Equatoriale championne|language=fr|website=Footofemenin.fr|date=29 November 2008|first=Sébastien|last=Duret|access-date=20 December 2020}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|7|2|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626044649/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf|archive-date=26 June 2011|title=FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: Equatorial Guinea |publisher=FIFA |page=6 |date=28 July 2014 |access-date=4 January 2020}}

| birth_place = Ouagadougou, Upper Volta

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| height = 1.74 m

| position = Goalkeeper

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| years1 = 2004–2005

| clubs1 = Princesses

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| years2 = 2006

| clubs2 = Sirènes du Kadiogo

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| years3 = 2010

| clubs3 = Gazelles

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| years4 = 2011

| clubs4 = Princesses

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| nationalteam1 = Equatorial Guinea

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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| nationalteam-update = 26 June 2011 (before the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup)

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Haoua Yao (born 2 July 1979), sportingly known in Burkina Faso as Farota,{{Cite news|url=http://lefaso.net/spip.php?article3737|title=Finale du tournoi féminin international : La Juventus de Yopougon tout sourire|language=fr|website=leFaso.net|date=30 August 2004|access-date=18 December 2020}} is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born and raised in Burkina Faso, she was naturalized by Equatorial Guinea to play for their women's national team, and was squad member for three Africa Women Cup of Nations editions (2006, 2008 and 2010) and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9151211.stm |title=Cameroon hold defending champions |website=BBC Sport |date=2 November 2010 |access-date=4 January 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104012514/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9151211.stm |archive-date=4 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team=1888631/squadlist.html|title=Official squad list 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|date=17 June 2011|work=FIFA|access-date=17 June 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110712204415/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team=1888631/squadlist.html| archive-date= 12 July 2011 | url-status= dead}}

Club career

Yao has played for Princesses, Gazelles and Sirènes du Kadiogo in Burkina Faso.{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519060636/http://www.zedcom.bf/actualite/op413/sport.htm|url=http://www.zedcom.bf/actualite/op413/sport.htm|archive-date=19 May 2007|access-date=20 December 2020|title=Le sacre de l'AS Mandé ?|language=fr|first=Claude|last=Romba|website=zedcom}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2010/List_Players_AWC2010.pdf|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928064407/http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Comp/AWC2010/List_Players_AWC2010.pdf|website=CAF|title=7th African Women Championship - PLAYERS LIST|archive-date=28 September 2012|access-date=18 December 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www1.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/082/article_47110.asp|title=5e CAN féminine: la sélection equato-guinéenne|date=30 October 2006|access-date=3 May 2018|language=fr|publisher=RFI}}