Valery Nahayo

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Valery Nahayo

|image =

|fullname = Valery Twite Nahayo

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|15|df=y}}

|birth_place = Bujumbura, Burundi

|height = {{height|m=1.90}}

|position = Central defender

|currentclub =

|years1 = 2001

|clubs1 = Atomic

|caps1 = 12

|goals1 = 0

|years2 = 2002–2003

|clubs2 = Muzinga

|caps2 = 51

|goals2 = 4

|years3 = 2004–2008

|clubs3 = Jomo Cosmos

|caps3 = 99

|goals3 = 0

|years4 = 2008–2011

|clubs4 = Kaizer Chiefs

|caps4 = 43

|goals4 = 2

|years5 = 2011–2014

|clubs5 = Gent

|caps5 = 48

|goals5 = 1

|years6 = 2014–2015

|clubs6 = Mpumalanga Black Aces

|caps6 = 5

|goals6 = 0

|years7 = 2017–2018

|clubs7 = KSV Temse

|caps7 = 1

|goals7 = 0

|years8 = 2018–2019

|clubs8 = FC Ganshoren

|caps8 = 5

|goals8 = 0

|nationalyears1 = 2003–2014

|nationalteam1 = Burundi

|nationalcaps1 = 23

|nationalgoals1 = 1

|club-update = 14 November 2022

|ntupdate = 14 November 2022

}}

Valery Twite Nahayo (born 15 April 1984) is a Burundian international footballer who played professionally in Belgium and South Africa, among others, as a central defender.

Career

=Club career=

Born in Bujumbura, Nahayo has played club football for Atomic, Muzinga, Jomo Cosmos, Kaizer Chiefs, Gent and Mpumalanga Black Aces{{NFT player|1196|access-date=14 November 2022}}{{Soccerway|valery-nahayo/62355|accessdate=14 November 2022}} While playing for Gent in August 2012 he was linked with a return to the Chiefs.{{cite web|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/30007/kaizer-chiefs-could-sign-valery-nahayo-after-morgan-goulds-injury|title=Chiefs look at Gould replacement|date=23 August 2012|access-date=24 September 2014|publisher=Kickoff.com}}

=Kaizer Chiefs=

Nahayo joined Chiefs on 20 June 2008 after Jomo Cosmos got relegated; he was one of seven players that left Cosmos including Anthony Laffor, Morgan Gould, Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Sydney Plaatjies, Thapelo Tshilo, Dikgang Mabalane and Nkosinathi Nhleko.{{cite web |url=http://www.supersport.com/football/article.aspx?headline=Cosmos%20defender%20Nahayo%20joins%20Chiefs&id=258582 |title = SuperSport}} During pre-season he competed in the Telkom Charity Cup and the Vodacom Challenge and eventually made his official debut on 8 August 2008 in a 4–0 win over Engen Santos. In the same match he got injured when he tore his knee ligaments, after landing awkwardly in an aerial battle.{{cite web |url=http://m.allafrica.com/stories/200808110288.html/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218150958/http://m.allafrica.com/stories/200808110288.html/ |archive-date=2014-12-18 |title=allAfrica.com: South Africa: Chiefs Lose Nahayo to Injury - m.allAfrica.com}}