Yamba Asha

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yamba Asha

| image =

| full_name = João Osvaldo Yamba Asha

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|7|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Angola

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1995–1996

| clubs1 = Primeiro de Maio

| years2 = 2000–2006

| clubs2 = ASA

| years3 = 2006

| clubs3 = Östers IF

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years4 = 2007–2011

| clubs4 = Petro Atlético

| years5 = 2012–2013

| clubs5 = ASA

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = Domant FC

| years7 = 2015–

| clubs7 = Rec da Caála

| nationalyears1 = 2000–2009

| nationalteam1 = Angola

| nationalcaps1 = 58

| nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Yamba Asha João (born 31 July 1976) is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Asha played for AS Aviação in his homeland and is a member of the Angola national team, collecting 49 caps by the end of 2005.

However, the left-back was excluded from their 2006 FIFA World Cup party, since he was banned by FIFA for nine months for failing a drugs test following a World Cup qualifier against Rwanda in October 2005.[http://www.cosafa.com/stories/STORY_395.html YAMBA ASHA GETS LONG BAN] - COSAFA.com

He was recalled for an African Nations Cup qualifier against Swaziland in September 2006.

Career statistics

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="10"\|Angola \|2000	4	0
2001	10	0
2002	2	0
2003	4	0
2004	10	0
2005	6	0
2006	1	0
2007	6	0
2008	10	1
2009	5	0
colspan="2"\|Total	58	1