Yaya Banhoro

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yaya Banhoro

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|1|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

| height = 1.73 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Majestic

| years1 = 2013–2014 | clubs1 = Majestic | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2015–2017 | clubs2 = Londrina | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2016 | clubs3 = → Iraty (loan) | caps3 = 13 | goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2017–2019 | clubs4 = Santos | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019 | clubs5 = → Bangu (loan) | caps5 = 10 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2021 | clubs6 = Joinville | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2021– | clubs7 = ASO Chlef | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2017– | nationalteam1 = Burkina Faso | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = 20:23, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 5 September 2017

}}

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.

Club career

=Londrina=

Born in Ouagadougou, Yaya started playing for local side Majestic FC before moving to Brazil with Londrina in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/pr/futebol/times/londrina/noticia/2015/08/de-burkina-faso-yaya-quer-fazer-sucesso-com-camisa-do-londrina.html|title=De Burkina Faso, Yaya quer fazer sucesso com a camisa do Londrina|trans-title=From Burkina Faso, Yaya wants to be successful with Londrina's shirt|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt|date=15 August 2015|access-date=10 September 2017}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bonde.com.br/blog/blog-do-lucio-flavio/londrina-empresta-cinco-jogadores-ao-iraty-416219.html|title=Londrina empresta cinco jogadores ao Iraty|trans-title=Londrina loan five players to Iraty|publisher=Bonde|language=pt|date=8 August 2016|access-date=10 September 2017}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/pr/futebol/times/londrina/noticia/2017/04/yaya-dribla-timidez-festeja-primeiro-gol-pelo-londrina-e-se-espelha-em-joel.html|title=Yaya dribla timidez, festeja primeiro gol pelo Londrina e se espelha em Joel|trans-title=Yaya dribbles shyness, celebrates first goal for Londrina and mirrors Joel|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt|date=19 April 2017|access-date=10 September 2017}}

=Santos=

On 1 November 2017, after a trial period, Yaya signed for Santos until April 2018, and was initially assigned to the B-team.{{cite web|url=https://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2017/11/01/santos-fecha-com-atacante-de-brukina-faso-e-que-se-destacou-no-londrina.htm|title=Santos fecha com atacante de Burkina Faso e que se destacou no Londrina|trans-title=Santos sign forward from Burkina Faso and who was a spotlight at Londrina|publisher=UOL Esporte|language=pt|date=1 November 2017|access-date=2 November 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://extra.globo.com/esporte/campeonato-carioca/bangu-contrata-atacante-de-burkina-faso-emprestado-pelo-santos-para-carioca-23373609.html|title=Bangu contrata atacante de Burkina Faso emprestado pelo Santos para o Carioca|trans-title=Bangu sign Burkina Faso forward loaned from Santos for the Carioca|publisher=Extra|language=pt-BR|date=15 January 2019|access-date=26 January 2019}}

International career

Yaya was first called up for Burkina Faso national team in May 2017.{{cite web|url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/pr/futebol/times/londrina/noticia/atacante-do-londrina-e-convocado-para-a-selecao-de-burkina-faso.ghtml|title=Atacante do Londrina é convocado para a seleção de Burkina Faso|trans-title=Londrina forward is called up for Burkina Faso national team|publisher=Globo Esporte|language=pt|date=18 May 2017|access-date=10 September 2017}} He made his full international debut on 2 September 2017, replacing Cyrille Bayala in a 0–0 away draw against Senegal.{{cite web|title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - Senegal-Burkina Faso |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276412/match=300367140/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819061101/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276412/match=300367140/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2016|website=FIFA.com|access-date=8 September 2017}}

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|State League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="3"\|Londrina \|2016 \|rowspan="2"\|Série B \|0	0	2	0	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	3	0
2017 \|0	0	10	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	0	0	10	1
colspan="2"\|Total !0	0	12	1	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	0	0	13	1
Iraty (loan) \|2016 \|Paranaense Série Bronze \|colspan="2"\|—	13	4	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	13	4
Bangu \|2019 \|Carioca \|colspan="2"\|—	10	2	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	10	2
Joinville \|2021 \|Série D \|0	0	5	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	5	0
colspan="3"\|Total !0	0	40	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	41	7

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Burkina Faso \|2017	1	0
colspan="2"\|Total	1	0

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team

Year

Apps

Goals

Burkina Faso

|2017

colspan="2"|Total