Yazid Atouba

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yazid Atouba

| image = Yazid Atouba playing for the Fire.jpg

| caption = Yazid Atouba playing for Chicago Fire

| image_size = 240 px

| full_name = Yazid Atouba Emane

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|1|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon

| height = 1.68 m

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2010–2012

| youthclubs1 = Renaissance

| youthyears2 = 2012–2013

| youthclubs2 = Canon Yaoundé

| years1 = 2013–2014

| clubs1 = Chicago Fire

| caps1 = 3

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2015–2016

| clubs2 = Coton Sport

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = AS Vita Club

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 2017–2019

| clubs4 = Maritzburg United

| caps4 = 19

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2020–2021

| clubs5 = 1º de Agosto

| caps5 = 26

| goals5 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2011

| nationalteam1 = Cameroon U20

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2016

| nationalteam2 = Cameroon

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| pcupdate = 8 July 2023

| ntupdate = 8 July 2023

}}

Yazid Atouba ({{IPA|fr|jazi atuba}}; born 2 January 1993) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder, lastly for Angolan football club Primeiro de Agosto.{{Cite web |url=http://notresport.press/details/494 |title=Cameroon-football-first-division-clubs-in-Cameroon-Notresport™-notresport.tv | Cameroon's football star Yazid Atuba: {{as written|Com|mited [sic]}} is future with Maritzburg United |access-date=1 September 2017 |archive-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901112723/http://notresport.press/details/494 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/78514/maritzburg-united-complete-deadline-day-signing-of-cameroon-midfielder-yazid-atouba|title=Maritzburg United complete deadline day signing of Cameroon midfielder Yazid Atouba|last=realnet.co.uk|work=Kick Off|access-date=2018-05-17|language=en-gb}}{{cite web |url=http://www.angop.ao/angola/pt_pt/noticias/desporto/2019/7/33/Futebol-Plantel-Agosto-para-epoca-2019,53992f2f-258e-4178-a27d-404bfba645e3.html |title=Futebol: Plantel do 1º de Agosto para época 2019/20 |publisher=ANGOP.com |date= 14 August 2019 |language=pt}}

Career

=Club=

After spending his early career in his native land of Cameroon, Atouba was drafted by the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer on 17 January 2013 as the 30th overall pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.{{cite web|last=McCathy|first=Jack|title=Fire selects midfielder Atouba in draft|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/01/17/fire-selects-midfielder-atouba-in-draft/|work=Chicago Tribune|date=17 January 2013 |access-date=3 March 2013}} Then after impressing coaches in Chicago's pre-season camps, Atouba was officially signed by the team on 1 March 2013.{{cite web|title=Chicago Fire officially sign SuperDraft pick Yazid Atouba|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/03/01/chicago-fire-officially-sign-superdraft-pick-yazid-atouba|work=Major League Soccer|access-date=3 March 2013}} Then, just two days after signing his first professional contract, Atouba made his MLS debut in the Fire's first match of the season against the defending champions Los Angeles Galaxy at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California when he came on in the 70th minute for Joel Lindpere, however the Fire came out in the end with a 4–0 loss.{{cite web|title=MLS Match Recap: LA Galaxy 4, Chicago Fire 0|url=http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2013-03-03-LA-v-CHI/recap|work=Major League Soccer|access-date=3 March 2013}}

He was waived by the Fire in March 2014.[http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2014/03/chicago-fire-soccer-club-waives-midfielder-yazid-atouba "Chicago Fire Soccer Club waives midfielder Yazid Atouba"] Chicago Fire. Retrieved 2015-6-21. On 31 January 2015, Atouba signed with Elite One champions Coton Sport. He remained there until July 2016 when he departed to join Linafoot side AS Vita Club in the DR Congo.[http://press-sport.com/vita-club-bain-de-foule-pour-yazid-atouba/ "Vita Club : Bain De Foule Pour Yazid Atouba"] Press Sport. Retrieved 2016-7-1.[http://www.adiac-congo.com/content/football-v-club-affute-ses-armes-54967 "Football : V. Club affûte ses armes"] ADIAC Congo. Retrieved 2016-8-20.

On 26 February 2019, Atouba was released by Maritzburg United.[https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/maritzburg-united-release-bokang-tlhone-yazid-atouba-and/1t9vgvc63z6tc1nr16peycwxtw Maritzburg United release Bokang Tlhone, Yazid Atouba and Motsie Matima], goal.com, 26 February 2019

In 2019–20, he signed in for Primeiro de Agosto in the Angolan league, the Girabola.{{cite web |url=http://www.angop.ao/angola/pt_pt/noticias/desporto/2019/7/33/Futebol-Plantel-Agosto-para-epoca-2019,53992f2f-258e-4178-a27d-404bfba645e3.html |title=Futebol: Plantel do 1º de Agosto para época 2019/20 |publisher=ANGOP.com |date= 14 August 2019 |language=pt}}

=International=

Atouba has represented Cameroon at U20 and senior level. He won four caps for the U20s while he has currently won five caps and scored two goals for the seniors, both goals and all but one appearance came during the 2016 African Nations Championship in Rwanda.

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|11 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/yazid-atouba/197642/|title=Yazid Atouba|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=11 October 2015}}

rowspan="2"\|Club	rowspan="2"\|Season	colspan="2"\|League	colspan="2"\|Cup	colspan="2"\|ContinentalIncludes the CAF Champions League	colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Chicago Fire \|2013 \|3	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	3	0
Total !3	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	3	0
rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Coton Sport \|2015 \|0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total !0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
colspan="2" \| Career total !3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0

=International=

{{updated|21 January 2017}}.{{Soccerway|yazid-atouba/197642|access-date=21 January 2017}}

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="3"\|Cameroon
2016	5	2
colspan=2\|Total	5	2

=International goals=

{{updated|21 January 2017}}. Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
1	17 January 2016	rowspan="2" \| Stade Huye, Butare, Rwanda	{{fb\|ANG}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 1–0	rowspan="2" \| 2016 African Nations Championship
2	25 January 2016	{{fb\|COD}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 3–1