Yusupha Yaffa
{{Short description|Gambian footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Yusupha Yaffa
|image =
|fullname =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|12|31}}
|birth_place = Serekunda, Gambia
|height = 1.83 m
|position = Forward
|currentclub =
|clubnumber =
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2014
|youthclubs1 = Milan
|youthyears2 = 2014
|youthclubs2 = → Bologna (loan)
|youthyears3 = 2015
|youthclubs3 = Eintracht Frankfurt
|years1 = 2015–2016
|clubs1 = MSV Duisburg II
|caps1 = 11
|goals1 = 1
|years2 = 2021
|clubs2 = Triestina
|caps2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2022
|clubs3 = Tsarsko Selo
|caps3 = 4
|goals3 = 0
|club-update = 20:06, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
}}
Yusupha Yaffa (born 31 December 1996) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Career
As a youth player, Yaffa joined the youth academy of Serie A side Milan.{{Cite news|last1=de Menezes|first1=Jack|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/yusupha-yaffa-lied-about-his-age-when-joining-ac-milan-after-italian-authorities-claim-he-is-28-not-19-a6819521.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/yusupha-yaffa-lied-about-his-age-when-joining-ac-milan-after-italian-authorities-claim-he-is-28-not-19-a6819521.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Yusupha Yaffa 'lied about his age when joining AC Milan' after Italian authorities claim he is 28, not 19|work=The Independent}}{{cbignore}} Before the second half of 2014–15, Yaffa joined the youth academy of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt.{{cite news |title=100.000 Euro Kaution: Vorwurf der Vergewaltigung gegen Frankfurts Yaffa |trans-title=100,000 euros bail: accusation of rape against Frankfurt's Yaffa |url=https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/eintracht-frankfurt/article136820415/Vorwurf-der-Vergewaltigung-gegen-Frankfurts-Yaffa.html |access-date=7 June 2023 |work=Die Welt |date=27 January 2015 |language=German}} In 2015, he signed for German fifth tier club MSV Duisburg II.{{Cite web|url=https://www.msv-duisburg.de/aktuelles/artikel/ONID6740/|title=MSV-U23 verpflichtet Angreifer Yusupha Yaffa|publisher=msv-duisburg.de}}
Before the second half of 2021–22, Yaffa signed for Tsarsko Selo in the Bulgarian top flight after trialing for Polish team Korona Kielce.{{Cite web|url=https://7dnisport.bg/archives/186022|title=Царско сели привлече Юсуфа Яфа|publisher=7dnisport.bg}} On 25 February 2022, he debuted for Tsarsko Selo during a 1–0 loss to Lokomotiv Plovdiv.{{Soccerway|320081}} On 21 May 2022, in the last match of the season, Tsarsko selo got a penalty that could bring them the win and save the team from relegation. Yaffa decided to take the penalty despite Martin Kavdanski being the regular penalty taker. Yaffa was ready to take the penalty when the owner of the team, Stoyne Manolov, entered the pitch and fought with him. He left the pitch and Kavdanski took the penalty, but missed and the team was relegated.[https://sportal.bg/news-2022052118250940562 Невиждан панаир в Царско село! Стойне Манолов нахлу на терена и налетя на бой на свой футболист]
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|320081}}
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Category:People from Serekunda
Category:Gambian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Oberliga (football) players
Category:First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Category:MSV Duisburg II players
Category:FC Tsarsko Selo Sofia players
Category:Gambian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Category:Gambian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
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