Yamba Asha

Yamba Asha

Personal information
Full name	João Osvaldo Yamba Asha
Date of birth	(1976-07-31) July 31, 1976
Place of birth	Angola
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Primeiro de Maio
2000–2006	ASA	4	(0)
2006	Östers IF
2007–2011	Petro Atlético
2012–2013	ASA
2015	Domant FC
2015–	Rec da Caála
International career‡
2000–2009	Angola	58	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 October 2008

Yamba Asha João (born July 31, 1976) is a retired Angolan footballer.

Career

A defender, Asha used to play for AS Aviação in his homeland and is a member of the Angola national football 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.

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

National team statistics

Angola national team
Year	Apps	Goals
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
Total	58	1

See also

• List of doping cases in sport

External links

• Yamba Asha at National-Football-Teams.com