Seidu Yahaya
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 December 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liepāja | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Tema Youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Tema Youth | ||
| 2008–2009 | → Anagennisi Karditsa (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | AEK Athens | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Maccabi Haifa | 47 | (1) |
| 2012–2015 | Astra Giurgiu | 66 | (4) |
| 2015–2017 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 42 | (0) |
| 2018 | Dinamo Minsk | 29 | (0) |
| 2019 | Al-Fayha | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Dinamo Minsk | 23 | (1) |
| 2020– | Liepāja | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2019 | |||
Seidu Yahaya (born 31 December 1989) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Liepāja.
Career
Yahaya started his professional career at Tema Youth in 2006.[1] In 2008, Yahaya was transferred from Tema Youth to Anagennisi Karditsa on a loan deal, where he featured 29 times for the Canaries all making it in the starting eleven. From Anagennisi he made it to AEK Athens where he featured five times.[2] Although he made some good appearances in the start of the 2009–2010 season, including his first Europa League game against Everton at the Goodison Park in England, Yahaya fell out of favor with Dusan Bajevic quickly and was never featured again.
He was signed by Maccabi Haifa in 2010. In the first season with Maccabi Haifa Yahaya won the championship and lost in the cup final. Maccabi Haifa exercised Yahaya's contract option for the next three years where he left his previous number 18 shirt for his favorite number 6 shirt.
On the 20 June 2012, he signed a three-year contract with Liga I club Astra Giurgiu,[3] which ended On 30 June 2015. He joined Sheriff Tiraspol on 14 June 2015 through where he won the Moldovan Supercup in his first game against Milsami Orhei.
Honours
- Israeli Premier League (1): 2010–11
- Israel State Cup Runner-up (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
- Cupa României (1): 2013–14
- Supercupa României (1): 2014
- Liga I Runner-up (1): 2013–14
- Moldovan National Division (2): 2015–16, 2016–17
- Moldovan Cup (1): 2016–17
- Moldovan Super Cup (1): 2015
References
- ^ Kotoko stop Gunners from firing
- ^ AEK Athens Profile
- ^ "Astra bought a ghanese midfielder". Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
External links
- Seidu Yahaya at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Seidu Yahaya at Soccerway
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