Karim Yoda
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdoul Karim Yoda | ||
Date of birth | 25 October 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Annemasse, France | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Hazem | ||
Number | 74 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2007 | Servette | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | Servette | 54 | (4) |
2009–2013 | Sion | 64 | (5) |
2013–2014 | Astra Giurgiu | 21 | (2) |
2014–2018 | Getafe | 44 | (4) |
2017 | → Almería (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Reus (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2018 | Reus | 0 | (0) |
2019 | Karpaty Lviv | 10 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Racing Santander | 15 | (7) |
2020–2021 | Al-Hazem | 49 | (14) |
2021–2023 | Al-Wehda | 41 | (8) |
2023–2024 | Al-Adalah | 33 | (11) |
2024– | Al-Hazem | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2023 |
Abdoul Karim Yoda (born 25 October 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi club Al-Hazem.
Club career
[edit]Born in Annemasse, Yoda joined Servette FC's youth system in 2000, aged 11.[1] He made his senior debuts in 2006, and scored his first professional goal in the following year.
In June 2009 Yoda moved to fellow league team FC Sion.[2] He appeared regularly in his first two campaigns, but fell in the pecking order during his two last.
On 2 September 2013 Yoda moved to Romania, signing a three-year deal with FC Astra Giurgiu[3] He appeared in 21 matches during his only season, scoring twice.
On 14 July 2014 Yoda moved teams and countries again, by agreeing to a two-year deal with La Liga side Getafe CF.[4] He made his debut in the competition on 25 September, starting in a 0–2 away loss against RCD Espanyol.[5]
Yoda scored his first goals in the main category of Spanish football on 20 October, netting a brace in a 2–1 away win against Real Sociedad.[6] On 31 January 2017, he moved to Segunda División club UD Almería on loan until the end of the season, with Chuli moving in the opposite direction.[7]
On 22 November 2017, Yoda was loaned to CF Reus Deportiu in the second level, until the following June,[8] and signed a permanent two-year contract the following 31 July 2018.[9] However, he was one of the four players who were not registered for the new season due to the club's wage limit,[10] and left the club after it was expelled by the LFP the following January.[11]
In February 2019, Yoda signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Ukrainian Premier League side FC Karpaty Lviv.[12] On 23 July, however, he returned to Spain and its second division, after agreeing to a two-year deal with Racing de Santander.[13]
On 23 January 2020, Al-Hazem has signed with Karim Yoda from Racing de Santander .[14]
On 17 August 2021, Yoda joined Al-Wehda.[15]
On 17 June 2023, Yoda joined Al-Adalah.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Born in France, Yoda is of Ivorian and Burkinabe descent.[17]
Honours
[edit]Sion
Astra Giurgiu
Al-Hazem
References
[edit]- ^ Abdoul Yoda - profil (Abdoul Yoda - profile) Archived 2014-07-29 at the Wayback Machine; Servette's official website. Retrieved on 29 July 2014 (in French)
- ^ Constantin: «Ne jamais baisser la garde» (Constantin: «Never down your guard») Archived 2009-06-25 at the Wayback Machine; Le Temps, 18 June 2009 (in French)
- ^ Exclusiv Astra Giurgiu l-a transferat pe Karim Abdoul Yoda, de la FC Sion (Exclusive: Astra Giurgiu, Abdoul Karim Yoda transferred from FC Sion); Digisport, 2 September 2013 (in Romanian)
- ^ Yoda, nuevo jugador del Getafe (Yoda, new player of Getafe); Marca, 14 July 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Espanyol claim Getafe victory; ESPN FC, 25 September 2014
- ^ Real Sociedad 1–2 Getafe; ESPN FC, 20 October 2014
- ^ Karim Yoda llega del Getafe, a donde se marcha cedido Chuli (Karim Yoda arrives from Getafe, where Chuli moves to)[permanent dead link]; UD Almería, 31 January 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ Karim Yoda, nou jugador del CF Reus (Karim Yoda, new player of CF Reus) Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine; CF Reus Deportiu, 22 November 2017 (in Catalan)
- ^ El francés Karim Yoda renueva dos temporadas (Frenchman Karim Yoda renews two seasons); Mundo Deportivo, 31 July 2018 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Los jugadores del Reus sin ficha no estarán disponibles ante el Zaragoza" [The unregistered Reus players will not be available against Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "Nota Informativa" [Informative note] (in Spanish). La Liga. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "АБДУЛ КАРІМ ЙОДА – ГРАВЕЦЬ "КАРПАТ"". FC Karpaty Lviv. 14 February 2019. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Karim Yoda, sexto refuerzo del Racing 2019/20" [Karim Yoda, sixth addition of Racing 2019/20] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
- ^ "x.com".
- ^ "اكتمال أجانب الوحدة". www.al-jazirah.com.
- ^ الأحساء, مصطفى الشريدة (17 June 2023). "الفرنسي كريم يودا يدعم العدالة". alyaum.
- ^ "Racing Santander (Espagne) : le Burkinabè Abdoul Karim Yoda file à Al-Hazm (Arabie Saoudite) - Letalon.net/Sports". 29 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Karim Yoda at BDFutbol
- Karim Yoda at Soccerway
- Abdoul Karim Yoda – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Annemasse
- Footballers from Haute-Savoie
- French men's footballers
- French sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
- French sportspeople of Ivorian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Swiss Super League players
- Servette FC players
- FC Sion players
- Liga I players
- FC Astra Giurgiu players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Saudi Pro League players
- Saudi First Division League players
- Getafe CF footballers
- UD Almería players
- CF Reus Deportiu players
- FC Karpaty Lviv players
- Racing de Santander players
- Al-Hazem F.C. players
- Al Wehda FC players
- Al-Adalah FC players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- French expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- French expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- French expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- 21st-century French sportsmen