Yacouba Ali
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 April 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Niamey, Niger | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AS Police (Niamey) | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2010 | AS Police | ||
2010–2013 | Africa Sports National | ||
2013–2013 | USM Alger | 1 | (0) |
2014– | AS Police (Niamey) | ||
International career‡ | |||
2012– | Niger | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 14, 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:33, 15 June 2013 (UTC) |
Seydou Ali Yacouba (born April 6, 1992 [1] in Niamey, Niger) is a Nigerien football player who plays for USM Alger and the Niger national football team.
Career
[edit]Born in Niamey, Yacouba began playing as a striker with local side AS Police and the Niger youth national teams. At age 18, he moved to Côte d'Ivoire to join Africa Sports National.[2] At age 20, he moved to Algeria to join USM Alger
USM Alger
[edit]On January 12, 2013, it was announced that Yacouba would join USM Alger on a 2.5-year contract. .[3]
International career
[edit]He is a member of the Niger national football team, for which he has played since 2012. He played in the 2012 African Nations Cup, mostly as a right back, was called up to play at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. His team was eliminated after the group stage.
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Niger's goal tally first.
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 June 2013 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon | Gabon | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit]- USM Alger
- Algerian Cup
- Winner: 2012–13
- Algerian Cup
References
[edit]- ^ "Niger - A. Yacouba - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
- ^ Yaméogo, Guy-Florentin (21 August 2010). "Africa Sports : Seydou Yacouba, le policier des Aiglons" [Africa Sports : Seydou Yacouba, the police officer of the Aiglons] (in French). Nord-Sud. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
- ^ "USM-Alger :.. Le Carrefour de tou(te)s les Usmistes - Yacouba Ali Seydou, jusqu'en juin 2015 à l'USM Alger".
External links
[edit]- Yacouba Ali at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Nigerien men's footballers
- Niger men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Nigerien expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria
- USM Alger players
- 2011 African Nations Championship players
- Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
- 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Nigerien expatriate sportspeople in Algeria
- Footballers from Niamey
- Nigerien football biography stubs