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Yahia Kébé

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Yahia Kébé
Yahia Kébé with Al-Kharitiyath
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-07-11) 11 July 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Al-Zawraa
Youth career
1999–2002 US Torcy
2002–2003 Blackburn Rovers
2003–2004 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Bordeaux B 34 (9)
2005–2007 FC Libourne Saint-Seurin 59 (18)
2007–2009 Troyes 63 (14)
2009–2014 Al-Kharitiyath 40 (17)
2014–2015 Raja Club Athletic 2 (3)
2015–2016 Al-Kharitiyath
2017– Al-Zawraa 0 (0)
International career
2005– Burkina Faso 13 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2009 {UTC}
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:35, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Yahia Kébé (born 11 July 1985) is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Zawraa.

Club career

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Kébé began his career in 1999 with US Torcy. He played with the club's youth squad before transferring to Blackburn Rovers in 2003. In 2003 he joined Bordeaux and was promoted to the reserve team 2004 where he played with his brother Boubacar, Kébé who scores 6 goals in 20 games.[1]

In 2005 Kébé moved to FC Libourne Saint-Seurin. In the 2005–06 season he played 21 matches and scored 8 goals and in 2006–07, he made 35 appearances in Ligue 2 scoring 10 goals.[2]

Kébé left Libourne in July 2007 and moved to Troyes AC,[3] where he played 23 games and scored 7 goals in his first season.[4] In the season 2008–09 season he scored 3 goals in 18 games for Troyes in the French Ligue 2.[5]

International career

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Kébé represented Burkina Faso national team internationally.

Personal life

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His father is Malian and his mother is Burkinabé; he is the elder brother of Boubacar Kébé and sister Asta.

References

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  1. ^ "Football : Yahia Kebe, le serial buteur des Pingouins". 20minutes.fr. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ^ RMC. "Votre radio d'opinions : émissions politiques et de société". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ L'Équipe
  4. ^ "Yahia Kb". Foot National. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  5. ^ http://www.equipe.fr/FF/stats/db/DetailBut23820_853.html[permanent dead link]
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