Yamba Asha

Yamba Asha
Personal information
Full name João Osvaldo Yamba Asha
Date of birth (1976-07-31) 31 July 1976
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 1º de Maio
2000–2006 AS Aviação
2006 Östers 4 (0)
2007–2011 Petro Atlético
2012–2013 AS Aviação 19 (0)
2015 Domant 2 (0)
2015–2016 Rec da Caála 21 (0)
International career
2000–2009 Angola 76 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yamba Asha João (born 31 July 1976) is an Angolan retired footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Asha played for AS Aviação in his homeland and is a member of the Angola national team, collecting 76 caps by the end of 2009.

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.[1]

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

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Angola 200040
2001120
200240
200370
2004120
2005100
200620
200780
2008121
200950
Total761
Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yamba Asha goal.
List of international goals scored by Yamba Asha[2]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 June 2008 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger  Niger 2–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

See also

References

  1. ↑ YAMBA ASHA GETS LONG BAN Archived 29 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine - COSAFA.com
  2. 1 2 "Yamba Asha". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 31 July 2026.


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