Yao Junior Sènaya
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yao Séyram Junior Sènaya | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Lomé, Togo | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Wangen bei Olten | ||
| 2002–2004 | Basel B | ||
| 2004–2005 | Concordia Basel | 18 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Young Fellows Juventus | 25 | (9) |
| 2006 | Thun | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Young Fellows Juventus | 12 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Al Jazirah Al Hamra | 12 | (1) |
| 2000–2011 | Dibba Al-Hisn | 24 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2010 | Togo | 36 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yao Séyram Junior Sènaya (born 19 April 1984) is a Togolese former professional footballer who played as a striker or a midfielder. He is the younger brother of Yao Mawuko Sènaya.
Football career
Sènaya spent his entire professional career in Switzerland, playing for many teams, but only Thun in the Swiss Super League.
He was released by La Chaux-de-Fonds in summer 2008 and rounded off his career in the United Arab Emirates.
International
He was a key part of the Togo national team, having played in both the 2006 African Cup of Nations and the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where he appeared in all three games in which Togo competed.
Yao Junior Sènaya was easily identified on the field due to his more "exotic" haircuts. He wore bleach blonde hair to the African Nations Cup in 2006.
External links
- Junior Sènaya at fluctuat.net Archived 18 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- "Yao Junior Sènaya". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- Yao Junior Sènaya – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lomé
- Togolese men's footballers
- Togolese expatriate men's footballers
- Togo men's international footballers
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
- FC Concordia Basel players
- FC Thun players
- FC Basel players
- Al Jazirah Al Hamra Club players
- Dibba Al-Hisn SC players
- UAE First Division League players
- Swiss Super League players
- SC Young Fellows Juventus players
- FC Wangen bei Olten players
- FC La Chaux-de-Fonds players
- Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Togolese expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates
- Men's association football forwards
- Men's association football midfielders
- 21st-century Togolese sportsmen
- Togolese football biography stubs