Seidu Yahaya (born 31 December 1989) is a former
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
ian footballer.
Career
Yahaya started his professional career at
Tema Youth
Tema Youth Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tema, Greater Accra. The club competed in the 2017 Ghanaian Premier League, but got relegated at the end of the season.
History
Founded in 2005, TYSC are members of t ...
in 2006. In 2008, Yahaya was transferred from
Tema Youth
Tema Youth Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tema, Greater Accra. The club competed in the 2017 Ghanaian Premier League, but got relegated at the end of the season.
History
Founded in 2005, TYSC are members of t ...
to Anagennisi Karditsa on a loan deal, where he featured 29 times for the Canaries all making it in the starting eleven. From Anagennisi he made it to AEK Athens where he featured five times. Although he made some good appearances in the start of the 2009–2010 season, including his first Europa League game against Everton at the Goodison Park in England, Yahaya fell out of favor with
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quickly and was never featured again.
He was signed by
Maccabi Haifa
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in 2010. In the first season with Maccabi Haifa Yahaya won the championship and lost in the cup final. Maccabi Haifa exercised Yahaya's contract option for the next three years where he left his previous number 18 shirt for his favorite number 6 shirt.
On the 20 June 2012, he signed a three-year contract with
Liga I
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club
Astra Giurgiu
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,
which ended On 30 June 2015. He joined
Sheriff Tiraspol
Fotbal Club Sheriff Tiraspol (), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria, that plays in the Liga, the top tier o ...
on 14 June 2015 through where he won the Moldovan Supercup in his first game against Milsami Orhei.
Honours
;
Maccabi Haifa
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Israeli Premier League
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(1):
2010–11
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Israel State Cup
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The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involves clubs of all standards ...
Runner-up (2):
2010–11
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,
2011–12
;
Astra Giurgiu
Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club last based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spe ...
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Cupa României
The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...
(1):
2013–14
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Supercupa României
The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest.
The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...
(1):
2014
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Liga I
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Runner-up (1):
2013–14
;
Sheriff Tiraspol
Fotbal Club Sheriff Tiraspol (), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria, that plays in the Liga, the top tier o ...
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Moldovan National Division
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(2):
2015–16,
2016–17
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Moldovan Cup
Cupa Moldovei (), officially known as Cupa Orange Group, Orange for sponsorship reasons, is a association football, football competition, held annually in Moldova. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.
Finals
Th ...
(1):
2016–17
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Moldovan Super Cup
The Moldovan Super Cup () is the national football (soccer), football super cup competition in Moldova, officially having the winners of the previous season's Moldovan Liga and Moldovan Cup face-off against each other. In case when the national cu ...
(1): 2015
References
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1989 births
Footballers from Accra
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia
Super League Greece players
Liga I players
Moldovan Super Liga players
Belarusian Premier League players
Latvian Higher League players
Saudi Pro League players
Tema Youth F.C. players
Anagennisi Karditsa F.C. players
AEK Athens F.C. players
Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
FC Astra Giurgiu players
FC Sheriff Tiraspol players
FC Dinamo Minsk players
Al-Fayha FC players
FK Liepāja players
21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
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