Didier Tayou (born 31 December 1988) is a

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

ian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

er, who plays for Victoria Hotspurs F.C. in the Maltese Gozo League First Division as a forward.

Career

Born in

Douala Douala is the largest city in Cameroon and its economic capital. It is also the capital of Cameroon's Littoral Region (Cameroon), Littoral Region. It was home to Central Africa's largest port, now being replaced by Kribi port. It has the country ...

, he began his career with Podium Douala in 1995.Didier tayou career
at MSI Foot In 2001, he moved to

Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...

, where he joined Kakadel de Defale. In 2002, he moved to

Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...

, where he joined

Mogas 90 FC Mogas 90 Football Club is a football club of Benin, playing in the city of Porto-Novo. They currently play in the Benin Premier League. Achievements * Benin Premier League: 3 ::1996, 1997, 2006 * Benin Cup: 10 ::1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 19 ...

, and became the

Benin Premier League The Benin Premier League, also called ''Championnat National du Bénin'' in French, is the highest football division in Benin. The league was held in 1969 for the first time. Currently, the initial round is a double round-robin tournament, with 3 ...

vice-champion, winning the

Benin Cup The Benin Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Beninese football. It was created in 1974. Winners *1974 : Etoile Sportive Porto-Novo ''No Cup between 1975 and 1977'' *1978 : Requins de l'Atlantique FC (Cotonou) *1979 : Buffles du Bor ...

in 2003. He played with Mogas in the

CAF Confederation Cup 2004 The 2004 CAF Confederation Cup was the first edition of the newly created CAF Confederation Cup. Hearts of Oak of Ghana beat fellow Ghanaians Asante Kotoko Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, simply known as Asante Kotoko, is a professional sports, ...

, where they were eliminated in the first round. He joined another Beninese club, Energie Cotonou, having played with them in the 2005–06 season. In 2007, he moved to the

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

, where he played with AS Denguélé during the first half of 2007, and then with

Stade d'Abidjan Stade d'Abidjan is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. History It was founded in 1936 as ASFI Abidjan after fusion with PIC and OC Abidjan and called U.S.F. Abidjan, before was renamed in Olympique Club Abidjan, since 1959 played as Stade ...

during the second half. At the end of 2007, he moved to his third

Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division The Ivory Coast Ligue 1 LONACI is the top division of the Ivorian Football Federation. It was created in 1960. 2024−25 Ligue 1 clubs * AF Amadou Diallo * ASEC Mimosas * Bouaké FC * CO Korhogo * Denguélé * Mouna * FC San Pédro * LYS F ...

club,

Stella Club d'Adjamé Stella Club d'Adjamé is an Ivorian football club based in Abidjan. History It was founded in 1953 in a fusion between ''Red Star'', ''Etoile d'Adjamé'' and ''US Bella''. They play at the Stade Robert Champroux. Former players * Kouame Desr ...

, playing with them the first half of the

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

season. In the summer of 2008, he moved to

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

and signed with

Olympique du Kef Olympique du Kef (), is a Tunisian football club, based in the city of El Kef in northwest Tunisia. Founded in 1922, the team plays in red, white and black colors. Their ground is Stade 7 Novembre du Kef, which has a capacity of 15,000. Games ...

. The club was playing in the Tunisian second tier, but this ended up playing in Tayou's favour; he immediately made an impact and became the club's best scorer with 10 goals in the 2008–09 season and, in the following one, he became the second best top scorer of the 2009–10

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2 The Ligue Professionelle 2 is the second football level in Tunisia, under Ligue Professionelle 1 which is the top level of Tunisian football. Contested by 24 clubs, divided in two groups, playing each other twice during the season, the top two te ...

with 12 goals. This good exhibition made him join Najran SC on loan, and he played in the

Saudi Premier League The Saudi Pro League (SPL), also known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL) for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Saudi Arabia and the highest level of the Saudi football league system. The SPL is regarded as th ...

between summer and winter 2011. In December 2011, he moved to Europe for the first time, joining

FK Sloboda Užice FK or fk may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Flyer Killer, fictional automated robots in the ''Terminator'' film franchise * Fox Kids, a former American children's television programming block * Funky Kong, a video game character Place * F ...

, a mid-table

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

side. On 20 September 2013, he signed with

Mqabba Mqabba () is a town in the Western Region of Malta. It has a traditional Maltese village layout, with a population of about 3,339 inhabitants, as of January 2019. The focal point is the Parish Church of the Assumption, found at the core of the v ...

playing in the

Maltese First Division The Maltese Challenge League (referred to as the BOV Challenge League for sponsorship reasons) is the second-highest division in Maltese football, behind the Maltese Premier League. The First Division was the precursor of the present Premier ...

. In the summer of 2014, he joined Finnish

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

side

AC Oulu AC Oulu is a Finnish professional football club based in Oulu, currently playing in Finland's premier division, ''Veikkausliiga''. Formed in 2002, the club have played six seasons in Finland's highest football league Veikkausliiga and 16 seasons ...

. Then, in January 2015, he moved to Malta and joined Victoria Hotspurs F.C.Didier Tayou
at Soccerway

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