Steeve Farid Yago (born 16 December 1992) is a professional

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who plays as a defender for

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

club

Aris Limassol Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a professional Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the A ...

. Born in France, he represents the Burkina Faso national team. Yago represented Burkina Faso in the 2021 AFCON tournament in

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Club career

Yago made his first

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appearance for

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on 25 August 2012, in a 0–1 win over Nancy, at the age of 19. On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Yago joined

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side

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on loan until the end of the season. On 1 July 2021, he joined

in Cyprus.

International career

He received his first call-up to the

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

national team on 23 March 2013, in a 4-0 win against

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, a match that was part of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Series. He went on to represent Burkina Faso at the

2015 Africa Cup of Nations The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Equatorial Guinea 2015 for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th staging of the Africa Cup of Nations, the international men's football championship of Africa. It was org ...

and again at the

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. He also participated in the

2021 Africa Cup of Nations The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2021 or CAN 2021), known as the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's ass ...

, which was held in 2022, where Burkina Faso finished fourth, losing to

, the host country. On December 20, 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Burkinabé players selected by

Hubert Velud Hubert Velud (born 8 June 1959) is a French football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Moroccan club AS FAR. Playing career Velud was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône. A goalkeeper, played for Stade de Reims, Châlons-s ...

to compete in the

2023 Africa Cup of Nations The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, known in short as the 2023 AFCON or CAN 2023 and for sponsor (commercial), sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, was the 34th edition of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournam ...

Career statistics

Honours

Burkina Faso *

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bronze:

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yago, Steeve 1992 births Living people Footballers from Val-d'Oise French sportspeople of Burkinabe descent Burkinabe people of French descent Sportspeople of Burkinabe descent Burkinabe men's footballers French men's footballers Men's association football defenders Burkina Faso men's international footballers 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Toulouse FC players Le Havre AC players Stade Malherbe Caen players Aris Limassol FC players Ligue 1 players Cypriot First Division players Burkinabe expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus French expatriate men's footballers Burkinabe expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus 21st-century Burkinabe people Black French sportspeople 21st-century French sportsmen