Seydou Ali Yacouba
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-06) 6 April 1992
Place of birth Niamey, Niger
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 AS Police (Niamey)
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2010 AS Police
2010–2013 Africa Sports National
2013–2013 USM Alger 1 (0)
2014– AS Police (Niamey)
International career‡
2012– Niger 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 14, 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:33, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Seydou Ali Yacouba (born April 6, 1992 [1] in Niamey, Niger) is a Nigerien football player who plays for USM Alger and the Niger national football team.

Career

Born in Niamey, Yacouba began playing as a striker with local side AS Police and the Niger youth national teams. At age 18, he moved to Côte d'Ivoire to join Africa Sports National.[2] At age 20, he moved to Algeria to join USM Alger

USM Alger

On January 12, 2013, it was announced that Yacouba would join USM Alger on a 2.5-year contract. .[3]

International career

He is a member of the Niger national football team, for which he has played since 2012. He played in the 2012 African Nations Cup, mostly as a right back, was called up to play at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. His team was eliminated after the group stage.

International goals

Scores and results list Niger's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 June 2013Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon Gabon1–01–42014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Niger - A. Yacouba - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  2. ↑ Yaméogo, Guy-Florentin (21 August 2010). "Africa Sports : Seydou Yacouba, le policier des Aiglons" [Africa Sports : Seydou Yacouba, the police officer of the Aiglons] (in French). Nord-Sud. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "USM-Alger :.. Le Carrefour de tou(te)s les Usmistes - Yacouba Ali Seydou, jusqu'en juin 2015 à l'USM Alger".
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