Faouzi Yaya (born September 21, 1989) is an Algerian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays for

NA Hussein Dey Nasr Athlétique de Hussein Dey ( ar, نصر حسين داي), known as NA Hussein Dey or NAHD for short, is an Algerian football club based in Hussein Dey, Algiers. The club was founded in 1947 and its colours are red and yellow. Their home ...

in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

Club career

Yaya starred for Algerian side

MO Béjaïa Mouloudia Olympique de Béjaïa ( ar, مولودية بجاية), referred to commonly as MO Béjaïa or MOB for short, is a professional Algerian football club based in Béjaïa, Algeria. The club was founded in 1954 and its colours are green a ...

in two spells (from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2013 to 2017), helping the club reach the final of the

2016 CAF Confederation Cup The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Fo ...

. In 2012, he joined rivals

ES Sétif Entente Sportive Sétifienne ( ar, الوفاق الرياضي السطايفي), known as Entente de Sétif, commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif. The club was founded in ...

, where he would play for manager Hubert Velud. Yaya captained MO Béjaïa during his second spell at the club, a key member of the team that narrowly missed out on the

2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 53rd season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with USM Alger as the defending champions. Following the death o ...

title. In the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup final, MO Béjaïa faced

TP Mazembe Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. History Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 ...

, then managed by Velud. Yaya scored MO Béjaïa's only goal in the first leg, while TP Mazembe secured a 4–1 victory in the second leg to win the tie. In 2017, he decided to join USMA.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaya, Faouzi 1989 births Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Algerian Ligue 2 players Algerian footballers ES Sétif players NA Hussein Dey players MO Béjaïa players Living people Kabyle people People from Sidi-Aïch USM Alger players Association football midfielders 21st-century Algerian people