Arthur Kevin Yamga Tientcheu (born 7 September 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Persian Gulf Pro League club Esteghlal. He plays mainly as a right-back but also can play as a winger.

Club career

ChievoVerona

Loan to Robur Siena

On 8 August 2015, Yamga signed a one-year loan with the Serie C side Robur Siena. On 6 September, Yamga made his professional debut in Serie C for Robur Siena in a 1–1 home draw against Carrarese, he was replaced by Gianmarco De Feo in the 78th minute. On 13 December, Yamga scored his first professional goal for Robur Siena in the 27th minute of a 3–0 away win over

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. On 10 January 2016, Yamga played his first entire match for Robur Siena and he scored twice in a 2–0 away win over Ancona. On 31 January he scored his fourth goal in the third minute of a 1–0 away win against

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. Yamga ended his loan to Robur Siena with 25 appearances, 4 goals and 1 assist.

Loan to Arezzo

On 1 July 2016, Yamga was signed by Serie C side

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on a season-long loan deal. On 31 July, Yamga made his debut for Arezzo in the first round of Coppa Italia, he was replaced by Sergio Sabatini in the 79th minute of a 2–1 away win over Carrarese. On 7 August he played in the second round of Coppa Italia, he was replaced in the 78th minute of a 2–0 away defeat against Cesena. On 28 August, Yamga made his debut in Serie C for Arezzo, as a starter, playing the entire match and scoring his first goal for Arezzo in the 19th minute of a 2–2 home draw against Como. On 24 October he scored his second goal in the 64th minute of a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 8 April 2017, Yamga scored his third goal in the 35th minute of a 3–3 home draw against

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. Yamga ended his loan to Arezzo with 31 appearances, 3 goals and 2 assists.

Loan to Carpi and Pescara

On 31 August 2017, Yamga signed a one-year loan with the

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. On 3 September, Yamga made his debut in Serie B for Carpi as a substitute replacing Jacopo Manconi in the 70th minute, but he was replaced by Riccardo Brosco, for an injury, in the 89th minute of a 1–0 away win over Spezia. On 24 October he played his second match for Carpi, again as a substitute, replacing Enej Jelenič in the 76th minute of a 3–1 home defeat against

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. On 29 November, Yamga played in the fourth round of Coppa Italia as a substitute replacing

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in the 86th minute of a 2–0 away defeat against Torino. In January 2018, Yamga was re-called to

ChievoVerona Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo , is a former professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 4,500 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a ...

leaving Carpi with only 3 appearances, all as a substitute. On 23 January 2018, Yamga was signed by Serie B club Pescara on a six-month loan deal with an option to buy.

Loan to Châteauroux

On 3 September 2018, Yamga was loaned to

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club

LB Châteauroux La Berrichonne de Châteauroux (), commonly referred to as La Berrichonne or simply Châteauroux, is a Football in France, French association football club based in Châteauroux. The football team is a part of a sports club that consists of seve ...

Aves

On 22 July 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with the Portuguese club

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Vejle BK

On 23 September 2020, Yamga joined newly promoted Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub on a deal until the summer 2022.

Esteghlal

After a season at Vejle, he was transferred to Esteghlal F.C. with a free transfer and he scored two goals in his debut. After a while in Esteghlal, he became the team's penalty taker.

Personal life

Yamga was born in France and is of Cameroonian descent.

Career statistics

Honours

;ChievoVerona Primavera *

Campionato Nazionale Primavera The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, was an Italian football youth competition. It is organised by the Lega Serie A and the participating teams that take part in Serie A and Serie B: the first edition was held in th ...

: 2013–14 ;Esteghlal * Persian Gulf Pro League: 2021–22 * Iranian Super Cup:

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Iranian Hazfi Cup Hazfi Cup (Jām-e Hazfi; ) is the Iranian football knockout cup competition, run by the Iranian Football Federation. The Iranian football league was not held during the 1980s, hence the winner of Hazfi Cup represented Iran in the Asian Club Cha ...

: Runner Up:

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* Persian Gulf Pro League: Runner Up: 2023–24

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamga, Arthur 1996 births Living people Cameroonian men's footballers Naturalized citizens of France French men's footballers French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent Footballers from Paris Men's association football wingers AC ChievoVerona players Siena FC SSD players SS Arezzo players AC Carpi players Delfino Pescara 1936 players LB Châteauroux players C.D. Aves players Vejle Boldklub players Esteghlal F.C. players Serie B players Serie C players Ligue 2 players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy French expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark French expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Iran French expatriate sportspeople in Iran