Mustapha Yahaya (born 9 January 1994) is a Ghanaian

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who plays as a midfielder for Lincoln Red Imps.

Career

Early career

Yahaya started his career in Ghana before moving to join

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youth side

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. He played in the U-19 before being promoted to the U-21 side.

Europa FC

In July 2016, Yahaya joined

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-side

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on a free transfer. On 14 July 2016, he made his debut in the UEFA Europa League, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 loss to AIK Fotboll. He also played the full 90 minutes in the return leg on 21 July 2017, which ended in the same 1–0 scoreline as the first leg. On 26 June 2017, he played the full 90 minutes in the UEFA Champions league knockout match against

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which ended in a 2–1 victory for his club. He also played the full time in the return leg on 4 July 2017, with the match ending in a 1–3 loss culminating to a 3–4 on aggregate ending their campaign at 1st qualifying round.

Lincoln Red Imps

In August 2019, he joined fellow Gibraltar-side Lincoln Red Imps. On 27 August 2020, he featured in the club's UEFA Europa League campaign match against

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, and scored the second goal in the 95th minute of added time to help push the club to a 2–0 victory and help them qualify for the next round of the competition. He played the full 90 minutes in the club's 5–0 loss to Rangers on 17 September 2019, ending their run in the competition.

Honours

Europa *

Gibraltar Premier Division The Gibraltar Premier Division was a football league established by the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) in 1905, and the top tier of football in Gibraltar. It originally contained eight member clubs, but it has grown over the years. In 19 ...

: 2016–17 *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18,

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Pepe Reyes Cup The Pepe Reyes Cup is the Gibraltarian football super cup, contested by the winners of the Gibraltar Football League and the Rock Cup at the Victoria Stadium. In the event that a team wins both the GFL and the Rock Cup, the GFL runners up will fa ...

: 2018 Lincoln Red Imps *

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, 2021–22,

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, 2021–22 *

: 2022 Individual * Gibraltar Premier Division Midfielder of the Season: 2018–19

References

External links

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Mustapha Yahaya
– UEFA Europa league
Mustapha Yahaya
– UEFA Champions league {{DEFAULTSORT:Yahaya, Mustapha Living people 1994 births Men's association football midfielders Ghanaian men's footballers Europa F.C. players Lincoln Red Imps F.C. players FC Twente players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Footballers from Kumasi Expatriate men's footballers in Gibraltar Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Gibraltar Gibraltar National League players Ghana men's A' international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players Jong FC Twente players