Yahia Kébé (born 11 July 1985) is a Burkinabé professional

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who plays as a striker for

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Club career

Kébé began his career in 1999 with

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. He played with the club's youth squad before transferring to

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in 2003. In 2003 he joined

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and was promoted to the reserve team 2004 where he played with his brother

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, Kébé who scores 6 goals in 20 games. In 2005 Kébé moved to

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. In the 2005–06 season he played 21 matches and scored 8 goals and in 2006–07, he made 35 appearances in Ligue 2 scoring 10 goals. Kébé left Libourne in July 2007 and moved to

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, where he played 23 games and scored 7 goals in his first season. In the season 2008–09 season he scored 3 goals in 18 games for Troyes in the French Ligue 2.http://www.equipe.fr/FF/stats/db/DetailBut23820_853.html

International career

Kébé represented Burkina Faso national team internationally.

Personal life

His father is Malian and his mother is Burkinabé; he is the elder brother of

Boubacar Kébé Boubacar Djeidy Kébé (born 10 May 1987) is a Burkinabé-Malian professional footballer who plays for L'Entente SSG in Championnat National 2. He also holds French citizenship. Club career Kébé was born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He form ...

and sister Asta.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kebe, Yahia 1985 births Living people Malian footballers Burkinabé footballers Burkina Faso international footballers Burkinabé people of Malian descent FC Girondins de Bordeaux players US Torcy players FC Libourne players ES Troyes AC players Ligue 2 players Association football forwards Al Kharaitiyat SC players Qatar Stars League players Burkinabé expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Qatar Sportspeople from Ouagadougou 21st-century Burkinabé people