Yazid Atouba (; born 2 January 1993) is a Cameroonian

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who plays as a midfielder, lastly for Angolan football club

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Career

Club

After spending his early career in his native land of Cameroon, Atouba was drafted by the Chicago Fire of

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on 17 January 2013 as the 30th overall pick in the

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. Then after impressing coaches in Chicago's pre-season camps, Atouba was officially signed by the team on 1 March 2013. Then, just two days after signing his first professional contract, Atouba made his MLS debut in the Fire's first match of the season against the defending champions Los Angeles Galaxy at the Home Depot Center in

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when he came on in the 70th minute for Joel Lindpere, however the Fire came out in the end with a 4–0 loss. He was waived by the Fire in March 2014. On 31 January 2015, Atouba signed with

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champions Coton Sport. He remained there until July 2016 when he departed to join

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side

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in the DR Congo. On 26 February 2019, Atouba was released by

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. In 2019–20, he signed in for

in the Angolan league, the

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International

Atouba has represented Cameroon at

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and

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level. He won four caps for the U20s while he has currently won five caps and scored two goals for the seniors, both goals and all but one appearance came during the

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in Rwanda.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

. ''Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first.''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atouba, Yazid 1993 births Living people Footballers from Yaoundé Cameroonian men's footballers Girabola players Major League Soccer players Men's association football midfielders Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Cameroon men's under-20 international footballers Cameroon men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Angola Expatriate men's footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa AS Vita Club players C.D. Primeiro de Agosto players Canon Yaoundé players Chicago Fire FC players Chicago Fire FC draft picks 2016 African Nations Championship players African Games bronze medalists for Cameroon African Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games Cameroon men's A' international footballers