Momo Yansané (born 29 July 1997) is a Guinean professional

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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and the

Guinea national football team The Guinea national football team ( French: '' Équipe de football de Guinée'') represents Guinea in men's international football and is controlled by the Guinean Football Federation. They have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup finals, and ...

Club career

On 29 January 2021,

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

announced the signing of Yansané. On 1 July 2021,

Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff Tiraspol (), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria, that plays in the Liga, the top tier o ...

announced the signing of Yansané. On 8 September 2022, Yansané returned to Nizhny Novgorod on a season-long loan with an option to buy. He left Nizhny Novgorod at the end of the 2022–23 season. On 9 September 2023,

HNK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Croatian First Football League, Supersport HNL, o ...

announced the signing of free-agent Yansané to a two-year contract. On 12 July 2024, the player joined

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club

Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi ( Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ტორპედო ქუთაისი) is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. The team competes in the Erovnuli ...

on a two-year deal. On 21 January 2025,

club

announced the signing of Yansané.

International career

Yansané played for Guinea at

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and

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. He debuted with the senior Guinea national team in a 1–1

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tie with

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on 6 October 2021.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol *

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: 2021–22 *

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: 2021–22

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* 1997 births Susu people People from Boké Region Living people Guinean men's footballers Guinea men's under-20 international footballers Guinea men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Hafia FC players Fath Union Sport players FC Isloch Minsk Raion players FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod players FC Sheriff Tiraspol players HNK Rijeka players FC Torpedo Kutaisi players Guinée Championnat National players Botola players Belarusian Premier League players Russian First League players Moldovan Super Liga players Russian Premier League players Croatian Football League players Guinean expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Mali Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Mali Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Guinean expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) {{Guinea-footy-bio-stub