Yao Junior Sènaya
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yao Séyram Junior Sènaya | ||
| Date of birth | April 19, 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Lomé, Togo | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | FC Wangen bei Olten | ||
| 2002–2004 | Basel B | ||
| 2004–2005 | FC Concordia Basel | 18 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | YF Juventus | 25 | (9) |
| 2006 | FC Thun | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | YF Juventus | 12 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds | 5 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | |||
| 2000–2011 | Dibba Al-Hisn | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004– | Togo | 19 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:53, 4 December 2007 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2006 | |||
Yao Séyram Junior Sènaya (born 19 April 1984 in Lomé) is a Togolese former football player who played as a striker or as a midfielder. He is widely regarded as one of Togo's's best players.
He is the younger brother of Yao Mawuko Sènaya.
Football career[]
Sènaya has spent his entire professional career in Switzerland, playing for many teams including FC Basel.
He was released by FC La Chaux-de-Fonds in summer 2008.
International[]
He is a core member of the Togo national team and played in the 2006 African Cup of Nations as well as the 2006 World Cup in Germany where he made appearances in all three games Togo played.
Yao Junior Sènaya is easy to pick out on the pitch, being known his more "exotic" hairstyles. At the African Nations Cup in 2006 he had bleach blonde hair.
He is a popular figure with the Togo fans. Such is his popularity that former Togo coach Tchalile Bana was forced to seek police protection from angry supporters following Sènaya's substitution during a 2002 World Cup qualifier tie against rivals Angola.
External links[]
- Profile on BBC Sport
- Profile on ESPN
- Togo World Cup squad - Guardian.co.uk
- Junior Sènaya at fluctuat.net
- Yao Junior Sènaya at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yao Junior Sènaya – FIFA competition record (archived)
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lomé
- Togolese footballers
- Togolese expatriate footballers
- Togo international footballers
- 2002 African Cup of Nations players
- 2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players
- FC Concordia Basel players
- FC Thun players
- FC Basel players
- Al Jazirah Al Hamra Club players
- Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club players
- UAE First Division League players
- Swiss Super League players
- SC Young Fellows Juventus players
- FC Wangen bei Olten players
- FC La Chaux-de-Fonds players
- Togolese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Association football forwards
- Association football midfielders
- 21st-century Togolese people
- Togolese football biography stubs