Yamba Asha

Yamba Asha

Personal information
Full name	João Osvaldo Yamba Asha
Date of birth	(1976-07-31) 31 July 1976
Place of birth	Angola
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Primeiro de Maio
2000–2006	ASA	4	(0)
2006	Östers IF
2007–2011	Petro Atlético
2012–2013	ASA
2015	Domant FC
2015–	Rec da Caála
International career
2000–2009	Angola	58	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yamba Asha João (born 31 July 1976) is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Asha played for AS Aviação in his homeland and is a member of the Angola national team, collecting 49 caps by the end of 2005.

However, the left-back was excluded from their 2006 FIFA World Cup party, since he was banned by FIFA for nine months for failing a drugs test following a World Cup qualifier against Rwanda in October 2005.

He was recalled for an African Nations Cup qualifier against Swaziland in September 2006.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Angola	2000	4	0
	2001	10	0
	2002	2	0
	2003	4	0
	2004	10	0
	2005	6	0
	2006	1	0
	2007	6	0
	2008	10	1
	2009	5	0
Total		58	1

See also

• List of doping cases in sport

External links

• Yamba Asha at National-Football-Teams.com