On the Wings of Success: Meet Banana Yaya, Young Cameroonian International Football player
By Pierre Tatou | Twitter: @PierreTatou
The 2011 CAF Champions League is over, Esperance of Tunisia beat Wydad Casablanca from Morocco 1-0 on Saturday November 12 at the Stadium in Rades near Tunis, to win this year’s Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League and also won the right to fly the flag for Africa at the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
Wydad fought hard but with Walid Hicheri and young international Cameroon youth player Yaya Banana posting big performances back in defense, there was only going to be one winner at the end of the day. The young Cameroon defender Banana Yaya is in his second season with Esperance, having been signed by the club in 2010.
The 19-year-old’s talent was noticed by Esperance scouts during the U-20 World Cup in 2009 as he played for Cameroon.
Today Yaya Banana is my guest on DUNIA Magazine.
Pierre Tatou – Who is Yaya Banana?
Yaya Banana – I’m a Cameroon international soccer player, born in Maroua-Cameroon on July 29,1991.
How did you get into football (soccer)?
Yaya Banana – I started kicking the ball when I was 8 or 9, then I joined a training center in Northern Cameroon.
How was your integration at Esperence of Tunisia?
Yaya Banana – I can say the criteria that were used in my integration are work ethic and discipline
Now that you are a champion, how do you feel?
Yaya Banana – I feel great because it was not easy since the beginning.
How is your day like? What do you like to do?
Yaya Banana – I get up in the morning around 9am then I watch TV. In the afternoon I go to practice and then it’s TV again…
What is your main goal?
Yaya Banana – It’s to play in the biggest club in Europe.
What is your greatest achievement so far?
Yaya Banana -My greatest achievement is the African Champions League that we won this year against Wydad Casablanca of Morocco.
As a soccer player, what is your dream?
Yaya Banana – I dream to be the best defender in the world.
What would you tell a kid who dreams to be a professional soccer player?
Yaya Banana -The message is to listen to your parents, work hard, be humble and have a lot of discipline.
Who is your role model in soccer?
Yaya Banana – Gerard Piqué from FC Barcelona.
On behalf of DUNIA Magazine, I wish you good luck at the upcoming 2011 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.
Yaya Banana – Thanks.
VIDEO OF A YAYA BANANA PLAY
But Yaya Banana contre Al Alhly by Estaraji_Zoubeir
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