Place of birth Lome, Togo Name Yao Senaya Role Football player | Current team Al-Jazira Al-Hamra Height 1.66 m Years Team Position Midfielder | |
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Full name Yao Seyram Junior Senaya Date of birth (1984-04-19) April 19, 1984 (age 31) | ||
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Yao Séyram Junior Sènaya (born 19 April 1984 in Lomé) is a Togolese football player who currently plays for Al-Jazira Al-Hamra as a striker or as a midfielder. He is widely regarded as one of Togo's's best players.
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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.