1
Yaya Touré
(Ivorian Professional Football Coach and Former Player Who Played as a Midfielder)
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26
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 13, 1983
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bouaké, Ivory Coast
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
2
Yassine Bounou
(Moroccan Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
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15
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 5, 1991
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
3
Yann Sommer
(Swiss Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
50
16
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 17, 1988
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Morges, Switzerland
Swiss footballer Yann Sommer is best known as the goalkeeper for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He has also been part of the 2 FIFA World Cups and 2 UEFA European Championships for Switzerland. Starting his career with youth teams such as Basel, he later became one of the greatest Bundesliga goalkeepers.
4
Youri Tielemans
(Belgian Professional Football Midfielder)
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 7, 1997
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium
Belgian professional football-midfielder Youri Tielemans plays for the Belgium national team and Leicester City. His achievements so far include winning Belgian First Division A (2013–14, 2016–17) with Anderlecht and FA Cup (2020–21) with Leicester City; and becoming Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year (2016–17). He represented Belgium during 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020.
5
Yussuf Poulsen
(Danish Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Striker)
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15
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 15, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
6
Yves Bissouma
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Defensive Midfielder)
14
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 30, 1996
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Issia, Ivory Coast
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
7
Yacine Brahimi
(Algerian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger and attacking midfielder)
25
13
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 8, 1990
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
8
Yannick Carrasco
(Belgian Football Winger and Wing-Back)
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16
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 4, 1993
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vilvoorde, Belgium
Belgian football winger and wing-back Yannick Ferreira Carrasco plays for the Belgium national team and Atlético Madrid. His achievements so far include winning Ligue 2 (2012–13) with Monaco; and La Liga (2020–21) and UEFA Europa League (2017–18) with Atlético Madrid. He played for Belgium national team during UEFA European Championship (2016, 2020) and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Yannick Bolasie
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 24, 1989
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Yannick Bolasie is a professional footballer. He currently plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor. In the past, he has played in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle, Barnet, Bristol City, and Crystal Palace, among others. He also plays for the DR Congo national football team. Besides football, he has a keen interest in grime music.
10
Younès Belhanda
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as an Attacking Midfielder)
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10
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 25, 1990
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Avignon, France
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
11
Yakubu
(Nigerian Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Striker)
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11
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 22, 1982
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Benin City, Nigeria
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
12
Youssef El-Arabi
(Football player - Striker)
13
7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 3, 1987
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Caen, France
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
13
Youcef Atal
(French Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Right-Back)
16
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 17, 1996
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Boghni, Algeria
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
14
Yossi Benayoun
(Israeli Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
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5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 5, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dimona, Israel
Nicknamed The Kid and The Diamond from Dimona, Israeli footballer Yossi Benayoun has led his country’s national team as its captain. He now serves Beitar Jerusalem as its sporting director. Starting his career at 17, he has represented teams such as Maccabi Haifa, Liverpool, and Chelsea.
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Yassin Fekir
(Football player)
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9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 5, 1997
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
16
Yevhen Konoplyanka
(Ukrainian Football Midfielder)
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12
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 29, 1989
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
Yevhen Konoplyanka is a Ukrainian football player who plays as a midfielder for the Ukraine national team. He has also played for clubs like Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Schalke 04, and Shakhtar Donetsk. In 2010, 2012, and 2013, Yevhen Konoplyanka was named Ukrainian Footballer of the Year.
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Youssef Msakni
(Tunisian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger / Forward)
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9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 28, 1990
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tunis, Tunisia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
18
Yasser Larouci
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Left-Back)
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4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 1, 2001
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: El Oued, Algeria
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
19
Youcef Belaïli
(Algerian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Left Winger)
9
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 14, 1992
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Oran, Algeria
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
20
Yohan Cabaye
(French Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Midfielder)
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1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 14, 1986
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tourcoing, France
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
21
Yuto Nagatomo
(Japanese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Full Back)
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3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 12, 1986
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saijō, Ehime, Japan
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Yannick Boli
(French Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forward)
3
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 13, 1988
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
23
Yohan Mollo
(Football player)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 18, 1989
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Martigues, France
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Yang Xu
(Footballer Striker)
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3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 12, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dalian, China
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Celebrity Names:
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Yuri Zhirkov
(Former Russian Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
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7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 20, 1983
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tambov, Russia
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
26
Youssef Maleh
(Football Midfielder)
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1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 22, 1998
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy
27
Yohann Thuram-Ulien
(Guadeloupean Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Goalkeeper)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 31, 1988
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Courcouronnes, France
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
28
Youssouf Ndayishimiye
(Burundian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder or Central Defender)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 27, 1998
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bujumbura, Burundi
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
29
Yoichiro Kakitani
(Japanese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forward or an Attacking Midfielder)
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2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 3, 1990
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
30
Yeni Ngbakoto
(Congolese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 23, 1992
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Croix, France
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Yanik Frick
(Liechtensteiner Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forward)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 27, 1998
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Liestal, Switzerland
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
32
Youba Diarra
(Malian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
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1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 24, 1998
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bamako, Mali
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
33
Youssouf M'Changama
(French-Comorian Professional Footballer Who Plays as an Attacking Midfielder)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 29, 1990
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
34
Yanic Wildschut
(Association football player)
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1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 1, 1991
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Amsterdam
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
35
Yvann Maçon
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Right-Back)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 1, 1998
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
36
Youssouf Dao
(Ivorian Footballer Who Plays as a Forward)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 5, 1998
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ivory Coast
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
37
Yoane Wissa
(Congolese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Forward / Left Winger)
3
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 3, 1996
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Épinay-sous-Sénart, France
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
38
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
(Former Japanese Professional Footballer Who Played as a Goalkeeper)
1
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 15, 1975
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
39
Yusuf Demir
(Turkish-Origin Austrian Football Player Who Plays as a Winger)
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3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 2, 2003
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Turkish-origin Austrian footballer Yusuf Demir is best known as a winger for Rapid Wien. Starting his youth career with First Vienna, he later switched to Rapid Wien and was also loaned to Barcelona. He has also played for all levels of the Austrian national football team.
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Yalany Baio
(Bissau-Guinean Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 10, 1994
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
41
Yacine Bourhane
(Football player - Midfielder)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 30, 1998
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Noisy-le-Grand, France
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
42
Yusupha Bobb
(Gambian Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 22, 1996
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Banjul, The Gambia
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
43
Yannick Aguemon
(Beninese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Striker or a Winger)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 11, 1992
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cotonou, Benin
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
44
Younn Zahary
(Football player - Defender)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 20, 1998
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Yōhei Kajiyama
(Former Japanese Football Player Who Plays as a Midfielder)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 24, 1985
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
46
Youssoufa Moukoko
(German Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Striker)
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11
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 20, 2004
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Yaoundé, Cameroon
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Yōsuke Saito
(Japanese Football Forward Player)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 7, 1988
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Yunus Musah
(American Professional Football Midfielder)
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5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 29, 2002
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Yohan Roche
(Beninese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Defender)
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 7, 1997
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lyon, France
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
50
Youssouf Assogba
(Beninese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Right-Back)
1
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 21, 2001
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Parakou, Benin
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
