Yamba Asha

Yamba Asha

Personal information
Full name	João Osvaldo Yamba Asha
Date of birth	(1976-07-31) July 31, 1976
Place of birth	Angola
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Petróleos Luanda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000-2006	AS Aviação
2006	Östers IF	4	(0)
2007-	Petróleos Luanda
International career‡
2000-2009	Angola	58	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 October 2008

Yamba Asha João (born July 31, 1976) is a retired Angolan footballer. He last played for Atlético Petróleos de Luanda in Angola.

Career

A defender, Asha used to play for AS Aviação in his homeland and is a member of the Angola national football 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.

National team statistics

Angola national team
Year	Apps	Goals
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