Yao Junior Sènaya

Football player infobox
playername= Junior Sènaya
fullname = Yao Séyram Junior Sènaya
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|4|19
cityofbirth = Lomé
countryofbirth = Togo
height = Height|m=1.66
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2001 - 2002 2002 - 2004 2004 - 2005 2005 - 2006 2006 2006 - 2007 2007-2008
clubs = FC Wangen bei Olten Basel "B" FC Concordia Basel YF Juventus FC Thun YF Juventus FC La Chaux-de-Fonds
caps(goals) = 18 (2) 25 (9) 2 (0) 12 (1) 5 (0)
nationalyears = 2004 -
nationalteam = Togo
nationalcaps(goals) = 19 (2)
pcupdate = 14:53, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 23 June 2006

Yao Séyram Junior Sènaya (born 19 April 1984 in Lomé) is a Togolese football player who currently plays as a striker. He can also play as a midfielder.

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 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.

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/bsp/hi/football/statistics/players/internationals/s/senaya_317189.stm Profile on BBC Sport]
* [http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/international?id=74475&league=fifa.world&season=2006& Profile on ESPN]
* [http://football.guardian.co.uk/worldcup2006/story/0,,1787870,00.html Togo World Cup squad - Guardian.co.uk]
* [http://foot.fluctuat.net/yao-junior-senaya.html Junior Sènaya at fluctuat.net]