Arthur Yamga
Yamga with Esteghlal in May 2022
Personal information
Full name Arthur Kevin Yamga Tientcheu
Date of birth (1996-09-07) 7 September 1996
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Esteghlal
Number 11
Youth career
2012–2015 Chievo Verona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Chievo Verona 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Robur Siena (loan) 25 (4)
2016–2017 → Arezzo (loan) 29 (3)
2017–2018 → Carpi (loan) 2 (0)
2018 → Pescara (loan) 4 (0)
2018–2019 → Châteauroux (loan) 20 (1)
2019–2020 Desportivo das Aves 21 (1)
2020–2021 Vejle 27 (0)
2021– Esteghlal 63 (19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2023

Arthur Kevin Yamga Tientcheu (born 7 September 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Persian Gulf Pro League club Esteghlal. He plays mainly as a right-back but also can play as a winger.

Club career

ChievoVerona

Loan to Robur Siena

On 8 August 2015, Yamga signed a one-year loan with the Serie C side Robur Siena.[1] On 6 September, Yamga made his professional debut in Serie C for Robur Siena in a 1–1 home draw against Carrarese, he was replaced by Gianmarco De Feo in the 78th minute.[2] On 13 December, Yamga scored his first professional goal for Robur Siena in the 27th minute of a 3–0 away win over Savona.[3] On 10 January 2016, Yamga played his first entire match for Robur Siena and he scored twice in a 2–0 away win over Ancona.[4] On 31 January he scored his fourth goal in the third minute of a 1–0 away win against Prato.[5] Yamga ended his loan to Robur Siena with 25 appearances, 4 goals and 1 assist.[6]

Loan to Arezzo

On 1 July 2016, Yamga was signed by Serie C side Arezzo on a season-long loan deal.[7] On 31 July, Yamga made his debut for Arezzo in the first round of Coppa Italia, he was replaced by Sergio Sabatini in the 79th minute of a 2–1 away win over Carrarese.[8] On 7 August he played in the second round of Coppa Italia, he was replaced in the 78th minute of a 2–0 away defeat against Cesena.[9] On 28 August, Yamga made his debut in Serie C for Arezzo, as a starter, playing the entire match and scoring his first goal for Arezzo in the 19th minute of a 2–2 home draw against Como.[10] On 24 October he scored his second goal in the 64th minute of a 1–1 away draw against Livorno.[11] On 8 April 2017, Yamga scored his third goal in the 35th minute of a 3–3 home draw against Giana Erminio.[12] Yamga ended his loan to Arezzo with 31 appearances, 3 goals and 2 assists.[6]

Loan to Carpi and Pescara

On 31 August 2017, Yamga signed a one-year loan with the Carpi.[13] On 3 September, Yamga made his debut in Serie B for Carpi as a substitute replacing Jacopo Manconi in the 70th minute, but he was replaced by Riccardo Brosco, for an injury, in the 89th minute of a 1–0 away win over Spezia.[14] On 24 October he played his second match for Carpi, again as a substitute, replacing Enej Jelenič in the 76th minute of a 3–1 home defeat against Palermo.[15] On 29 November, Yamga played in the fourth round of Coppa Italia as a substitute replacing Davide Vitturini in the 86th minute of a 2–0 away defeat against Torino.[16] In January 2018, Yamga was re-called to ChievoVerona leaving Carpi with only 3 appearances, all as a substitute.

On 23 January 2018, Yamga was signed by Serie B club Pescara on a six-month loan deal with an option to buy.[17]

Loan to Châteauroux

On 3 September 2018, Yamga was loaned to Ligue 2 club LB Châteauroux.[18]

Aves

On 22 July 2019, he signed a 3-year contract with the Portuguese club Desportivo das Aves.[19]

Vejle BK

On 23 September 2020, Yamga joined newly promoted Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub on a deal until the summer 2022.[20]

Esteghlal

After a successful season at Vejle, he was transferred to Esteghlal F.C. with a free transfer and he scored two goals in his debut.

After a while in Esteghlal, he became the team's penalty taker and managed to record an extraordinary record of 100% success in penalty kicks. Arthur Yamga is very popular among Esteghlal fans.

Personal life

Yamga was born in France and is of Cameroonian descent.[21]

Career statistics

As of 25 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Robur Siena (loan) 2015–16 Serie C 25463——317
Arezzo (loan) 2016–17 29330——323
Carpi (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 2010 ——30
Pescara (loan) 4000 ——40
Châteauroux (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 20120 ——221
Desportivo Aves 2019–20 Primeira Liga 21110 ——221
Vejle 2020–21 Superliga 20032 ——232
2021–22 7020 ——90
Total 27052——322
Esteghlal 2021–22 Pro League 271020 ——2910
2022–23 26722 —10299
2023–24 10 2 0 0 — — 10 2
Total 631942—106821
Career total 19128227—1021435

Honours

ChievoVerona Primavera
Esteghlal

References

  1. ↑ "Arthur Yamga to Siena from Chievo". Siena Free Quotidiano Online (in Italian). Siena Free. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Robur Siena vs. Carrarese - 6 September 2015 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Savona vs. Robur Siena - 13 December 2015 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ancona 1905 vs. Robur Siena - 10 January 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Prato vs. Robur Siena - 31 January 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Cameroon - A. Yamga - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Yamcha and Solini in amaranth" (in Italian). U.S. Arezzo. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Carrarese vs. Arezzo - 31 July 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Cesena vs. Arezzo - 7 August 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Arezzo vs. Como - 28 August 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Livorno vs. Arezzo - 24 October 2016 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "Arezzo vs. Giana Erminio - 8 April 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Belloni and Yamga are the latest shots" (in Italian). Carpi F.C. 1909. 31 August 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Spezia vs. Carpi - 3 September 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Carpi vs. Palermo - 24 October 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "Torino vs. Carpi - 29 November 2017 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  17. ↑ "Kevin Arthur Yamga è #BiancAzzurro | PESCARA Calcio 1936". PESCARA Calcio 1936 (in Italian). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "UFFICIALE: Chievo Verona, Yamga in prestito allo Chateauroux". TUTTOmercatoWEB.com. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  19. ↑ "CONTRATAÇÃO KEVIN YAMGA" (in Portuguese). Desportivo das Aves. 22 July 2019. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  20. ↑ Vejle Boldklub henter Kevin Yamga Archived 11 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine, vejle-boldklub.dk, 23 September 2020
  21. ↑ "Yamga, Arthur Kevin Yamga Tientcheu - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com.
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