Angolan footballer

Yamba Asha João (born July 31, 1976) is a retired Angolan footballer.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 National team statistics
• 3 See also
• 4 External links
• 5 References

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

See also

• List of doping cases in sport

External links

• Yamba Asha at National-Football-Teams.com

References