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Seydou Ali Yacouba
Personal information
Date of birth	6 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Niamey, Niger
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	AS Police (Niamey)
Number	5
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2010	AS Police
2010–2013	Africa Sports National
2013–2013	USM Alger
2014–	AS Police (Niamey)
International career‡
2012–	Niger
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 14, 2013; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:33, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Seydou Ali Yacouba (born April 6, 1992 ^[1] in Niamey, Niger) is a Nigerien football player who plays for USM Alger and the Niger national football team.

Career

Born in Niamey, Yacouba began playing as a striker with local side AS Police and the Niger youth national teams. At age 18, he moved to Côte d'Ivoire to join Africa Sports National.^[2] At age 20, he moved to Algeria to join USM Alger

USM Alger

On January 12, 2013, it was announced that Yacouba would join USM Alger on a 2.5-year contract. .^[3]

International career

He is a member of the Niger national football team, for which he has played since 2012. He played in the 2012 African Nations Cup, mostly as a right back, was called up to play at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. His team was eliminated after the group stage.