Yannick Yenga

Yannick Yenga
Personal information
Full name Yannick Yenga Risasi
Date of birth (1985-04-10) 10 April 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 AS Le Mans Villaret
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Le Mans Union Club 72 1 (0)
2005–2006 SO Châtellerault 36 (11)
2006–2008 Dijon FCO 44 (8)
2008–2009 Paris FC 35 (11)
2009–2011 FC Tours 28 (2)
2011 RC Strasbourg 17 (2)
2011–2012 Paris FC 12 (5)
2012–2014 Olympiakos Volou 40 (6)
2014–2015 Lamia 19 (3)
2015–2016 Ermis Aradippou 19 (1)
2017– Le Mans Villaret
International career
2007 Congo DR 3 (0)
Managerial career
2020– Le Mans Villaret (player-coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:11, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Yannick Yenga Risasi (born 10 April 1985) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a striker for French side Le Mans Villaret.

Career

Yenga started his career with Le Mans Union Club 72 but made only two first-team appearances for the club before joining SO Châtellerault in 2005. After scoring 11 goals in the Championnat National, he was signed by Ligue 2 side Dijon FCO. Yenga spent two seasons with Dijon but failed to properly break into the first team, making just 15 league starts for the club. He subsequently returned to the National with Paris FC and scored 11 times during the 2008–09 season. This led to a move back to Ligue 2 when he signed for FC Tours on 16 June 2009.

However, Yenga again failed to make an impact at the higher level, scoring only two goals in 28 league appearances. In the transfer window of January 2011, he transferred to RC Strasbourg until the end of the 2010–11 season. He left the club in the summer of the same year following their demotion by the DNCG to the Championnat de France amateur 2, the fifth tier of French football. Yenga then returned to Paris FC for the start of the 2011–12 campaign, and scored the first hat-trick of his senior career in the side's 6–0 win against SAS Épinal on 12 October 2011.

In summer 2012 he moved to Olympiakos Volou 1937 F.C. He scored his first goal against Kavala F.C. in a 2–0 home win. His next goal came against Anagennisi Epanomi F.C. in a 2–0 home win. He also scored against Apollon Smyrni F.C. in a 3–0 home win. Later, he managed to score against Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. in a 1–0 away win with a powerful shot. His last goal for the 2012–13 season came against Panetolikos F.C. in a 1–2 home loss.

He started the 2013–14 season by scoring against Glyfada F.C. in a 4–1 home win. His next goal came against Paniliakos F.C. with a header after an assist from Sergio Daniel Ponce.

Managerial career

In November 2020, he was appointed player-coach of amateurs AS Le Mans Villaret.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Football. L'ancien joueur pro du Mans FC, Yannick Yenga, devient le coach du Villaret" [Football. Former Le Mans FC pro player, Yannick Yenga, becomes the coach of Villaret] (in French). Ouest-France. 25 November 2020.