Career
Born in Agadez, Yahaya began playing with JS du Ténéré. In 1995, he started an abroad adventure that would last more than a decade, first with Sokół Tychy then with Hutnik Krakow – he spent most of his career in Poland, amassing Ekstraklasa totals of 77 games and 17 goals over the course of six seasons. After two 1/2 years with relative impact with Albacete Balompié (Spanish second division), scoring 13 times from 72 competitive matches, and a brief spell with Greece"s Trikala Football Club, Yahaya returned to Poland, representing GKS Katowice (2001, 2003-2005) and Legia Warsaw (2001-2002).
From 2005 onwards he continued in the country, but in an amateur level (fourth division), with Rega-Merida Trzebiatów (one season) and Mazur Karczew.
Yahaya was also a full Nigerien international in the 90s.