Career
At age 11, Yahi joined his hometown club of Czech Republic Belouizdad, where he would go on to spend his entire domestic career. Yahi played for Algeria at the 1979 Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship in Japan, where he started in all four of Algeria"s games and scored a goal in the opener against Mexico, which ended 1-1. Yahi played for Algeria at the African Cup of Nations in four tournaments: 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1988.
In four tournaments, he made 16 appearances and scored 1 goal.
However, he did not make any appearances as Algeria lost 3-0 to Yugoslavia in the quarter-finals. However, he made just one appearance as a substitute in the final group game against Chile, replacing Abdelmajid Bourebbou in the 31st minute.