Alain Yomby

Alain Yomby
Personal information
Full name Alain Poher Yomby Taku
Date of birth (1982-09-23) September 23, 1982 (age 42)[1]
Place of birth Bafoussam, Cameroon
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004-2006 Plaza Colonia
2006-2009 Central Español
2009–2010 Miramar Misiones
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alain Poher Yomby Taku (born September 23, 1982) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a defender for Miramar Misiones in the Uruguayan Segunda División. Yomby was born in Bafoussam, a town located in western Cameroon.[citation needed]

Personal life

He is married to Ekaterina Germanovich, a former Russian diplomat, with whom he has two children.[2] His wife Ekaterina, quit her job as an economic advisor at the Russian embassy in Montevideo in protest at Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.[3] She rose to fame in Uruguay in 2023 when she won the third season of Bake Off Uruguay, a reality television broadcast on Canal 4.[4][5]

Teams

References

  1. ^ "Alain Yomby". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Del "dolor" de la guerra a la pastelería: nueva vida para exdiplomática rusa en Uruguay". France 24 (in Spanish). 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ "War 'pain' to pastries: new path for Russia ex-diplomat in Uruguay". France 24. 21 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Ex-Russian diplomat becomes a star baker in Uruguay". CNN. 2023-07-30.
  5. ^ "La impresionante historia de Ekaterina". El Observador (in Spanish). 14 July 2023.


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