Yakhouba Gnagna Barry, also known as Yacouba Barry[1] and Yaghouba Gnagna Barry,[2] (born 17 April 1998) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a forward for Horoya and the Guinea national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 17 April 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Horoya | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Stade Africain Matoto | 7 | (13) |
| 2016–2020 | Santoba | 49+ | (58) |
| 2020–2021 | → Horoya (loan) | (14) | |
| 2021– | Horoya | 26+ | (48+) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Guinea | 17 | (3) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:50, 26 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:59, 25 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editStade Africain Matoto
editDuring the 2015–16 season, Yakhouba Gnagna Barry scored 13 goals in 7 appearances for Stade Africain Matoto.[3]
Santoba
editHe joined Santoba in 2016, where he won the 2017–18 Guinée Championnat National Ligue 2 title, and was Ligue 1 Pro top scorer with 17 goals in 2018–19.[2]
Horoya
editHe joined Horoya initially on loan on 23 August 2020 and he scored 14 goals during the loan deal.[4] He joined permanently in September 2021,[5] and he was Ligue 1 Pro top scorer again with 17 goals during 2021–22, joint with Ousmane Condé.[6]
He was on the verge of joining South African Premiership club AmaZulu in September 2023 but the move fell through after Barry failed his medical with a knee injury.[7]
2025–26 season
editBarry scored his first goal of the season during the 2–0 victory against Al Hilal Benghazi on 27 September 2025 during the CAF Champions League first round,[8] and he scored a hat trick against ASM Sangarédi on 5 November 2025.[9]
He scored two goals on 5 December 2025 during the 5–0 victory against Karfamoriah. This brought his total league goals scored in the 2025–26 season to ten goals.[10] He had a failed move to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 in January 2026.[11]
He scored 20 goals across all competitions as Horoya AC won the 2025–26 Guinée Championnat National title, and was also the league's top goalscorer with 19 goals.[12][13][10][14][15] He also played every match of the 2025–26 season.[3]
International career
editBarry made his debut with the Guinea national team in a 3–0 2020 African Nations Championship qualification win over Namibia on 19 January 2021 in which he scored a brace.[16]
After a three year absence, he returned to the Guinea national team for the 2024 African Nations Championship in August 2025.[3] He was called up again ahead of a pair of friendlies against Togo and Benin in March 2026 but did not feature in either match.[17]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 25 April 2026
| Club | Season | League | Guinée Coupe Nationale | CAF Champions League | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stade Africain Matoto | 2015–16[3] | Guinée Ligue Regionale | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 13 | |
| Santoba | 2016–17[3] | Guinée Championnat National Ligue 2 | 10 | 6 | ? | ? | — | 10+ | 6+ | |
| 2017–18[3] | 26 | 19 | ? | ? | — | 26+ | 19+ | |||
| 2018–19[3] | Guinée Championnat National | ? | 17 | ? | ? | — | ? | 17+ | ||
| 2019–20[3] | 13 | 10 | ? | ? | — | 13+ | 10+ | |||
| 2020–21[3] | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Horoya (loan) | Guinée Championnat National | ? | 14 | — | 8 | 2 | 8+ | 16 | ||
| Total | 56+ | 85 | ? | ? | 8 | 2 | 64+ | 87 | ||
| Horoya | 2021–22[3] | Guinée Championnat National | ? | 17 | — | 7 | 1 | 7+ | 18 | |
| 2022–23 | ? | ? | — | 4 | 1 | 4+ | 1+ | |||
| 2023–24 | ? | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | 2+ | 8 | |||
| 2024–25[3] | ? | 7 | — | — | ? | 7 | ||||
| 2025–26[11][15] | 26 | 19 | — | 3 | 1 | 29 | 20 | |||
| Career total | 82+ | 130+ | ? | ? | 24 | 5 | 111+ | 135+ | ||
International
edit- As of match played 15 August 2025.[3]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 2021 | 9 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 3 | |
- As of match played 15 August 2025
- Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barry goal
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 January 2021 | Limbe Stadium, Limbé, Cameroon | 1 |  Namibia | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2020 African Nations Championship |
| 2 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 3 | 27 January 2021 | Reunification Stadium, Douala, Cameroon | 3 |  Tanzania |
1–0 | 2–2 |
Honours
editSantoba
Horoya
- Guinée Championnat National: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2024–25, 2025–26; runners-up 2022–23
- Guinean Super Cup: 2022
Guinea
- African Nations Championship: third place 2020
Individual
- Guinée Championnat National top goalscorer: 2018–19, 2021–22,[a] 2025–26
Notes
edit- ↑ Joint with Ousmane Condé (Milo).
References
edit- ↑ "Guinea, 2023-24". Top 15 Goalscorers. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Guinea, 2018-19". Top 15 Goalscorers. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Yakhouba Gnagna Barry at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "YAKHOUBA "Gnagna" BARRY: All You Need to Know". Horoya Athletic Club. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ "Transfert: Yakhouba Gnagna Barry appartient désormais au Horoya (officiel)". FOOT 224. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
- ↑ "Guinea, 2021-22". Top 15 Goalscorers. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ Sithole, Sinethemba (5 September 2023). "Yakhouba Gnagna Barry's deal called off, AmaZulu FC welcome potential replacement". FARPost. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- ↑ Olsson, Andrew (27 September 2025). "CAF Champions League: Horoya eliminate Al Hilal Benghazi". Pan-Africa Football. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ↑ Soumah, Mohamed Lamine (5 November 2025). "Ligue 1 (Matchday 3): Gnagna Barry on fire, Horoya and CIK continue their winning streaks". Africasport. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- 1 2 "Yakhouba BARRY et le Horoya AC corrigent Karifamoriya FC (5–0)". Horoya Athletic Club. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
- 1 2 Amadou, Par (23 February 2026). "Touché mais pas brisé : Yakhouba BARRY continue d'y croire". Horoya Athletic Club. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ↑ "Ligue 1 / Guinea: Summary of Matchday 4 and upcoming schedule". 18 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
- ↑ Salematou Camara, Amadou (30 November 2025). "Ligue 1 (Matchday 7): ASFAG surprised in their opening match, Horoya AC secures the essentials". Horoya Athletic Club. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- ↑ Kamara, Amadou Salematou (13 December 2025). "Horoya AC won against SAG (3-1)". Horoya Athletic Club. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
- 1 2 Camara, Amadou Soulematou (13 April 2026). "Yakhouba Gnagna BARRY signe un doublé et affiche ses ambitions". Horoya Athletic Club. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin (19 Jan 2021). "Guinea vs. Namibia (3:0)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 26 Mar 2021.
- ↑ Camara, Amadou Salematou (22 March 2026). "Yakhouba BARRY "I will do what is necessary to be decisive"". Horoya Athletic Club. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
External links
edit- Yakhouba Gnagna Barry at Soccerway
- Yakhouba Gnagna Barry at National-Football-Teams.com
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