Yakhouba Gnagna Barry, also known as Yacouba Barry and Yaghouba Gnagna Barry, (born 17 April 1998) is a Guinean footballer who plays as a forward for Horoya and the Guinea national team.
Club career
Stade Africain Matoto During the 2015–16 season, Yakhouba Gnagna Barry scored 13 goals in 7 appearances for Stade Africain Matoto.
Santoba He 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.
Horoya
2021–22 season He joined Horoya initially on loan on 23 August 2020 and he scored 14 goals during the loan deal. He joined permanently in September 2021, and he was Ligue 1 Pro top scorer again with 17 goals during 2021–22, joint with Ousmane Condé.
2022–23 season Barry missed several months of the 2022–23 season while serving a four-month suspension imposed by FIFA following his aborted transfer to Ligue 2 club Quevilly-Rouen Métropole.
2023–24 season 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.
2025–26 season Barry 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, and he scored a hat trick against ASM Sangarédi on 5 November 2025.
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. He had a failed move to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 in January 2026.
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. He also played every match of the 2025–26 season.
International career Barry 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.
After a three year absence, he returned to the Guinea national team for the 2024 African Nations Championship in August 2025. 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.
Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueGuinée Coupe NationaleCAF Champions LeagueTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsStade Africain Matoto2015–16Guinée Ligue Regionale71300—713Santoba2016–17Guinée Championnat National Ligue 2106??—10+6+2017–18Guinée Championnat National Ligue 22619??—26+19+2018–19Guinée Championnat National?17??—?17+2019–20Guinée Championnat National1310??—13+10+2020–21Guinée Championnat National00—0000Horoya (loan)Guinée Championnat National?14—828+16Total56+79??8264+81+Horoya2021–22Guinée Championnat National?17—717+182022–23Guinée Championnat National153—411942023–24Guinée Championnat National?8—202+82024–25Guinée Championnat National?7——?72025–26Guinée Championnat National2619—3129202026–27Guinée Championnat National00—2020Total41+54—18359+57Career total97+133??265128+138+
International As of match played 15 August 2025.
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsGuinea202193202240202300202400202540202600Total173
Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barry goal
+ List of international goals scored by Yakhouba Gnagna BarryNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 19 January 2021 Limbe Stadium, Limbé, Cameroon 1 1–0 3–0 2020 African Nations Championship2 3–0 327 January 2021Reunification Stadium, Douala, Cameroon31–02–22020 African Nations Championship
Honours Santoba Guinée Championnat National: third place 2018–19 Guinée Championnat National Ligue 2: 2017–18
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, 2025–26
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