Yaya Sanogo (born 27 January 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for China League One club Qingdao Red Lions.

He struggled to break into Arsenal's first team in his four seasons at the club during which time he had loan spells with Crystal Palace, Ajax, and Charlton Athletic.

He had brief stints at Huddersfield Town in 2021 and Armenian Premier League club Urartu in 2023–24, before joining Qingdao Red Lions in China in 2024.

Sanogo quickly established himself in the club's youth system scoring 25 goals in 14 matches and also providing 17 assists in the 2006–07 edition of the Championnat Federal des 14 ans.

Alongside his positive displays domestically, Sanogo's prolific scoring on the international stage led to him being declared Auxerre's best overall prospect.

He drew the interest of Premier League clubs Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur before signing his first professional contract for three years on 27 October 2009.

[17] Sanogo made his return to professional football at the start of the 2011–12 season making his first appearance of the campaign in a 2–1 win over Nancy in the Coupe de la Ligue.

[24] On 24 August, Sanogo made his competitive debut for Arsenal against Fulham at Craven Cottage in which he came on in the 81st minute for Lukas Podolski as the Gunners went on to win the match 3–1.

"[28] On 20 February, Sanogo made his UEFA Champions League debut in the round-of-16 home leg against Bayern Munich.

[29] On 12 April, he played 120 minutes as Arsenal beat Wigan Athletic on penalties in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium.

[30] On 17 May, Sanogo came on as a substitute for German international Lukas Podolski in the 2014 FA Cup Final against Hull City as Arsenal won the trophy for the first time since 2005.

[32] On 10 August, he started as Arsenal's lone striker in the 2014 FA Community Shield, against Manchester City; he was replaced by Olivier Giroud at half time in the 3–0 win at Wembley Stadium.

[33] On 26 November, he scored his only competitive goal for Arsenal, opening a 2–0 home win over Borussia Dortmund in the second minute of the game.

[34] Sanogo was loaned to fellow Premier League club Crystal Palace on 13 January 2015, for the rest of the season.

[38] Sanogo made his professional debut for Ajax in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round away match against SK Rapid Wien on 29 July 2015 which ended in a 2–2 draw.

[44] On 7 July 2017, following his release from Arsenal, Sanogo returned to France to join Ligue 1 side Toulouse on a three-year deal.

[61][62] Due to the six-month suspension of international teammate Paul Pogba, Sanogo was named captain of the under-17 team by coach Guy Ferrier and continued his spectacular form scoring a brace against Belgium in the Toto Cup in Austria.

[64][65] Due to suffering a broken forearm while training with Auxerre, Sanogo missed the Elite Round portion, though France still qualified for the UEFA-sanction tournament without him.

[69] After suffering as fractured tibia domestically, he missed significant time with the team, but returned in May 2011 for Elite Round qualification for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.