Football Canada Vancouver Whitecaps

Yao Karifa

Personal details

Current Club

Vancouver Whitecaps

Position

Defender

Nationality

Canada

Birthday

(28.09.2000) 25 years

Height

188 Sm

Weight

81 kg

Last matches

USA: USL Championship

Date	match
21.03	Louisville City Rhode Island FC	4 2	6	83’	0	0	1	0	l
14.03	Rhode Island FC Sporting Jax	1 1	7.2	90’	0	0	0	0	d
15.11.2025	Pittsburgh Riverhounds Rhode Island FC	1 0	7.1	82’	0	0	0	0	l
08.11.2025	North Carolina Rhode Island FC	0 2	7.4	90’	0	0	0	0	l
02.11.2025	Charleston Battery Rhode Island FC	0 0	7.9	119’	0	0	0	0	d
24.10.2025	New Mexico United Rhode Island FC	2 1	On the bench						l
18.10.2025	North Carolina Rhode Island FC	0 0	7.2	79’	0	0	0	0	d
11.10.2025	Rhode Island FC Tampa Bay Rowdies	5 0	7.9	90’	0	0	0	0	l
05.10.2025	Rhode Island FC Las Vegas Lights	3 1	7.3	84’	0	0	1	0	l
26.09.2025	El Paso Locomotive FC Rhode Island FC	2 2	6.4	90’	0	0	0	0	d

Career

National leagues

National cups

International cups

Season	Team	Competition
2026	Rhode Island FC	USL Championship	6.5	4	0	0	1
2025	Rhode Island FC	USL Championship	6.9	28	0	0	5
2024	Rhode Island FC	USL Championship	6.8	37	1	2	8
2023	Vancouver Whitecaps	MLS		1	0	0	0
2023	Vancouver Whitecaps FC II	MLS Next Pro		7	0	0	3
2020	CF Montreal	MLS	5.7	2	0	0	0
TOTAL				79	1	2	17

Season	Team	Competition
2026	Rhode Island FC	US Open Cup	7.3	1	0	0
2025	Rhode Island FC	USL Cup	7	5	0	0
2025	Rhode Island FC	US Open Cup		1	2	1
2024	Rhode Island FC	US Open Cup		1	1	0
2023	Vancouver Whitecaps	Canadian Championship		1	0	0
TOTAL				9	3	1

Season	Team	Competition
2023	Vancouver Whitecaps	Leagues Cup	6.8	1
2023	Vancouver Whitecaps	CONCACAF Champions Cup	6.6	2
TOTAL				3

Player rating is based on a proprietary algorithm, taking into account ball actions, performance in attack and defense, and the player’s direct influence on the game outcome

Transfers

Date	From	Type of transfer	To	Fee
22 Jan 2024	Vancouver Whitecaps	Free agent	Rhode Island FC	-
16 Nov 2022	CF Montreal	Signed	Vancouver Whitecaps	-
15 Nov 2022	Cavalry	Return from loan	CF Montreal	-
02 Feb 2021	CF Montreal	On loan	Cavalry	-

More transfers

Football club player Vancouver Whitecaps - Yao Karifa plays for the team under the number 12 at the position Defender.

Defender - Yao Karifa.
Age - 25.
Height - 188.
Weight - 81.
Team - Vancouver Whitecaps.
Player team country - Canada.

Yao Karifa transfers

Yao Karifa transfers, the list of the last 5:

17 Mar 2022 | Vancouver Whitecaps Cavalry On loan
29 Nov 2021 | Cavalry Vancouver Whitecaps Return from loan
02 Feb 2021 | CF Montreal Cavalry On loan
03 Jun 2019 | CF Montreal Transfer

Yao Karifa last matches

The last match played by Yao Karifa - Louisville City - Rhode Island FC. Yao Karifa last games:

Louisville City - Rhode Island FC | 21 Mar 2026 | 4:2 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Sporting Jax | 14 Mar 2026 | 1:1 USL Championship
Pittsburgh Riverhounds - Rhode Island FC | 15 Nov 2025 | 1:0 USL Championship
North Carolina - Rhode Island FC | 08 Nov 2025 | 0:2 USL Championship
Charleston Battery - Rhode Island FC | 02 Nov 2025 | 0:0 USL Championship
New Mexico United - Rhode Island FC | 24 Oct 2025 | 2:1 USL Championship
North Carolina - Rhode Island FC | 18 Oct 2025 | 0:0 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Tampa Bay Rowdies | 11 Oct 2025 | 5:0 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Las Vegas Lights | 05 Oct 2025 | 3:1 USL Championship
El Paso Locomotive FC - Rhode Island FC | 26 Sep 2025 | 2:2 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Indy Eleven | 13 Sep 2025 | 1:0 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Sacramento Republic | 10 Sep 2025 | 0:0 USL Cup
Rhode Island FC - Louisville City | 06 Sep 2025 | 0:1 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Charleston Battery | 30 Aug 2025 | 1:0 USL Championship
Hartford Athletic - Rhode Island FC | 23 Aug 2025 | 3:0 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Birmingham Legion FC | 20 Aug 2025 | 1:0 USL Cup
Rhode Island FC - Loudoun United FC | 09 Aug 2025 | 0:0 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Detroit City | 06 Aug 2025 | 1:0 USL Championship
Pittsburgh Riverhounds - Rhode Island FC | 02 Aug 2025 | 2:0 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Hartford Athletic | 19 Jul 2025 | 0:0 USL Championship
Indy Eleven - Rhode Island FC | 12 Jul 2025 | 1:0 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Birmingham Legion FC | 05 Jul 2025 | 1:1 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Sacramento Republic | 21 Jun 2025 | 0:2 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - North Carolina | 14 Jun 2025 | 2:1 USL Championship
Louisville City - Rhode Island FC | 11 Jun 2025 | 2:1 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Miami | 07 Jun 2025 | 0:1 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 24 May 2025 | 0:1 USL Championship
Tampa Bay Rowdies - Rhode Island FC | 17 May 2025 | 0:3 USL Championship
Birmingham Legion FC - Rhode Island FC | 14 May 2025 | 0:1 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - Monterey Bay FC | 10 May 2025 | 1:1 USL Championship
Rhode Island FC - New England Revolution | 07 May 2025 | 1:2 US Open Cup
Rhode Island FC - San Antonio Texas | 03 May 2025 | 0:0 USL Championship
Detroit City - Rhode Island FC | 19 Apr 2025 | 2:0 USL Championship
Portland Hearts of Pine - Rhode Island FC | 15 Apr 2025 | 1:2 US Open Cup
Oakland Roots - Rhode Island FC | 05 Apr 2025 | 0:3 USL Championship