Yaw Yeboah

Yaw Yeboah
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997
Place of birth Ghana
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 FC Twente
(on loan from Manchester City)
Number 14
Youth career
2014– Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Manchester City 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Lille (loan) 3 (0)
2016– → FC Twente (loan) 14 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:49, 4 December 2016 (UTC).


Yaw Yeboah (born 28 March 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Twente on loan from Manchester City.

Career

Manchester City

Yeboah joined Manchester City in 2014, after graduating from the Right to Dream Academy.[1]

Loan to Lille

On 14 August 2015 it was announced that Yeboah would be loaned to Lille OSC for one year.[2] He made his debut for Lille OSC on 25 October 2015 against Olympique de Marseille in Ligue 1.[3] He would only make 3 appearances for Lille, playing a total of 174 minutes.[4]

Loan to FC Twente

On 21 July 2016 Yeboah made a loan move to Dutch side FC Twente.[5] He scored his first goal for the club on 27 August, in a 3-1 win over Sparta Rotterdam.[6] His second goal came two months later on 22 October, in a 2–0 win over Go Ahead Eagles.[7]

International

Youth

Yeboah has made appearances for the Ghana U-20 team. He was awarded "most valuable player" in the 2015 African U-20 Championship scoring 2 goals.[8] He then played in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, making 4 appearances and scoring 2 goals, both from penalties.[9]

Senior

Yeboah received his first call up on 26 August 2016, for a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Rwanda and a friendly against Russia.[10] He made the bench for the match against Russia, but failed to make an appearance.[11]

Career Statistics

Club

As of match played 4 December 2016 [12]
Club Season League Cup [note 1] League Cup [note 2] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 2014-15 Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Lille (loan) 2015-16 Ligue 1 301010—50
Total 3010100050
FC Twente (loan) 2016-17 Eredivisie 14210——152
Total 142100000152
Career Total 172201000202
Notes
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, KNVB Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue

Honors

References

  1. ↑ "Guardiola has Man City youngster Yaw Yeboah in his plans". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lille sign Yaw Yeboah on season-long loan". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Tophic Sienu, Sheikh (29 October 2015). "Ghana U20 star Yaw Yeboah happy with debut outing in France". Ghanasoccernet.com. Ghana. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Manchester City youngster Yaw Yeboah joins FC Twente on loan". City Watch. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "FC Twente huurt Ghanees Yeboah van Manchester City". Voetbal International. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Black Stars new boy Yaw Yeboah thrilled with debut FC Twente goal". ghanasoccernet.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ghana youth ace Yaw Yeboah scores fabulous finish for FC Twente in Holland". ghanasoccernet.com. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Yaw Yeboah named 2015 African youth championship MVP". ghanasoccernet.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "2015 U-20 WC statistics". fifa.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Yaw Yeboah elated with Black Stars call up". ghanasoccernet.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Russia vs Ghana". ESPN FC. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Yaw Yeboah profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
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