Yaw Yeboah

Yaw Yeboah (born 28 March 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for a Polish club Wisła Kraków.

Yaw Yeboah
Yeboah at his Twente presentation
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Wisła Kraków
Number 40
Youth career
2014–2015 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Manchester City 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Lille II (loan) 20 (1)
2015–2016 → Lille (loan) 3 (0)
2016–2017 → Twente (loan) 26 (2)
2017–2018 → Oviedo (loan) 20 (0)
2018–2019 Numancia 34 (2)
2019–2020 → Celta B (loan) 20 (5)
2020– Wisła Kraków 11 (3)
National team‡
2015 Ghana U20 10 (5)
2019– Ghana U23 5 (2)
2019– Ghana 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 August 2020

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 on 25 October 2015 against Marseille in Ligue 1.[3] He only made three appearances for Lille, playing a total of 174 minutes.[4]

Loan to 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]

Loan to Oviedo

On 1 September 2017, Yeboah was loaned to Spanish side Real Oviedo on a season long-loan, with the Spanish club having the option to sign him permanently.[8]

Numancia

On 18 July 2018, Yeboah signed a three-year contract with fellow Segunda División team CD Numancia.[9]

Loan to Celta

On 30 July 2019, Yeboah joined RC Celta de Vigo on loan for one year, being initially assigned to the B-team in Segunda División B; the deal also included a buyout clause.[10]

International career

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 two goals.[11] He then played in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, making four appearances and scoring two goals, both from penalties.[12]

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.[13] He made the bench for the match against Russia, but failed to make an appearance.[14] Yeboah made his senior debut with the Ghana national football team in a friendly 1–0 loss to Namibia on 9 June 2019.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 17 December 2018[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[note 1] League Cup[note 2] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2014–15 Premier League 0000000000
Lille (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 1 301010—50
Twente (loan) 2016–17 Eredivisie 26210——272
Real Oviedo (loan) 2017–18 Segunda División 11010——120
Career total 402301000442
Notes
  1. Includes Coupe de France, KNVB Cup
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue

Honours

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. "Yeboah, new player of Real Oviedo" (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  9. "Yaw Yeboah se suma al proyecto numantino 18–19" [Yaw Yeboah joins the 18–19 numantino project] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  10. "El RC Celta B consigue la cesión del extremo Yaw Yeboah" [RC Celta B get the loan of winger Yaw Yeboah] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  11. "Yaw Yeboah named 2015 African youth championship MVP". ghanasoccernet.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  12. "2015 U-20 WC statistics". fifa.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  13. "Yaw Yeboah elated with Black Stars call up". ghanasoccernet.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  14. "Russia vs Ghana". ESPN FC. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  15. "Ghana/Namibia: Stars Fall to Namibia in Friendly". allAfrica.com. 10 June 2019.
  16. "Yaw Yeboah profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.


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