Yaw Yeboah

Yaw Yeboah (born 28 March 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew.

Yaw Yeboah
Yeboah with the Columbus Crew in 2022
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
 Columbus Crew
Number 14
Youth career
2008–2014 Right to Dream Academy
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)
2020–2022 Wisła Kraków 47 (9)
2022– Columbus Crew 24 (0)
International career‡
2015 Ghana U20 10 (5)
2019 Ghana U23 5 (2)
2019– Ghana 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:33, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2021

Career

Right to Dream Academy

Yeboah joined the Right to Dream Academy in 2008 and graduated in 2014.[1][2]

Manchester City

Yeboah joined Manchester City in 2014.[3]

Loan to Lille

On 14 August 2015, it was announced that Yeboah would be loaned to Lille OSC for one year.[4] He made his debut for Lille on 25 October 2015 against Marseille in Ligue 1.[5] He only made three appearances for Lille, playing a total of 174 minutes.[6]

Loan to Twente

On 21 July 2016, Yeboah made a loan move to Dutch side FC Twente.[7] He scored his first goal for the club on 27 August, in a 3–1 win over Sparta Rotterdam.[8] His second goal came two months later on 22 October, in a 2–0 win over Go Ahead Eagles.[9]

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.[10]

Numancia

On 18 July 2018, Yeboah signed a three-year contract with fellow Segunda División team CD Numancia.[11]

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.[12]

Wisła Kraków

On 11 August 2020, Yeboah completed a move to Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków, signing a three-year deal.[13] He played 47 matches in Ekstraklasa, scoring 9 goals.[14]

Columbus Crew

On 6 January 2022, Yeboah signed a three-year deal with Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew from Wisła Kraków.[15]

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.[16] He then played in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, making four appearances and scoring two goals, both from penalties.[17]

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.[18] He made the bench for the match against Russia, but failed to make an appearance.[19] Yeboah made his senior debut with the Ghana national team in a friendly 1–0 loss to Namibia on 9 June 2019.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 29 October 2022[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2014–15 Premier League 0000000000
Lille (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 1 302010—50
Twente (loan) 2016–17 Eredivisie 26210——272
Real Oviedo (loan) 2017–18 Segunda División 20010——210
CD Numancia 2018–19 34 2 0 0 — — 34 2
Celta B (loan) 2019-20 Segunda División B 20 5 0 0 — — 20 5
Wisła Kraków 2020-21 Ekstraklasa 28 4 3 1 — — 28 5
2021-22 19 5 0 0 — — 19 5
Columbus Crew 2022 Major League Soccer 19 0 1 0 — — 20 0
Career total 1691881100017419

International

As of 16 May 2022[22]

Ghana
Year Apps Goals
2019 1 0
2020 0 0
2021 3 0
2022 0 0
Total 4 0

    Honours

    Ghana U20

    Individual

    References
    1. "Yaw Yeboah graduates to become Professional Footballer". 8 August 2015. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
    2. rédaction, La (28 February 2015). "CAN U20: La sélection du Ghana pour le Sénégal". Africa Top Sports (in French). Retrieved 30 October 2022.
    3. Kelly, Ciaran (1 January 2017). "Man City youngster lifts the lid on Twente, Guardiola and God". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
    4. "Lille sign Yaw Yeboah on season-long loan". ghanaweb.com. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
    5. Tophic Sienu, Sheikh (29 October 2015). "Ghana U20 star Yaw Yeboah happy with debut outing in France". Ghanasoccernet.com. Ghana. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
    6. "Manchester City youngster Yaw Yeboah joins FC Twente on loan". City Watch. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
    7. "FC Twente huurt Ghanees Yeboah van Manchester City". Voetbal International. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
    8. "Black Stars new boy Yaw Yeboah thrilled with debut FC Twente goal". ghanasoccernet.com. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
    9. "Ghana youth ace Yaw Yeboah scores fabulous finish for FC Twente in Holland". ghanasoccernet.com. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
    10. "Yeboah, new player of Real Oviedo" (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
    11. "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.
    12. "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.
    13. Karcz, Bartosz (11 August 2020). "Wisła Kraków ma nowego pomocnika. "Biała Gwiazda" podpisała kontrakt z Yaw Yeboah". Gazeta Krakowska (in Polish).
    14. "Yaw Yeboah". www.90minut.pl (in Polish).
    15. "Columbus Crew acquires Ghanaian winger Yaw Yeboah from Wisla Krakow". ColumbusCrew.com.
    16. "Yaw Yeboah named 2015 African youth championship MVP". ghanasoccernet.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
    17. "2015 U-20 WC statistics". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
    18. "Yaw Yeboah elated with Black Stars call up". ghanasoccernet.com. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
    19. "Russia vs Ghana". ESPN FC. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
    20. "Ghana/Namibia: Stars Fall to Namibia in Friendly". allAfrica.com. 10 June 2019.
    21. "Yaw Yeboah profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
    22. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yaw Yeboah (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
    23. "Piłkarz Sierpnia 2021: Yaw Yeboah" (in Polish). Ekstraklasa. 10 September 2021. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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