Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anthony Yeboah[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 June 1966||
Place of birth | Kumasi, Ghana | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1983 | Asante Kotoko | ||
1983–1985 | Cornerstones Kumasi | ||
1986–1987 | Okwawu United | 35 | (35) |
1988–1990 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 65 | (26) |
1990–1995 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 123 | (68) |
1995–1997 | Leeds United | 47 | (24) |
1997–2001 | Hamburger SV | 100 | (28) |
2001–2002 | Al-Ittihad | 22 | (5) |
Total | 411 | (194) | |
International career | |||
1985–1997 | Ghana | 59 | (29) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Anthony Yeboah (born 6 June 1966) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He is considered one of the most prominent and prolific goal scorers in Ghanaian and African football history and gained a reputation for scoring spectacular goals which often featured in Goal of the Month or Goal of the Season competitions in the 1990s.[2]
Yeboah is most noted for his time at European clubs 1. FC Saarbrücken, Eintracht Frankfurt, Leeds United and Hamburger SV. He also played for Asante Kotoko, Cornerstones Kumasi, Okwawu United and Al-Ittihad Doha. He was capped 59 times by Ghana, scoring 29 goals. He now runs an international sports agency and a chain of hotels in Ghana. He won the Bundesliga golden boot on two occasions, 1992–93 and 1993–94, playing for Eintracht Frankfurt.[3]