Yaw Yeboah (born 28 March 1997) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew.
![]() Yeboah with the Columbus Crew in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 25) | ||
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 | 19 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Ghana U20 | 10 | (5) |
2019 | Ghana U23 | 5 | (2) |
2019– | Ghana | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:16, 6 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2021 |
Yeboah joined the Right to Dream Academy in 2008 and graduated in 2014.[1][2]
Yeboah joined Manchester City in 2014.[3]
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]
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]
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]
On 18 July 2018, Yeboah signed a three-year contract with fellow Segunda División team CD Numancia.[11]
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]
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]
On 6 January 2022, Yeboah signed a three-year deal with Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew from Wisła Kraków.[15]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester City | 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lille (loan) | 2015–16 | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
Twente (loan) | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 2 | ||
Real Oviedo (loan) | 2017–18 | Segunda División | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||
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 | 169 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 19 |
As of 16 May 2022[22]
Ghana | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2019 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 3 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Individual
Columbus Crew – current squad | |
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Africa U-20 Cup of Nations awards | |
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Golden player | |
Top goalscorer |