Tony Yeboah

1981/83 Asante Kotoko (GHA)

1984/85 Cornerstones Kumasi (GHA)

1987/88 Okwawu United (GHA) 35 games, 35 goals

1988/90 1. FC Saarbrücken (GER) 72 games, 31 goals

(German League 2: 65 games, 26 goals)

(Play-offs: 4 games, 3 goals)

(German Cup: 3 games, 2 goals)

1990/94 Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 156 games, 89 goals

(German League: 123 games, 68 goals)

(German Cup: 17 games, 9 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 16 games, 12 goals)

1995/97 Leeds United (ENG) 66 games, 32 goals

(English Premier League: 47 games, 24 goals)

(English Cup: 8 games, 2 goals)

(English League Cup: 7 games, 3 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 4 games, 3 goals)

1997/2001 Hamburg SV (GER) 121 games, 35 goals

(German Premier League: 100 games, 28 goals)

(German Cup: 5 games, 2 goals)

(German League Cup: 1 game)

(Champions League: 8 games, 2 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 1 game)

(Intertoto Cup: 6 games, 3 goals)

2001/02 Al-Ittihad (QAT) 22 matches, 5 goals

With the National Team :

59 caps, 26 goals

Anthony Yeboah

Born June 6, 1966 in Kumasi (GHA)

Ghanaian, Striker, 1m80

Nickname: Tony

Anthony Yeboah was born on June 6, 1966 in Kumasi, Ghana. After playing in the Ghanaian championship between 1981 and 1988, he joined European football and more precisely Germany in the club 1. FC Saarbrücken. Becoming one of the first African players to play in Germany, he had a slow but promising start. During his second season in Germany, he scored 17 goals in the German second division.

After this very good season, he was recruited by Eintracht Frankfurt in 1990. Victim of the stupidity of some of the German club's supporters, he heard monkey cries and boos in the stands. The racist insults will not stop him from showing all his talent. He will silence the critics and will establish himself as one of the best players in the championship. He also finished top scorer in the German championship twice in 1993 with 20 goals and in 1994 with 18 goals. During the 1992/93 season, he was at the top of his game, finishing African Silver Ball after a season with 30 goals and 8 assists in 37 games for his club.

Yeboah will then join England during the winter transfer window of the 1994/95 season, for 3.4 million pounds sterling he joins the Leeds team. At the end of his first season in the United Kingdom, he finished 5th in the championship and qualified for the UEFA Cup. For his second season at Leeds, he was voted best player of the team. In total, he scored 32 goals in 66 games for the English club.

Aged 31, he decided to return to Germany by signing for Hamburg SV. On the downward slope, he still scored 35 goals in 121 games for his last club in Europe before going to Al-Ittihad in Qatar to quietly retire from football at the age of 36.

His international career began in the 80s, he won the West African Cup of Nations 3 times before achieving very good performances. Then he was a finalist in the African Cup of Nations in 1992 and 4th in the African Cup of Nations in 1996. In total, he scored 26 goals in 59 games for his country, a true legend of Ghanaian football.

- African Silver Ball in 1993

- African Bronze Ball in 1992

- Ghanaian Footballer of the Year in 1992, 1995 and 1997

- Top scorer in the German championship in 1993 (20 goals) and 1994 (18 goals) (Eintracht Frankfurt)

- Top scorer in the Ghanaian championship in 1986 (Cornerstones) and 1987 (35 goals) (Okwawu United)

- Named in the German championship team of the year in 1993 and 1994

- Voted Leeds UTD player of the year in 1996

- Voted English championship goal of the year in 1996

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