Alex Nyarko

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Alex Nyarko
Personal information
Date of birth	October 15, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Playing position	Centre Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Yverdon Sports
Number	33
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1993 1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2004 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004 2005 2006 2006-	Asante Kotoko Dawu Youngstars Sportul Studenţesc FC Basel Karlsruher SC RC Lens Everton FC → AS Monaco FC loan → PSG loan no club I.K. Start no club Yverdon-Sport FC	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 55 (8) 22 (1) 45 (3) 33 (1) 26 (2) 18 (0) 31 (0) ? (?)
National team
?-2001	Ghana
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alex Nyarko (born October 15, 1973) is a Ghanaain football player. He currently plays midfield role of Swiss side Yverdon Sports.

[edit] Football career

Nyarko started his career at Ghana, and then joined his first European team - Sportul Studenţesc in Romania. A year later he move to Swiss team FC Basel and then Karlsruher SC in Germany. He finally settle in RC Lens, played two seasons, and in 2000 joined Everton FC for £4.5M, signed a contract until June 2005. He went on loan to French giant AS Monaco FC and PSG between 2001 to 2003.

He made another 11 appearances for Everton in 2003-2004, and released after the season because his work permit expired and cannot be renew.

He then 6 months out of football, and joined I.K. Start in 2005 winter league.

He became unattached again after the season, and then joined Swiss team Yverdon-Sport FC in June 2006.

He also played for Ghan in 1998 and 2000 African Cup of Nations.

[edit] International career

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Team Competition

He was capped for Ghanaian Olympic team at 1992 Summer Olympics, and won bronze medal.

[edit] External links

• (French) Alex Nyarko French league stats at lfp.fr
• soccerbase
• national-football-teams.com
• toffeeweb.com
• (German) yverdon-sport.ch