| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yussif Alhassan Chibsah | ||
| Date of birth | December 30, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Djurgårdens IF | ||
| Number | — | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996-1999 | Prempeh College | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999-2003 | King Faisal Babes | ||
| 2003-2006 | Asante Kotoko | ||
| 2006 | IFK Mariehamn | ||
| 2006-2007 | Hapoel Nazareth Illit | 21 | (1) |
| 2007-2011 | Gefle IF | 96 | (5) |
| 2012- | Djurgårdens IF | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004- | Ghana | 3 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Yussif Chibsah (born December 30, 1983 in Accra) is a Ghanaian football midfielder, who is currently playing for Djurgårdens IF in Sweden.
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Yussif was member of the Prempeh College (Class of '96 Gberg House).[1]
Chibsah started his career at Kumasi based King Faisel in his home country, and in 2003 moved to fellow Ghanaian side Asante Kotoko. At Kumasi Asante Kotoko he played in the first CAF Confederation Cup in 2004 and won silver as the runners up to ACCRA HEARTS OF OAK.He also played in the African Champions League in 2006. Before leaving for Israel, he played for IFK Mariehamn in Finland.
He was also with Hamburger SV in 2005 and Djurgårdens IF Fotboll in January 2006. He was a member of the Ghanaian standby players in Germany 2006 World Cup after playing most of the matches of the qualifying round. After the World Cup, he was invited by French Ligue 1 outfit Rennes for a trial but could not meet the deadline for the summer registration. In the 2006/07 season he joined Israeli side Hapoel Nazareth. He Yusif Chibsah has NOT signed with the Danish side Randers FC as earlier reported, later moved in October 2007 he signed a two year contract with Swedish Allsvenskan club Gefle IF.
Chibsah had his Senior High School education at one of Ghana's premier High Schools Prempeh College with Edmund Owusu Ansah former Captain of Kumasi Asante Kotoko who currently plays for Kpando based Heart of Lions. He is a highly educated footballer,majored in Accounting but also studied management and economics as well.
Key midfielder for Kotoko who has also been on the fringes of the Ghanaian national team.
He was part of the Ghanaian national team, who exited in the first round of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, having finished in third place in Group B after one win (Paraguay), one draw (Italy) and a single loss (Japan). He was the captain of the Olympic team in the ALL AFRICAN GAMES in ABUJA 2004 and won BRONZE with the team with RALF ZUMDICK as the coach.He also won SILVER with KOTOKO in the 1st ever CAF CONFEDERATION CUP.He has over 60 caps with all levels of International football.
Yussif is the eldest of three brothers his younger brother Abdul Faisal Alhassan-Chibsah played soccer at Carson Newman College in Tennessee and Sulemana Issah Chibsah plays for Freedom Fighters FC in Obuasi.
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