Ishmael Yartey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ishmael Yartey | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Swedru, Central Region, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Sion | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2005 | All Blacks | ||
| 2007–2009 | → Benfica (loan) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2012 | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Fatima (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | → Beira-Mar (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | → Servette (loan) | 31 | (8) |
| 2012– | Sochaux | 10 | (0) |
| 2013– | → FC Sion (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Ghana U-17 | 7 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 July 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ishmael Yartey (born 11 January 1990) is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays for Swiss Super League side FC Sion on loan from FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in Ligue 1.
Club career
Yartey began his youth and professional career with Ghanaian club All Blacks F.C., before joining S.L. Benfica on a 1-year loan deal with a buy option at the end of the contract.[1] Former Benfica's manager Quique Flores was the first manager that called Yartey to train with the senior squad, but his debut with Benfica's shirt was never made.[2]
SC Beira Mar & CD Fatima (loan)
On 15 July 2009, Yartey left S.L. Benfica and signed a one year loan deal with S.C. Beira Mar, then at the end of the season he signed for CD Fatima, another one year loan.[3] In January 2011 he was loaned to S.C. Beira-Mar for the remainder of the 2010–11 Primeira Liga season.[4]
Servette FC (loan)
On 21 June 2011, he was again loaned, this time to Servette F.C. of the Swiss Super League until the end of the 2011–12 Swiss Super League.[5]
Benfica
In June 2012, Yartey returned to Benfica from his season long loan at Servette FC. He never made his debut for Benfica.
FC Sochaux
On 19 July 2012, Yartey signed a 4-year contract with French Ligue 1 club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.
International career
Yartey represented Ghana U-17 (Black Starlets) in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea Republic.[6]
On 16 May 2012, Yartey was called up for two of the Ghana national team's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifications, against Lesotho in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana, and on 1 June 2012 and against Zambia in Ndola, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, on 9 June 2012.[7]
Honours
Club
- Beira Mar
- Liga de Honra: 2009–10
Country
- Ghana
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: Fourth place 2007
Statistics
Club
Correct as of 14 May 2012
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Beira-Mar | 2009–10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 22 | 6 | |
| Fatima | 2010–11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 20 | 4 | |
| Beira-Mar | 2010–11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 10 | 1 | |
| Servette | 2011–12 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 8 | ||
| Sochaux | 2012–13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 15 | 0 | |
| Career total | 82 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 19 | |
References
- ↑ Benfica – Ishmael Yartey (in Portuguese). serbenfiquista.com.
- ↑ Ishmael Yartey Ghana's Winger. dailyguideghana.com.
- ↑ Gossip/Transfers: Kyere for Atletico Madrid
- ↑ Yartey no Beira-Mar (in Portuguese). 29 January 2012. record.xl.pt.
- ↑ Le Servette FC engage le milieu offensif ghanéen Ishmael Yartey et le gardien portugais Joao Barroca (in French). 21 June 2011. tsr.ch.
- ↑ Ishmael Yartey – FIFA. fifa.com.
- ↑ "Appiah names Black Stars squad". ghanafa.org (Ghana Football Association). 16 May 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
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