Yaw Preko

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Yaw Preko
Personal information
Full name	Yaw Preko
Date of birth	(1974-09-08) 8 September 1974
Place of birth	Ghana
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991-1992	Hearts of Oak	31	(9)
1992-1997	Anderlecht	92	(27)
1997-1999	Gaziantepspor	58	(16)
1999-2000	Fenerbahçe	22	(7)
2000-2002	Yimpaş Yozgatspor	55	(21)
2002-2004	Gaziantepspor	4	(3)
2004-2005	Halmstads BK	49	(11)
2005-2007	Al-Ettifaq	2	(1)
2007	Hoang Anh Gia Lai F.C.	2	(0)
National team
1992-2007	Ghana	68	(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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

Yaw Preko (born 8 September 1974 in Accra) is a former football striker from Ghana.

Career

His career started in Powerlines, a small Ghanaian club, and his first European club was R.S.C. Anderlecht where he became Belgian champion three times. He played in Turkey from 1997-2004 before joining Halmstads BK in the Allsvenskan. He then left Halmstads BK in 2005 as the club did not renew his contract, he signed for Saudi Arabian team Al-Ettifaq^[1] and stayed with them for almost 2 years and then signed for HAGL in the Vietnamese V-League, which he left after one season. A free agent, Preko subsequently announced his interest of returning home to the Ghanaian league.^[2]

International

He has played 68 international matches for the Ghana national team, and was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

References

↑ TRANSFERS: Window Closed!
↑ "Yaw Preko hints at returning to local league". Modernghana.com. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-21.

External links

Yaw Preko at National-Football-Teams.com
Yaw Preko swedish FA profile
Yaw Preko to play in Vietnam
Yaw Preko profile

v t e Ghana squad – 1992 African Cup of Nations Runners-up

1 E. Ansah 2 E. Ampeah 3 Ankrah 4 J.K. Appiah 5 E. Armah 6 S. Aborah 7 Gargo 8 Opoku Nti 9 Abrey 10 Lamptey 11 Gyamfi 12 Naawu 13 I. Asare 14 Baffoe 15 Ibrahim Pelé 16 S. Ansah 17 Abedi Pelé 18 Polley 19 Manso 20 Preko 21 T. Yeboah 22 Abubakari Coach: Pfister

v t e Ghana football squad – 1992 Summer Olympic – Bronze Medalists

1 Mensah 2 Amankwah 3 Asare 4 Gargo 5 Yaw 6 Nyarko 7 Rahman 8 Lamptey 9 Ayew 10 Quaye 11 Kumah 12 Kuffour 13 Adjei 14 Kalilu 15 Aryee 16 Addo 17 Konadu 18 Preko 19 Amadu 20 Dossey Coach: Arday

v t e Ghana squad – 1996 African Cup of Nations Fourth Place

GK S. Addo GK Kingson GK Nanbanyin DF J. Addo DF Amankwah DF Asare DF Baidoo DF Dodoo DF Johnson DF Kuffour MF D. Addo MF Akonnor MF Kumah MF Lamptey MF Abedi Pele MF Yahaya MF Yaw FW Aboagye FW Ayew FW Preko FW Tanko FW Yeboah Coach: Kurtz

v t e Ghana squad – 2000 Africa Cup of Nations

1 Kingson 2 Dugbatey 3 E. Kuffour 4 S. Kuffour 5 Baidoo 6 Gargo 7 Preko 8 Edusei 9 Ayew 10 Akonnor 11 Ahinful 12 Mantey 13 Nettey 14 Gyan 15 Johnson 16 Appiah 17 Ofori-Quaye 18 Kennedy 19 D. Addo 20 O. Addo 21 Nyarko 22 Adjei Coach: Dossena

Persondata
Name	Preko, Yaw
Alternative names
Short description	Ghanian footballer
Date of birth	8 September 1974
Place of birth	Ghana
Date of death
Place of death

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