Kwame Yeboah
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kwame Adzenyina Yeboah | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Gold Coast, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2012 | QAS | ||
| 2011–2012 | Gold Coast United | ||
| 2012–2014 | Brisbane Roar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2013–2014 | Brisbane Roar | 12 | (2) |
| 2014– | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 16 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Australia U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014– | Australia U23 | 2 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 September 2015. | |||
Kwame Adzenyina Yeboah (born 2 June 1994) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Borussia Mönchengladbach II in the German Regionalliga West.
Yeboah played youth football with the Queensland Academy of Sport and Gold Coast United before making his professional debut for Brisbane Roar in 2013. In 2014, he moved to Germany to play for Borussia Mönchengladbach II.
Yeboah has represented Australia at under-17 and under-23 levels.
Early life
Yeboah was born on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. He grew up attending Varsity College on the Gold Coast and began playing his junior football with Mudgeeraba at the age of seven.[1] Along with football, Yeboah learned Capoeira in his younger years and will often celebrate a goal in football with an acrobatic back flip that he credits to his Capoeira teachings.[2] He was offered a scholarship with the Queensland Academy of Sport in 2009 and spent several years with the QAS team before Gold Coast United showed interest in the teenager.
Playing career
Club
Gold Coast United
Yeboah was signed by his hometown team Gold Coast United in 2011. He spent the 2011–12 season playing with the Gold Coast's National Youth League team. Gold Coast United folded at the end of the season and Yeboah signed with the Brisbane Roar as a result.
Brisbane Roar
2012–13 Season
Yeboah made his first team debut for Brisbane in their semi final loss to Western Sydney Wanderers, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute for winger Ben Halloran.[3]
2013–14 Season
On 4 March 2013 it was announced that Yeboah had signed a Senior NYL contract which would see him make the step up from the Brisbane youth team to the first team squad.[4] Yeboah made his starting debut in Brisbane's 2-1 win away to Wellington Phoenix in the opening round of the 2013-14 A-League season. Six days later, Yeboah made his home debut in Brisbane's convincing 4-0 win against Sydney FC. He started the first four games of the 2013-14 season before Mike Mulvey relegated the young striker to the bench for the fifth round game against 2012-13 champions Central Coast Mariners due to indifferent form.[5] Yeboah came off the bench in this game in the 87th minute to score his first goal for Brisbane in the 89th minute which sealed a 1-0 win for Brisbane.[6] He followed it up by scoring a spectacular goal the subsequent week against Western Sydney Wanderers which he celebrated with his trademark back flip goal celebration.
Borussia Mönchengladbach
On 20 December 2013 Yeboah signed a four-year contract with Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach and officially moved in the January 2014 transfer window.[7] He has initially joined the reserve side.[8] In his absence, Brisbane Roar went on to win the 2014 A-League Grand Final.
International career
Yeboah is eligible to represent both Australia and Ghana in international competition. He has been called up several times for the Australian youth teams but is yet to make a senior debut for any country. Kwame was seen as an outside-chance of making the Socceroos squad for Brazil 2014.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 7 September 2015
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brisbane Roar | 2012–13 | A-League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Brisbane total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 2013–14 | Regionalliga West | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mönchengladbach II total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | ||
Honours
Club
References
- ↑ Andrew Howe. "Brisbane Roar Home". Brisbane Roar.
- ↑ "Yeboah’s Secret Weapon". footballcentral.com.au.
- ↑ Andrew Howe. "Brisbane Roar Home". Brisbane Roar.
- ↑ "Exciting Queensland duo elevated". Football Federation Australia. 4 March 2013.
- ↑ http://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/19768829/roar-to-bring-match-winner-down-to-earth/
- ↑ Andrew Howe. "Brisbane Roar Home". Brisbane Roar.
- ↑ "Home - bundesliga.de – die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga". bundesliga.de – die offizielle Webseite der Bundesliga.
- ↑ "FourFourTwo". FourFourTwo.
External links
- Kwame Yeboah profile at Soccerway