Joseph Yobo

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Joseph Yobo
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Joseph Yobo (December 2013)
Personnel
Surname Joseph Phillip Yobo
birthday September 6, 1980
place of birth Kono , Rivers ,  Nigeria
size 188 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
1996-1997 Michellin Port-Harcourt
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1998-2001 Standard Liege 48 (2)
2001-2002 Olympique Marseille 23 (0)
2002-2010 Everton FC 220 (8)
2010-2014 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 90 (3)
2014 →  Norwich City  (loan) 8 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
1999-2000 Nigeria U20
2001-2014 Nigeria 101 (7)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2013/14

2 As of June 25, 2014

Joseph Phillip Yobo (born September 6, 1980 in Kono , Rivers ) is a retired Nigerian soccer player .

Career

Yobo began his professional football career at Michellin Port-Harcourt . In 1998 he was signed by Standard Liège , where he made his professional debut in 2000. In 2001 the defensive all-rounder moved to Olympique Marseille . From there it was first loaned to CD Tenerife . Without ever having played a game for Tenerife, he was loaned out again the following season, this time to Everton FC .

At Everton he was able to convince and was signed in the summer of 2003 for almost six million euros. He's been a regular since his arrival and never missed a minute of the game in the 2006/07 season . In 2006 he extended his contract with Everton until 2010, from May 2009 until 2014.

On August 31, 2010, Yobo was loaned to the Turkish first division club Fenerbahçe Istanbul for one year . A purchase option was drawn from Fenerbahçe after a year. Shortly before the transfer deadline on September 5, 2011, Yobo was loaned to Turkish first division club Fenerbahçe Istanbul for 700,000 euros and for another year.

Since January 30, 2014 he has been playing on loan at the English first division club Norwich City .

At the end of August 2014, his contract with Fenerbahçe was terminated.

National team

Yobo has played 100 times in the Nigerian national soccer team . He played his first game in May 2001 against the Zambian national soccer team . He is currently the top international player in his home country Nigeria . On June 25, 2014, he made his 100th international match against Argentina in the group game at the 2014 World Cup . After the World Cup, he announced his resignation from the national team.

successes

National team

Personal honors

  • 2 × Elected to the Team of the Year Africa ( CAF Best XI): 2005, 2008,

society

Others

He is a brother of the former national player Albert Yobo , who played in Austria and Germany for a year and a half. In July 2008, Joseph Yobo's younger brother Norum was kidnapped by kidnappers in Port Harcourt . He was released after two weeks.

Yobo founded the Joseph Yobo Foundation in 2007, which helps children in Nigeria to graduate from school or university. In 2007 he had already distributed over 300 scholarships. He has also founded a football academy in Ogoni and runs a football camp together with Everton Lagos FC .

Web links

Commons : Joseph Yobo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010-11 . Mainstream Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0 , p. 448.
  2. ↑ Nigeria: Angry-In-Laws Attack Joseph Phillip Yobo
  3. ↑ guardian.co.uk: Yobo in power play , February 20, 2009.
  4. ↑ guardian.co.uk: Everton close in on Yobo's signature , February 20, 2009
  5. ↑ Everton FC extends Joseph Yobo's contract , Transfermarkt.de; May 22, 2009
  6. ↑ FC Everton announces the award of Joseph Yobo ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.evertonfc.com
  7. ↑ http://www.kap.gov.tr/yay/Bildirim/Bildirim.aspx?id=168934
  8. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fenerbahce.org
  9. ↑ trtspor.com.tr: Fenerbahçe'de bir ayrılık daha! (accessed on August 29, 2014)
  10. ↑ Yobo: 100 caps not my priority ( memento of the original from June 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kickoffnigeria.com
  11. ↑ Nigeria's captain Yobo resigns on weltfussball.de, accessed on July 9, 2014
  12. ↑ CAFonline.com: CAF GLO-CAF Awards 2005
  13. ↑ CAFonline.com: CAF GLO-CAF Awards 2008
  14. ↑ 'i'll Play Until 2018': Joseph Yobo - Sports - Nairaland
  15. ^ The Independent: Kidnappers release Yobo's brother , February 20, 2009
  16. ↑ BBC.co.uk: Yobo's mission, July 18, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Yobo, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yobo, Joseph Phillip (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Kono , Rivers , Nigeria