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06 / Ghana · 1985–1997

Tony Yeboah

ST finisherleader
Caps · Ghana
59
Goals · Ghana
29
Life
1966
Clubs
Eintracht Frankfurt, Leeds United, Hamburger SV
#6
Editorial rank of 33 for Ghana
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

One volley on a Monday night at Elland Road, 21 August 1995, settled Leeds against Liverpool when Yeboah met a dropping ball and put it in off the underside of the bar, and his goal at Wimbledon a month later took Goal of the Season. Twice the Bundesliga's top scorer with Eintracht Frankfurt, in 1993 and 1994, he was the first African to captain a Bundesliga club and finished second in the 1993 African Footballer of the Year vote. Career record: 59 caps and 29 goals for Ghana; club career at Eintracht Frankfurt, Leeds United, Hamburger SV.

Career sourcesCareer dates · checked 4 October 2026
Identity and career · Wikidata Q379603

Career record

1981–1983Asante Kotoko
1983–1985Cornerstones
1986–1987Okwawu United
1988–19901. FC Saarbrücken
1990–1995Eintracht Frankfurt
1995–1997Leeds United
1997–2001Hamburger SV
2001–2002Al-Gharafa SC
Ghana59 caps, 29 goals

Sources

Around Yeboah in the almanac

One rank above: Stephen Appiah at #5.

One rank below: Andre Ayew at #7.

Ghana's editorial top five: Michael Essien · Abedi Pele · Samuel Kuffour · Asamoah Gyan · Stephen Appiah.

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