33·Legends

Ibrahim Sunday vs Tony Yeboah

Ghana against Ghana. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.

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Ibrahim Sunday

Ghana · 1968–75 · CAM

Almanac rating
86
Rank in Ghana
#8 of 33
Clubs
Asante Kotoko, SV Werder Bremen, VSK Osterholz-Scharmbeck

In January 1971 he led Asante Kotoko into the 20 May Stadium in Kinshasa and came away with a 2-1 win over TP Englebert that made them champions of Africa for the first time. African Footballer of the Year in 1971, he added seven Ghanaian league titles, reached the Africa Cup of Nations final in 1968 and 1970, and in 1975 became the first African to play in the Bundesliga. Career record: club career at Asante Kotoko, SV Werder Bremen, VSK Osterholz-Scharmbeck.

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Tony Yeboah

Ghana · 1993–95 · ST

Almanac rating
87
Rank in Ghana
#6 of 33
Caps
59 · 29 goals
Clubs
Eintracht Frankfurt, Leeds United, Hamburger SV

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.

The verdict

The almanac puts Tony Yeboah ahead by 1 rating point, 87 against 86.

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