33·Legends

Stephen Appiah vs Tony Yeboah

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

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Stephen Appiah

Ghana · 2006–07 · CM

Almanac rating
87
Rank in Ghana
#5 of 33
Caps
67 · 14 goals
Clubs
Udinese Calcio, Juventus, Fenerbahçe Istanbul

The penalty against the United States in Nuremberg on 22 June 2006 came in first-half stoppage time, and Appiah put it away to make it 2-1 and carry Ghana into the last 16 at their first World Cup. Captain through qualifying and the finals, he was named in the team of the 2006 Nations Cup and won the Süper Lig with Fenerbahçe in 2007, the Supercoppa Italiana with Juventus, and the league and cup with Hearts of Oak. Career record: 67 caps and 14 goals for Ghana; club career at Udinese Calcio, Juventus, Fenerbahçe Istanbul.

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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 cannot separate them: both are rated 87.

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