Tony Yeboah
(Anthony Yeboah)
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1966 (60 years old)
Kumasi, GhanaPosition
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Anthony Yeboah (born 6 June 1966) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
He is considered one of the most prominent and prolific goal scorers in Ghanaian and African football history and gained a reputation for scoring spectacular goals which often featured in Goal of the Month or Goal of the Season competitions, often celebrated by wagging his index finger towards the crowd.
Yeboah is most noted for his time at European clubs 1. FC Saarbrücken, Eintracht Frankfurt, Leeds United and Hamburger SV during the 1990s. He also played for Asante Kotoko, Cornerstones Kumasi, Okwawu United and Al-Ittihad Doha. He was capped 59 times by Ghana, scoring 29 goals. He now runs an international sports agency and a chain of hotels in Ghana. He won the Bundesliga golden boot on two occasions in 1992–93, 1993–94 playing for Eintracht Frankfurt.
He was a member of Ghana's national team for over ten years, and represented his country at three Africa Cup of Nations during the 1990s. Yeboah scored 29 goals in 59 appearances for Ghana, the fourth highest goalscoring total in the nation's history behind Asamoah Gyan, Edward Acquah and Kwasi Owusu.
On 3 November 2008, he was appointed as the new chairman of the newly promoted Ghana Premier League club Berekum Chelsea.
Yeboah along with his cousin former Mainz player Michael Osei runs an international sports agency called Anthony Yeboah Sportpromotion and owns a chain of hotels in Ghana (Accra, Kumasi) called Yegoala. He is married and has two children.
His nephew, Kelvin Yeboah, is also a professional footballer.
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 German Bundesliga Torjagerkanone |  Ein Frankfurt | 1993-1994 | |
| German Bundesliga Torjagerkanone | Ein Frankfurt | 1992-1993 | |
 CAF Champions League |  Asante Kotoko | 1983 |
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 Bundesliga Hat-Trick | Hamburg | 1999-11-21 | |
| Bundesliga Hat-Trick | Hamburg | 1998-11-28 | |
| Bundesliga Hat-Trick | Ein Frankfurt | 1993-09-08 |
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| Asante Kotoko | 1981-1983 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Ghana | 1987-1996 | Permanent | - | - | |
 FC Saarbrücken | 1988-1990 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Ein Frankfurt | 1990-1995 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Leeds | 1995-1997 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Hamburg | 1997-2002 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Al-Gharafa | 2002 | Permanent | - | - |
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