Tony Yeboah

{{Short description|Ghanaian footballer (born 1966)}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Tony Yeboah | image = | fullname = Anthony Yeboah<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|21848|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|6|6|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/> | birth_place = Kumasi, Ghana | height = 1.80 m | position = Striker | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1981–1983 | clubs1 = Asante Kotoko | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1983–1985 | clubs2 = Cornerstone | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1986–1987 | clubs3 = Okwawu United | caps3 = 35+ | goals3 = 75+ | years4 = 1988–1990 | clubs4 = 1. FC Saarbrücken | caps4 = 65 | goals4 = 26<!--League only--> | years5 = 1990–1995 | clubs5 = Eintracht Frankfurt | caps5 = 123 | goals5 = 68 | years6 = 1995–1997 | clubs6 = Leeds United | caps6 = 47 | goals6 = 24 | years7 = 1997–2001 | clubs7 = Hamburger SV | caps7 = 100 | goals7 = 28 | years8 = 2001–2002 | clubs8 = Al-Ittihad | caps8 = 16 | goals8 = 5 | totalcaps = 386 | totalgoals = 226 | nationalyears1 = 1985–1997 | nationalteam1 = Ghana | nationalcaps1 = 59 | nationalgoals1 = 29 }}

'''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 in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Yegoala Fitness Club poised to make impact|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/sports-news/yegoala-fitness-club-poised-to-make-impact.html|location=Accra, Ghana|access-date=2021-01-16|newspaper=Daily Graphic|language=en-gb}}</ref>

Yeboah is most noted for his time at European clubs 1. FC Saarbrücken, Eintracht Frankfurt, Leeds United and Hamburger SV. He also played for Asante Kotoko, Cornerstone, 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, 1992–93 and 1993–94, playing for Eintracht Frankfurt.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://ghanasoccernet.com/aubameyang-equals-ghana-legend-tony-yeboahs-bundesliga-record-after-claiming-golden-boot|title=Aubameyang equals Ghana legend Tony Yeboah's Bundesliga record after claiming golden boot - GHANAsoccernet.com|website=social_image|date=21 May 2017 |access-date=7 June 2017}}</ref>

==Club career==

=== Ghana === Yeboah was born in Kumasi, Ghana.<ref name="Hugman" /> He began at Asante Kotoko in 1981 and he won the Ghana Premier League in 1981, 1982, 1983,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Ghana - List of Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/ghachamp.html |website=RSSSF}}</ref> and the African Cup of Champions Clubs in 1983.<ref name=":4">[https://web.archive.org/web/20150514172414/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afcup83.html Champions' Cup 1983] - ''rsssf.com''</ref> He then played for Cornerstone between 1983 and 1985.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Tony Yeboah |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/13902/Tony_Yeboah.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref>

Yeboah joined Okwawu United in early 1986, and he won the Ghana Premier League Top Scorer award in both the 1986 and 1987 seasons.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Ghana - List of Topscorers |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/ghatops.html |website=RSSSF}}</ref>{{efn|name=|For Okwawu United, Tony Yeboah scored: *No less than 40 goals in 1986. *35 goals in 35 matches in 1987.<ref name=":1" />|group=nbb}}

=== 1. FC Saarbrücken === Yeboah joined German club 1. FC Saarbrücken in 1988. This move was of some historical significance, because Yeboah became one of the first black players to appear in the Bundesliga. Yeboah had a slow first year, but then scored 17 league goals in his second Saarbrücken year.<ref name="RSSSF">{{cite web|title=Tony Yeboah|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/yeboahdata.html|website=RSSSF|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref>

===Eintracht Frankfurt=== Yeboah moved to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1990, where he was at first booed by a section of fans and—being the first black player the team had ever signed—subjected to monkey-noises and other racist insults.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ungruhe|first1=Christian|title=Natural Born Sportsmen - processes of othering and self-charismatization of African professional footballers in Germany|journal=African Diaspora|date=2013|issue=6|pages=203–204|url=http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/docserver/journals/18725465/6/2/18725465_006_02_s004_text.pdf?expires=1511125085&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=517DCB877B9DF31A4BB40974C0D263B6}}</ref> In the Hesse metropolis, Yeboah quickly established himself and became the first African Bundesliga club captain.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anthony Yeboah: Missing The Frankfurters|url=https://www.eintracht.de/en/news/article/anthony-yeboah-missing-the-frankfurters-37414/|website=Eintracht Frankfurt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041653/https://www.eintracht.de/en/news/article/anthony-yeboah-missing-the-frankfurters-37414/ |access-date=19 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017 }}</ref> He was the top Bundesliga scorer twice with Eintracht, in 1993 and 1994.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duittops.html | title = (West) Germany – Top Scorers | access-date = 18 January 2014 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | date = 31 October 2013}}</ref>

In December 1994 Eintracht's new manager Jupp Heynckes ordered extra training for Yeboah, Jay Jay Okocha and Maurizio Gaudino, who subsequently made themselves unavailable for the next fixture and were then suspended indefinitely by the club. Heynckes had also removed the captaincy from Yeboah, whom he considered to be three kilos overweight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Als Jupp Heynckes Trainer von Eintracht Frankfurt war |url=https://www.fnp.de/eintracht-frankfurt/jupp-heynckes-trainer-eintracht-frankfurt-10440002.html |access-date=27 February 2023 |website=fnp.de |date=7 December 2017 |language=de}}</ref> Yeboah later attributed a racist motive to Heynckes and was also unhappy at Eintracht blocking his prospective transfer to Bayern Munich.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anthony Yeboah: Former Frankfurt star blames coach Jupp Heynckes for his exit, says he is a racist |url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/anthony-yeboah-former-frankfurt-star-blames-coach-jupp-heynckes-for-his-exit-says-he-is-a-racist |access-date=23 January 2025 |publisher=Ghana Soccernet |date=28 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Amoasi Appiah |first1=Samuel Ekow |title=Tony Yeboah Opens Up On His Collapsed Move To Bayern Munich |url=https://www.modernghana.com/sports/1006009/tony-yeboah-opens-up-on-his-collapsed-move-to-baye.html |access-date=23 January 2025 |publisher=Modern Ghana |date=1 June 2020}}</ref>

===Leeds United=== Yeboah joined English club Leeds United from Eintracht Frankfurt in January 1995, initially on loan but with an option to sign permanently for £3.4 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Gerald |title=Yeboah transfer may be blocked |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/yeboah-transfer-may-be-blocked-1567433.html |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=The Independent |date=10 January 1995}}</ref> He scored 12 times in 21 league appearances as Leeds finished fifth in the FA Premier League and qualified for the UEFA Cup. In his second season at Elland Road, he was voted Player of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|title=ON THIS DAY: 1995 Leeds United signed Tony Yeboah from Eintracht Frankfurt|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/590124/on-this-day-1995-leeds-united-signed-tony-yeboah-from-eintr.html|access-date=19 November 2017|publisher=Modern Ghana|date=5 January 2015}}</ref> Yeboah scored a total of 32 goals for Leeds United in 66 appearances, and is still revered as a cult hero for the Yorkshire club due to a series of memorable goals he scored. His volley against Liverpool and his strike versus Wimbledon in the 1995–96 season were among his most notable goals, and he was a regular feature in Goal of the Month in the Premier League.<ref name="YEP">{{cite news|title=Leeds United: Twenty years on, is this Yeboah goal now regarded as United's best? |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/leeds-united-twenty-years-on-is-this-yeboah-goal-now-regarded-as-united-s-best-1-7414756|access-date=19 November 2017|publisher=Yorkshire Evening Post|date=17 August 2015}}</ref> He told Newstalk's Team 33 in 2014 that his favourite goal was the one he scored against Liverpool.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newstalk.com/player/podcasts/Team_33/Team_33/71686/1/tony_yeboah_talks_golazos_reigniting_fifa_vs_pes_wars|title=Tony Yeboah talks golazos; Reigniting FIFA vs PES wars}}</ref> The goal against Wimbledon was awarded Goal of the Season in 1995–96.<ref name="YEP" /> Until Gareth Bale equalled the feat in 2013, Yeboah was the only player ever to win successive BBC Match of the Day Goal of the Month competitions, doing so in September and October 1995.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.modernghana.com/sports/158157/2/anthony-yeboah-i-followed-my-dreams.html | title = Anthony Yeboah – I Followed My Dreams | work = Modern Ghana | date = 20 February 2008 | access-date = 9 April 2012}}</ref>

He also scored three hat-tricks for Leeds; the first against Ipswich Town in the Premier League at Elland Road on 5 April 1995, which made him only the third foreign player to score a league hat-trick for Leeds (Cantona v Tottenham in August 1992 was the first, and Phil Masinga three months earlier in an FA Cup tie).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leedsunited-mad.co.uk/hattrick-heroes/286630/|title=Hat-Trick Heroes|first=Digital Sports Group|last=LTD|website=LeedsUtdMAD}}</ref> Yeboah's second hat-trick came against Monaco in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup on 12 September 1995, and the third 11 days later in the Premier League match against Wimbledon at Selhurst Park which included the aforementioned Goal of the Season.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brenkley|first1=Stephen|title=Yeboah up to his old tricks|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/yeboah-up-to-his-old-tricks-1602726.html|access-date=19 November 2017|publisher=Independent|date=23 September 1995}}</ref> A video was released named ‘Yeboah – Shoot to Kill’ while he was at Leeds.<ref name="leeds-stats">{{cite web | url = http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/players_profiles/X-Y-Z/YeboahA.php | title = Yeboah: Anthony (Tony) | publisher = Ozwhitelufc.net.au | access-date = 18 January 2014}}</ref>

Injuries (several picked up while on international duty) restricted his game when he played and kept him out of the Leeds side on several occasions.<ref name="YEP" /> He also developed a well-documented fondness for Yorkshire pudding.<ref>{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Leeds hero Tony Yeboah admits his love of Yorkshire puddings – and settles debate of his Liverpool and Wimbledon goals |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/exclusive-leeds-hero-tony-yeboah-admits-his-love-of-yorkshire-puddings-and-settles-debate-of-his-liverpool-and-wimbledon-goals |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=FourFourTwo |date=19 November 2020}}</ref> A knee injury curtailed his appearances at the end of 1995–96 and he underwent surgery in August 1996.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yeboah out for Leeds |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/yeboah-out-for-leeds-1.75764 |access-date=24 January 2025 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=10 August 1996}}</ref> When George Graham took over as Leeds manager in September 1996 he used Yeboah sparingly, considering him to be unfit.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maddock |first1=David |title=Graham ahead on points; Football |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA59804476&sid=sitemap&v=2.1&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E994e457c&aty=open-web-entry |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=The Times |date=24 February 1997}}</ref> This brought about a rift between player and coach, which culminated in Yeboah throwing his shirt in the direction of the bench after being substituted in a 1–0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur in March 1997.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Andrew |title=How a Leeds United legend's act of petulance raised questions over his future |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/how-a-leeds-united-legends-act-of-petulance-raised-questions-over-his-future-3179374 |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=1 April 2021}}</ref>

Yeboah failed to report back for pre-season training ahead of 1997–98, hoping to force a transfer.<ref>{{cite news |title=No show from Yeboah |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/no-show-from-yeboah-1249802.html |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=The Independent |date=8 July 1997}}</ref> He was sold to Hamburger SV in September 1997 for a fee of around £1 million,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Staniforth |first1=Tommy |title=Yeboah transfer stalled |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/yeboah-transfer-stalled-1237448.html |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=The Independent |date=3 September 1997}}</ref> having played just six times in the 1996–97 season under Graham.<ref name="YEP" />

===Hamburger SV=== Yeboah remained with his German club Hamburger SV until 2001, scoring 28 goals.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/yeboahdata.html | title = Anthony 'Tony' Yeboah – League Matches and Goals| first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | access-date = 16 May 2011 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> In January 2001 he was convicted on tax evasion charges relating to a signing on fee he had received when extending his Eintracht Frankfurt contract in 1993.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yeboah in tax probe |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/838046.stm |access-date=24 January 2025 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 July 2000}}</ref> He was fined 360,000 marks by the court and then fell into another financial dispute with the lawyer who had defended him in the case.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yeboah threatens to quit |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Yeboah-threatens-to-quit-16026 |access-date=24 January 2025 |publisher=GhanaWeb |date=18 June 2001}}</ref> After making just five appearances in the 2001–02 Hamburger SV season, he began negotiating a release from the final months of his contract in November 2001.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yeboah's future in doubt |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/1664490.stm |access-date=24 January 2025 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=19 November 2001}}</ref>

=== Al Ittihad === He left in order to join Al Ittihad of the Qatar Stars League in December 2001, where he played under Austrian coach Josef Hickersberger.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 December 2001 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/1704438.stm |title= Yeboah goes East |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=29 August 2007}}</ref> He scored five goals for the club and retired in 2002.<ref name=":1" />

==International career== 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 reportedly 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Yeboah|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe46085/tony-yeboah/|website=worldfootball.net|publisher=World Football|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top 5 Ghanaian players who made their mark in the English Premier League|url=http://ghanasoccernet.com/top-5-ghanaian-players-who-made-their-mark-in-the-english-premier-league|website=Ghana Soccernet|date=11 May 2017 |access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref> RSSSF records credit Yeboah with 15 goals in 56 caps.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anthony "Tony" Yeboah - Goals in International Matches |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/gha-yeboah-intlg.html |access-date=24 January 2025 |publisher=RSSSF |date=4 June 2020}}</ref>

Yeboah featured for Ghana in their 1992 African Cup of Nations final defeat, but the occasion was marred by a dispute over the team captaincy. With Abedi Pele suspended, regular vice-captain Yeboah was controversially overlooked for the captaincy in favour of Anthony Baffoe.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tony Yeboah opens can of worms with same old brutal efficiency |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Tony-Yeboah-opens-can-of-worms-with-same-old-brutal-efficiency-966592 |access-date=24 January 2025 |publisher=GhanaWeb |date=31 May 2020}}</ref>

==Post-playing career== On 3 November 2008, he was appointed as the new chairman of the newly promoted Ghana Premier League club Berekum Chelsea.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.modernghana.com/news2/192143/2/we-will-survive-tony-yeboah.html | title = We will survive-Tony Yeboah | work = Modern Ghana|date=25 November 2008|access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life== Yeboah entered Germany with a passport which stated his year of birth as 1964. He later modified this to 1966, explaining that he had used the pretend 1964 birth year to gain early access to senior football in Ghana when he was only 17 years old.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zocher |first1=Thomas |title=Yeboah changed date of birth |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11715/7535976/yeboah-changed-date-of-birth |access-date=24 January 2025 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=21 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Yeboah admits to having fake DOB on passport |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Yeboah-admits-to-having-fake-DOB-on-passport-230413 |access-date=24 January 2025 |publisher=GhanaWeb |date=21 February 2012}}</ref>

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''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lomas|first1=Mark|title=Whatever happened to ... Tony Yeboah?|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/columns/story/_/id/1531573/happened-totony-yeboah|access-date=19 November 2017|publisher=ESPN|date=27 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Anthony Yeboah, Biography|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/person/Anthony-Yeboah-1877|access-date=2021-03-10|website=www.ghanaweb.com}}</ref> He is married and has two children.<ref name="WhatHappened">{{cite web|url=http://www.inthestands.co.uk/what-ever-happened-to/what-ever-happened-to-1-tony-yeboah.html|title=What Ever Happened To: Tony Yeboah|date=17 January 2011|access-date=21 January 2011| publisher = In The Stands | first = Rob | last = Alderman}}</ref>

His nephews, Kelvin and Obed Yeboah, are also professional footballers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/exclusive-tony-yeboahs-son-kelvin-signs-one-year-deal-with-german-side-wsg-wattens |title=EXCLUSIVE: Tony Yeboah's son Kelvin signs one-year deal with German side WSG Wattens |date=19 June 2018 |access-date=10 December 2018 |publisher=Ghana Soccernet}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2020/november/family-link-inspires-obed-yeboah-in-pursuit-of-cup-glory/ |title=Family link inspires Obed Yeboah in pursuit of cup glory |publisher=AFC Wimbledon |date=16 November 2020 |access-date=12 September 2023}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Club=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="leeds-stats"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/yeboahanthony/ | title = Anthony Yeboah | language = de | publisher = fussballdaten.de | access-date = 18 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="RSSSF" /> !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="2"|Okwawu United |1986 |Ghana Premier League |? |40+ |colspan="10"|Appearance data unavailable. |- |1987 |Ghana Premier League |35 |35 |colspan="10"|Appearance data unavailable. |- |rowspan="3"|1. FC Saarbrücken |1988–89 |2. Bundesliga |28||9||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2{{efn|name="bp"|Bundesliga promotion playoffs}}||2||32||11 |- |1989–90 |2. Bundesliga |37||17||1||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2{{efn|name="bp"}}||1||40||20 |- !colspan="2"|Total !100||101||3||2||0||0||0||0||4||3||107||106 |- |rowspan="6"|Eintracht Frankfurt |1990–91 |Bundesliga |26||8||6||2||colspan="2"|–||1||1||colspan="2"|–||33||11 |- |1991–92 |Bundesliga |34||15||1||0||colspan="2"|–||3||2||colspan="2"|–||38||17 |- |1992–93 |Bundesliga |27||20||6||5||colspan="2"|–||4||5||colspan="2"|–||37||30 |- |1993–94 |Bundesliga |22||18||2||1||colspan="2"|–||3||1||colspan="2"|–||27||20 |- |1994–95 |Bundesliga |14||7||2||1||colspan="2"|–||5||3||colspan="2"|–||21||11 |- !colspan="2"|Total !123||68||17||9||0||0||16||12||0||0||156||89 |- |rowspan="4"|Leeds United |1994–95 |Premier League |18||12||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||20||13 |- |1995–96 |Premier League |22||12||6||1||7||3||4||3||colspan="2"|–||39||19 |- |1996–97 |Premier League |7||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||7||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !47||24||8||2||7||3||4||3||0||0||66||32 |- |rowspan="6"|Hamburger SV |1997–98 |Bundesliga |23||3||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||colspan="2"|–||23||3 |- |1998–99 |Bundesliga |34||14||3||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||37||16 |- |1999–2000 |Bundesliga |24||9||1||0||colspan="2"|–||6||3||colspan="2"|–||31||12 |- |2000–01 |Bundesliga |14||2||1||0||1||0||9||2||colspan="2"|–||25||4 |- |2001–02 |Bundesliga |5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||5||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !100||28||5||2||1||0||15||5||0||0||121||35 |- |Al-Ittihad |2001–02 |Qatar Stars League |16 |5 |colspan="10"|Appearance data unavailable. |- !colspan="3"|Career total !386||226||33||15||8||3||35||20||4||3||466||267 |}

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===International=== ''African Cup of Nations only.''

:''Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yeboah goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Tony Yeboah |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 17 January 1992 || Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta, Ziguinchor, Senegal || {{fb|EGY}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 1992 African Cup of Nations |- | align="center"|2 || 20 January 1992 || Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal || {{fb|CGO}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–1 || 1992 African Cup of Nations |- | align="center"|3 | rowspan="2"|30 August 1992 || rowspan="2"|Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana || rowspan="2"|{{fb|BFA}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"| 3–0 || rowspan="2"|1994 African Cup of Nations Qualifier |- | align="center"|4 | align="center"|2–0 |- | align="center"|5 || 25 July 1993 || Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, Monrovia, Liberia || {{fb|LBR}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 1994 African Cup of Nations Qualifier |- | align="center"|6 || 23 April 1995 || Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana || {{fb|NIG}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 1996 African Cup of Nations Qualifier |- | align="center"|7 || 14 January 1996 || EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa || {{fb|CIV}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 1996 African Cup of Nations |- | align="center"|8 || 28 January 1996 || EPRU Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa || {{fb|ZAI}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 1996 African Cup of Nations |}

== Notes == <references group="nbb" responsive="1"></references>

==Honours== <ref name="RSSSF"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Yeboah, one of the first black players to play in Germany|url=http://www.footballmemories.net/2017/06/06/tony-yeboah-career-one-first-black-player-play-germany/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814215326/http://www.footballmemories.net/2017/06/06/tony-yeboah-career-one-first-black-player-play-germany/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=14 August 2017|website=Football Memories|access-date=19 November 2017}}</ref>

'''Asante Kotoko''' *Ghana Premier League: 1981, 1982, 1983<ref name=":3" /> *African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1983<ref name=":4" />

'''Leeds United''' *Football League Cup runner-up: 1995–96<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/milosevic-gives-villa-a-touch-of-magic-1343925.html |title=Milosevic gives; Villa a touch of magic |website=The Independent |date=25 March 1996 |access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>

'''Al Ittihad''' *Qatar Stars League: 2001–02 *Emir of Qatar Cup: 2001–02 *Qatar Cup runner-up: 2001–02

'''Ghana''' *African Cup of Nations runner-up: 1992 *West African Nations Cup – SCSA Zone III: 1982, 1983, 1984

'''Individual''' *Ghana Premier League top scorer: 1986, 1987<ref name=":2" /> *Bundesliga top scorer: 1992–93, 1993–94 *''kicker'' Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1992–93, 1993–94<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199293/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018173048/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199293/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1992/93|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199394/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018190234/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/199394/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1993/94|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref> *African Footballer of the Year third: 1992; second: 1993 *FIFA World Player of the Year ninth: 1993<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html | title = FIFA Awards | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | date = 16 January 2014 | access-date = 18 January 2014 | first = José Luis | last = Pierrend}}</ref> *Leeds United Player of the Year: 1996 *Ghana Footballer of the Year: 1997 *Premier League Player of the Month: March 1995, September 1995<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/889/Anthony-Yeboah/overview |title=Anthony Yeboah: Overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

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