Yaw Preko
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yaw Preko | ||
| Date of birth | September 8, 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991-1992 | Hearts of Oak | 31 | (9) |
| 1992-1997 | Anderlecht | 92 | (27) |
| 1997-1999 | Gaziantepspor | 58 | (16) |
| 1999-2000 | Fenerbahçe | 22 | (7) |
| 2000-2002 | Yimpaş Yozgatspor | 55 | (21) |
| 2002-2004 | Gaziantepspor | 4 | (3) |
| 2004-2005 | Halmstads BK | 49 | (11) |
| 2005-2007 | Al-Ettifaq | 2 | (1) |
| 2007 | Hoang Anh Gia Lai F.C. | 2 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1992-2007 | Ghana | 68 | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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Competitor for  Ghana |
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| Men's Football | ||
| Bronze | 1992 Barcelona | Team Competition |
Yaw Preko (born September 8, 1974 in Accra) is a former football striker from Ghana.
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[edit] Career
His career started in Powerlines, a small Ghanaian club, and his first European club was R.S.C. Anderlecht where he became Belgian champion three times. He played in Turkey from 1997-2004 before joining Halmstads BK in the Allsvenskan. He then left Halmstads BK in 2005 as the club did not renew hes contract, he signed for Saudi Arabian team Al-Ettifaq[1] and stayed with them for almost 2 years and then signed for HAGL in the vietnames V-League, he stayed with for 1 season before leaving the club, he is now a free agent and have shown interest of returning home to Ghana and local league.[2]
[edit] International
He has played 68 international matches for the Ghana national team, and was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
[edit] References
- ^ TRANSFERS: Window Closed!
- ^ "Yaw Preko hints at returning to local league". Modernghana.com. 2008-07-31. http://www.modernghana.com/news/176530/1/yaw-preko-hints-at-returning-to-local-league.html. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
[edit] External links
- Profile on national-football-teams.com
- Yaw Preko swedish FA profile
- Yaw Preko to play in Vietnam
- Yaw Preko profile
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghana international footballers
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- Olympic footballers of Ghana
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- Fenerbahçe footballers
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