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Albert Yobo
Personal information
Full name Michael Albert Yobo
Date of birth (1979-05-05) 5 May 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1997 Rangers International
1998–2000 AJ Auxerre
2001 VfL Osnabrück
2002 Grazer AK
2003–2004 FC Zwolle[2] 21 (0)
2004–2005 Pontevedra CF[3] 19 (1)
International career
1995 Nigeria U-17[1] 3 (0)
2003 Nigeria 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 July 2005

Michael Albert Yobo (born May, 1979 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria) is a retired Nigerian football defender. Previously, he played for AJ Auxerre, VfL Osnabrück, Grazer AK, FC Zwolle, and Pontevedra CF in Europe.[4]

He is the older brother of Nigeria international captain Joseph Yobo. In July 2008, their younger brother Norum Yobo[5] was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and held for ransom. He was eventually released after 12 days on 17 July 2008.[6]

His brothers charity, the Joseph Yobo Foundation, run a youth football tournament in Nigeria which bears his name, the Albert Yobo Soccer Championship.[7]

Career

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Yobo made his debut for Nigeria aged 18 against Zambia in a friendly in December 1997.[citation needed]

Charity work

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In 2007, his brother Joseph Yobo set up the Joseph Yobo Charity Foundation, to help under-privileged children in Nigeria. As of 18 July 2007, together they have handed out over 300 scholarship awards ranging from primary to university level. Yobo has started a football academy in the Ogoni region of Nigeria. He also runs football camps in Lagos. See the Everton Lagos project for more information.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Albert Yobo FIFA U-17 Record". Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Albert M. Yobo - ESPN Playing Stats at FC Zwolle". Archived from the original on 2 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Albert-Michael Yobo - PlayerHistory.com".
  4. ^ Zo werd de Nigeriaanse verdediger Albert Yobo een echte Zwollenaar vice.com
  5. ^ "Everton offer Yobo assistance". Kick Off Nigeria. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Yobo's Brother Released". Yahoo. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2008.
  7. ^ "Joseph Yobo Foundation Programmes". Archived from the original on 10 July 2009.
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