Joachim Yaw
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Joachim Yaw Acheampong (born 2 November 1973 in Accra), known as Yaw, is a Ghanaian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
In his country Yaw represented Goldfields Obuasi (1990–94), Power FC (1999–2000) and King Faisal Babes (2001). Abroad he played for IFK Norrköping in Sweden (1994–95), Spain's Real Sociedad (1995–97) and Hércules CF (1997–98) and Samsunspor (1998) and Yimpaş Yozgatspor (2001–02) from Turkey.
Yaw retired from professional football at the age of only 28.
International career
Yaw was part of the Ghanaian Olympic team who won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He featured in five of six games in the tournament.[1]
Yaw gained 18 caps with the full side, during five years. He appeared in two Africa Cup of Nations editions.
References
- ^ Joachim Yaw – FIFA competition record (archived)
External links
- Joachim Yaw at BDFutbol
- Joachim Yaw at National-Football-Teams.com
- DatabaseOlympics profile
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Accra
- Ghanaian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Ashanti Gold SC players
- Power F.C. players
- King Faisal Babes FC players
- Allsvenskan players
- IFK Norrköping players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Real Sociedad footballers
- Hércules CF players
- Süper Lig players
- Samsunspor footballers
- Yimpaş Yozgatspor footballers
- Ghana international footballers
- 1996 African Cup of Nations players
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Ghana
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic bronze medalists for Ghana
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Ghanaian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- Ghanaian expatriates in Sweden
- Ghanaian expatriates in Spain
- Ghanaian expatriates in Turkey