Albert Yobo

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]

Albert Yobo
Personal information
Full name Michael Albert Yobo
Date of birth (1979-05-05) 5 May 1979
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[1] 21 (0)
2004–2005 Pontevedra CF[2] 19 (1)
National team‡
1995 Nigeria U-17[3] 3 (0)
2003 Nigeria 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 July 2005


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

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

Charity work

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.

References
  1. "Albert M. Yobo - ESPN Playing Stats at FC Zwolle".
  2. "Albert-Michael Yobo - PlayerHistory.com".
  3. "Albert Yobo FIFA U-17 Record".
  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.
  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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