Reinhold Yabo

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Reinhold Yabo
Yabo playing for Red Bull Salzburg in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Aldenhoven, Germany[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1997–2001 Teutonia Niedermerz
2001–2009 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 1. FC Köln 5 (0)
2009–2013 → 1. FC Köln II 58 (17)
2011–2012Alemannia Aachen (loan) 17 (0)
2013–2015 Karlsruher SC 62 (6)
2015–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 35 (3)
2017Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 14 (4)
2019–2021 Arminia Bielefeld 52 (7)
Total 243 (37)
National team
2007 Germany U15 2 (0)
2007–2008 Germany U16 11 (1)
2008–2009 Germany U17 20 (1)
2009–2010 Germany U18 4 (0)
2010–2011 Germany U19 13 (1)
2011–2012 Germany U20 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Reinhold Yabo (born 10 February 1992) is a German former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.

Career[change | change source]

Yabo began his career with Teutonia Niedermerz. 2001 he went to the youth of 1. FC Köln.[2] For the 2009–10 season he was promoted in the U19 team.[3] He played his first game for 1. FC Köln II on 8 August 2009 against Fortuna Düsseldorf II in the Regionalliga West.[4]

After four games more for the second team of 1. FC Köln he played his first Bundesliga match against VfL Bochum on 16 April 2010.[5] On 24 April 2011 he was in the starting team for the first time.

20211/12 he was loaned to Alemannia Aachen. After he came back to Köln he had to play again in the second team. 2013/14 he went to Karlsruher SC. After two years with Karlsruhe he joined Austrian champions FC Red Bull Salzburg for the 2015/16 season. Yabo made his debut on September 21, 2016 in the ÖFB Cup game against SC Mannsdorf. He came on as a substitute in the 59th minute and scored the goal to make it 7-1. 2017 he was loaned to Arminia Bielefeld.[6] The next season he came back to Salzburg. 2019 he returned to Bielefeld.

Yabo announced his retirement from playing aged 29 in May 2021 at the end of the 2020–21 season, due to knee problems.[7]

International career[change | change source]

Yabo went through several youth selections of the DFB and was the captain of the German national under-17 football team at the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Germany[8] and won the European Championship with the team.[9] Later tat year he played at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[10] earning four caps in the tournament in Nigeria.[11]

Personal life[change | change source]

Yabo was born in Aldenhovento Congolese parents.[12] On 25 May 2014, he was elected as a member of the city council of Karlsruhe.[13]

Honours[change | change source]

  • 2009: UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
  • 2009: Fritz-Walter-Medaille
  • 2009: Honorary Citizen of Aldenhoven

References[change | change source]

  1. "Reinhold Yabo zieht zum FC". an-online.de (in German). 6 August 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  2. "Fritz-Walter-Medaille für Reinhold Yabo". Teutonia Niedermerz. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  3. "FC-Nachwuchs: Doppelt lernen fürs Leben – Ein Tag im Sportinternat Köln" (in German). 1. FC Köln. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007.
  4. "Reinhold Yabo: Das Idol kehrt zur Kindheit zurück" (in German). az-web.de. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  5. "Reinhold Yabo" (in German). Teutonia Niedermerz.[dead link]
  6. "Homepage Arminia Bielefeld". Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  7. ""Schweren Herzens": Bielefelds Yabo verkündet Karriereende mit 29". kicker (in German). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  8. ""Ich bin kein Ronaldo-Fan"" (in German). spox.com. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  9. "Migrantenkinder trumpfen als Leistungsträger auf" (in German). fussball.com. 19 May 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  10. "Als FC-Profi zur WM" (in German). 18mal18. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  11. Reinhold YaboFIFA competition record (archived)
  12. Tweet Yabos vom 30. Juli 2014
  13. http://web1.karlsruhe.de/Stadtentwicklung/afsta/Wahlen/Wahlabend-Netmodul-ab2014/2014-komm/gr/gemeinderat-2014-kandi.php Archived 27 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) retrieved on 26 May 2014

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