Andy Yiadom

Andy Yiadom

Personal information
Full name	Andrew Kyere Yiadom [1]
Date of birth	(1991-12-02) 2 December 1991 (age 32) [2]
Place of birth	Holloway, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [3]
Position(s)	Right back, right midfielder [4]
Team information
Current team	Reading
Number	17
Youth career
2008–2010	Watford
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Hayes & Yeading United	36	(1)
2011–2012	Braintree Town	28	(7)
2012–2016	Barnet	169	(14)
2016–2018	Barnsley	64	(0)
2018–	Reading	201	(4)
International career‡
2014–2015	England C	4	(2)
2017–	Ghana	26	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:27, 29 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:25, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Andrew Kyere Yiadom (born 2 December 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a right back or right midfielder for EFL League One club Reading. Born in England, he plays for the Ghana national team internationally.

Club career

Early career

Yiadom was born in Holloway, Greater London. ^[5] He started his career in the youth team of Watford but wasn't offered a professional contract at the end of his scholarship. ^[6] He signed for Conference Premier club Hayes & Yeading United in the summer of 2010. He only stayed for one season at Hayes before moving on to newly promoted Conference Premier club Braintree Town in August 2011, following a trial at League Two club Bristol Rovers. ^[7] Yiadom scored seven goals by January 2012. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Barnet

He was signed by League Two club Barnet on 31 January 2012. ^[11] He made his debut for the Bees on 18 February 2012 in a 2–1 defeat to Shrewsbury Town, coming on as a substitute for Mark Hughes. ^[12] He scored his first goal for the club on 10 March whilst coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Port Vale.^{[ citation needed ] [13]}

Yiadom played an important role during Barnet's 2012–13 season. He was preferred as the right sided winger in Edgar Davids' 4–5–1 formation, with Ricky Holmes on the opposite wing. Yiadom became popular with fans for his pace, which he used to good effect on the wing, where he posed a threat to many opposition teams. Similar to Mark Byrne, Yiadom was used at times as a replacement right back following injuries and suspensions to first choice Barry Fuller. He started the last match at Underhill Stadium against Wycombe Wanderers, helping the Bees to a 1–0 win. His impressive performance earned him a spot in the Barnet line-up on the final match of the season against Northampton Town, though in his unnatural position of right back, with new signing Keanu Marsh-Brown being preferred to start on the right wing. Yiadom scored three goals in 31 appearances during the 2012–13 season.^{[ citation needed ]}

Barnsley

Yiadom (in red) playing for Barnsley in 2018.

Yiadom joined Barnsley in May 2016 for a free transfer, on a two-year contract. ^[14] He made 32 appearances for Barnsley in his first season, helping them retain Championship status impressing at right back. ^[15] He was offered a new deal by Barnsley on 30 July 2017, which he turned down. ^[16]

On 10 August 2017, after rejecting two bids from Premier League club Huddersfield Town, Barnsley agreed a fee with Huddersfield (believed to be around £3 million) for the signing with the player to undertake a medical to complete the move, ^[17] However, on 18 August 2017, the move collapsed and Yiadom returned to Barnsley. ^[18] On transfer deadline day 31 August 2017, Yiadom had agreed to join Premier League side Swansea City, However, on 1 September, it was stated that the paperwork for the transfer had not been received before the transfer window deadline of 23:00 BST, and hence the move had been canceled, forcing Yiadom to return to Barnsley. ^[19]

He was made Barnsley captain during the 2017–18 season. ^[20]

Reading

On 17 May 2018, Yiadom agreed to join Reading at the end of his contract, joining up with the Royals on 1 July after signing a four-year contract. ^[21] On 17 June 2022, Yiadom signed a new three-year contract with Reading, ^[22] and then was named as the clubs new Club Captain on 8 July 2022. ^[23]

International career

Yiadom was born in England to Ghanaian parents. ^[24] He was called up to the English national C team, and was named their player of the year in 2015. ^[25] In November 2016 he was called up to the Ghana national team. ^[26] He made his debut for Ghana in a 1–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations loss to Egypt. ^[27]

He was part of the Ghana National Team in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that was eliminated at the group stage of the competition. ^[28]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hayes & Yeading United	2010–11 [29]	Conference Premier	36	1	2	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	39	1
Braintree Town	2011–12 [30]	Conference Premier	28	7	1	1	—		3 [lower-alpha 1]	0	32	8
Barnet	2011–12 [31]	League Two	7	1	—		—		—		7	1
	2012–13 [32]	League Two	39	3	1	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	42	3
	2013–14 [33]	Conference Premier	42	1	1	0	—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	45	1
	2014–15 [33]	Conference Premier	41	3	3	0	—		0	0	44	3
	2015–16 [34]	League Two	40	6	2	0	1	1	0	0	43	7
	Total		169	14	7	0	2	1	3	0	181	15
Barnsley	2016–17 [15]	Championship	32	0	0	0	1	0	—		33	0
	2017–18 [35]	Championship	32	0	0	0	1	0	—		33	0
	Total		64	0	0	0	2	0	—		66	0
Reading	2018–19 [36]	Championship	45	1	1	0	2	0	—		48	1
	2019–20 [37]	Championship	24	1	1	0	0	0	—		25	1
	2020–21 [38]	Championship	21	1	0	0	0	0	—		21	1
	2021–22 [39]	Championship	38	1	0	0	0	0	—		38	1
	2022–23 [40]	Championship	41	0	1	0	0	0	—		42	1
	2023–24 [41]	League One	32	0	0	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	34	0
	Total		201	4	3	0	3	0	1	0	208	4
Career total			498	26	13	1	7	1	8	0	526	28

1. Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
2. Appearance in Football League Trophy

International

As of match played 5 June 2022 ^[42]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Ghana	2017	2	0
	2018	3	0
	2019	8	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	5	0
	2022	6	0
Total		24	0

Honours

Barnet

• Conference Premier: 2014–15 ^[43]

Individual

• Conference Premier Team of the Year: 2014–15 ^[44]
• Reading Player of the Season: 2021–22 ^[45]

References

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External links

• Profile at the Reading F.C. website