Dominic Yobe

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Dominic Yobe
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-08-04) 4 August 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
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Number –
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 Örgryte [1] 41 (1)
2007–2010 AC Oulu 75 (16)
2011 HJK 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 August 2010

Dominic Yobe (born 4 August 1986) is a Zambian footballer. His elder brother Donewell is also a professional footballer.

Yobe represented Swedish Örgryte between 2004 and 2007 before signing with AC Oulu. He helped the team to win promotion to Veikkausliiga. On his first Veikkausliiga season in 2010, Dominic was named team captain. In November 2010, he signed a two-year contract with the reigning champions HJK. [2] Yobe's contract was terminated in March 2011 after he was suspected of being involved in a match fixing scandal along with his brother and several other players. [3] He was convicted to a seven-month suspended sentence for bribery. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Dominic Yobe vahvistaa AC Oulua Archived 27 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Dominic Yobe HJK:n keskikentälle
  3. ↑ "Dominic Yobe sai lähteä HJK:sta lahjusepäilyjen takia" [Dominic Yobe dismissed from HJK after bribery allegations]. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 22 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Zambian Footballers Sentenced for Accepting Bribe". YLE. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.


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