Terry Yegbe

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Terry Yegbe
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Akatsi, Ghana
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Elfsborg
Youth career
Kickers FC
WAFA
Vision
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 WAFA 9 (0)
2020–2022 Vision 12 (0)
2022 → SJK II (loan) 21 (1)
2023 SJK 25 (0)
2024– Elfsborg 22 (3)
International career‡
2023 Ghana U23 3 (0)
2024– Ghana 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024

Terry Yegbe (born 25 January 2001) is a Ghanaian professional football defender for Swedish Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg and the Ghana national team.

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Early career

Born in Akatsi, Yegbe started to play football in a youth team of local Division Two side Kickers FC. He was scouted by a Sogakope-based Ghana Premier League club West African Football Academy (WAFA), and was offered a contract to their academy in August 2018. Yegbe made his senior debut with the club's first team in Ghana Premier League in 2019. After his contract expired with WAFA, Yegbe moved to Accra to the Division One club Vision FC, where he spent two years, before moving to Finland. [1]

Club career

SJK Seinäjoki

In March 2022, Yegbe was first loaned out to Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK) in Finland with a purchase option, and was initially registered to their academy squad SJK II, playing in the Finnish second tier, Ykkönen. [2]

On 27 November 2022, his loan was extended until the end of 2023 and he was promoted to the first team. [3] After a highly successful start to the season in Veikkausliiga, his loan was cut short and he signed a permanent contract with SJK, on a deal until the end of 2027, for an undisclosed fee. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Yegbe quickly established his place in the starting line-up and became an integral part of the SJK defense. [9]

On 8 June 2023, in the Ostrobothnia derby (Finnish: Pohjanmaan derby) match against Vaasan Palloseura (VPS), Yegbe gained a wide recognition as he indirectly scored a goal with his long throw-in on the 2nd minute of the game. [10] The ball went in the net by the fingers of VPS goalkeeper Teppo Marttinen, and it was registered as an own goal. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Elfsborg

On 13 December 2023, it was announced that Yegbe would join Swedish side IF Elfsborg from 1 January 2024, [15] [16] [17] signing a contract until the end of the 2028 season. [16] [17] The deal reportedly commanded a transfer fee in the region of kr6.8-7.9 million, [17] which roughly corresponds to €600,000-700,000. [18] On 1 April 2024, Yegbe made his official debut for Elfsborg, in a 2024 season opening game against IFK Värnamo. [19] [20] On 5 May 2024, in a match against Sirius, Yegbe was sent off for elbowing Yousef Salech in the stomach. [21] Later he received a four-game ban for the incident. [22] Yegbe scored his first goals in Allsvenskan on 14 July 2024 by a brace, helping his side to a 5–3 away win against BK Häcken.

International career

Yegbe got a call up to Ghana U23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in the summer 2023. [23] [24] He played in all three of the group stage matches against Morocco, Congo and Guinea. Ghana finished 3rd in the group and was eventually knocked out of the competition. [25]

Yegbe made his debut for the Ghana national team on 18 November 2024, in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Niger at the Accra Sports Stadium. He started the game and played 79 minutes, as Niger won 2–1. [26]

Personal life

Yegbe has named David Alaba his idol in football. [27]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 December 2024 [28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
WAFA 2019 Ghana Premier League 9000——90
Vision 2021–22 Ghana Division One 12000——120
SJK Akatemia (loan) 2022 Ykkönen 2112010—241
2023 Ykkönen000010—10
Total211202000251
SJK 2023 Veikkausliiga 2501031—291
Elfsborg 2024 Allsvenskan 22310—14 [c] 0373
Career total89440511401125
  1. ↑ Includes Suomen Cup and Svenska Cupen
  2. ↑ Includes Ykkönen Cup and Finnish League Cup
  3. ↑ Includes UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 18 November 2024
Ghana
YearAppsGoals
202410
Total10

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  2. ↑ "Nuori puolustaja Terry Yegbe sopimukseen". SJK (in Finnish). 23 March 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Terry Yegbe jatkaa lainasopimuksella myös ensi kaudella". SJK (in Finnish). 27 November 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "SJK:n tähdeksi noussut Terry Yegbe pitkään sopimukseen". SJK (in Finnish). 28 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "MTV Urheilun tiedot: SJK:n timantin ympärillä käy nyt kova kuhina - pöytään lyötiin jo mittava ostotarjous". MTV Oy (in Finnish). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "SJK:n puheenjohtaja Raimo Sarajärvi kommentoi tähtipuolustajasta tulleita tarjouksia". Ilkka-Pohjalainen (in Finnish). 22 June 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. ↑ MTV Urheilun tiedot: SJK-komeetta siirtyy Ruotsin huippuseuraan, mtvuutiset.fi/ MTV Oy, Timo Innanen, 3 December 2023
  8. ↑ Terry Yegbe viihtyy SJK:ssa - sopimus peräti kauden 2027 loppuun saakka, Veikkausliiga, 28 August 2023
  9. ↑ "Näkökulma: SJK on hiljentänyt irvailijat". Ilkka-Pohjalainen (in Finnish). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  10. ↑ New Ghana international Terry Yegbe forces goalkeeper into scoring own goal, sportsworldghana.com, 9 June 2023
  11. ↑ Veikkausliigassa erittäin poikkeuksellinen maali – sivurajaheitto lingottiin verkkoon, MTV Oy, Jere Hultin, 8 June 2023
  12. ↑ Kummallinen alku SJK:n ja VPS:n kamppailuun! Terry Yegben rajaheitto maaliin, YLE Areena
  13. ↑ Video: Watch Terry Yegbe force goalkeeper into scoring ‘crazy’ own goal, sportsworldghana.com, 9 June 2023
  14. ↑ The football player scored a goal with a throw-in on the out in the Finnish Championship. Videos curiosity, globalhappenings.com, 9 June 2023
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  19. ↑ Värnamo var utspelat mot Elfsborg – men fick med sig en poäng efter Wendersons kanonträff, svt.se, 1 April 2024
  20. ↑ Terry Yegbe is a monster on the pitch says team mate, kickgh.com, 30 March 2024
  21. ↑ Grinigt när Elfsborg vann till slut: ”Han tappar huvudet”, Göteborgs Posten, 5 May 2024
  22. ↑ Terry Yegbe stängs av flera matcher, Aftonbladet, 8 May 2024 On 14 July 2024
  23. ↑ "Yegbe ja Arko-Mensah mukana Ghanan voitossa - Veikkausliigaväriä Afrikan U23-mestaruusturnauksessa". Veikkausliiga (in Finnish).
  24. ↑ Terry Yegbe named in Black Meteors provisional squad for U23 AFCON, kickgh.com, 8 June 2023
  25. ↑ GHANA UNDER 23 CAF U23 Cup of Nations, soccerway.com
  26. ↑ "Ghana v Niger game report". ESPN. 18 November 2024.
  27. ↑ MAX TV’S U-23 AFCON UPDATES: Player Focus – Terry Yegbe, max.com.gh, 19 June 2023
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