Yaw Annor

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Yaw Annor
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Personal information
Full name Yaw Annor
Date of birth (1997-12-03) 3 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Ho, Ghana
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 National Bank of Egypt
Number 30
Youth career
2011–2014 Bechem United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Bechem United 40 (10)
2017–2020 CF Fuenlabrada 30 (3)
2018–2019 Burgos CF 20 (2)
2019–2020 Bechem United 13 (0)
2020–2022 Ashanti Gold 53 (30)
2022–2024 Ismaily 37 (10)
2024– National Bank of Egypt 24 (8)
International career‡
2013 Ghana U17 4 (1)
2023– Togo 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:22, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Yaw Annor (born 3 December 1997) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egypt Premier League side National Bank of Egypt. Born in Ghana, he plays for the Togo national team.

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Club career

Early life and career

Annor was born on 3 December 1997 in Ho, the capital town of the Volta Region of Ghana. He began his career with junior side of Ghana Premier League side Bechem United until he was promoted to the senior side in 2015. [1]

Bechem United

In 2014–2015, Annor was promoted to the senior side of Bechem United by head coach Tom Strand who was impressed after watching him train with the youth team. [2] He became a key player for the club from 2015 to 2017. In the 2015 season, he scored 5 goals in the league. The most notable amongst those goals was on the final game of the season, when he scored the first goal in a match against BA United. His goal inspired Bechem to a 4–1 victory over the Sunyani-based side which pushed them from their initial relegation spot–14th position to the 10th position to avoid being relegated to the Division One League. [3]

In 2016, he helped the club win the Ghanaian FA Cup. He scored a brace in the final match against Okwawu United on 4 September 2016 to secure 2–1 victory to clinch the trophy, for the first time in the club's history. [4] In the 2016 Ghanaian Premier League, he made 27 league appearances and scored 4 goals to help the Bechem United place 6th at the end of the season. [5] At the end of the season, he won the Ghana FA Cup top scorer award with 4 goals and was adjudged FA Cup player of the year after his impressive display in the tournament. [6] [7] He beat off Latif Blessing of Liberty Professionals, Akoto Danso of Okwahu United and West African Football Academy's midfielder Gideon Waja to win the award. [8] He played the club's debut African continental championship match on 12 February 2017, helping the club secure their first ever victory in a continental match. [9]

CF Fuenlabrada

At the end of the 2016 season, Annor moved to Spain and joined Segunda División B side CF Fuenlabrada in March 2017 on a three-year deal. [10] in his first season, he featured in 9 league matches and scored 2 goals before the season came to an end. On 1 November 2017, he scored in the 24th minute to help salvage a win for Fuenlabrada in a match against CD Toledo, he played 70 minutes of the match as they won by 4–3. [11] [12] [13] He featured in both legs of their 2017–18 Copa del Rey matches against Real Madrid. On 26 October 2017, he featured in the first leg coming on in the 53rd minute as a substitute for Juan Quero, [14] whilst on 28 November 2017, he started the second leg match and played 78 minutes before being substituted for Juan Quero. Fuenlabrada held Real Madrid to a 2–2 draw but lost on 4–2 aggregate. [15] [16] At the end of his stay with the club he had made 31 league appearances and netted three goals. [17]

Burgos (loan)

Annor was left out of the pre-season squad for CF Fuenlabrada and sent on a season long loan to Burgos CF ahaed of the 2018–19 Segunda División B season. [18] He made 20 league appearances and scored 2 goals during his stay at the club. [17]

Return to Bechem United

After his contract with Fuenlabrada, in 2019 he returned and signed a contract with his former club Bechem United after interests from Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Legon Cities. Before joining his old club he underwent trials at Asante Kotoko, however the then management of the club headed by club coach Kjetil Zachariassen refused to offer him a contract. [17] [19] That season, 2019–20 Ghana Premier League season, he featured in 13 league matches as the league was suspended and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [17]

The club CEO of Bechem United, Nana Kwasi Darlington confirmed in March 2020 that five key players including Annor would be sold before the next season starts. [20] Both Asante Kotoko and Legon Cities ignited their interests in signing the winger. [20] [19] Asante Kotoko under their new coach Maxwell Konadu, once again showed interest in signing him. [21] [22] [19]

" I want to apologize sincerely to coach Maxwell Konadu for opting to sign for Ashantigold, it wasn’t my fault to do this. He needed me badly at Kotoko but I’m sorry for disappointing him...Though the deal couldn’t go through I’m confident of succeeding at Ashantigold and I’m hopeful I will return to Asante Kotoko.”

– Annor on snubbing Asante Kotoko. [23]

Ashanti Gold

In July 2020, Annor signed for Obuasi-based club Ashanti Gold on a three-year as the club took steps to bolster their squad towards the CAF Confederations Cup campaign and the 2020–21 Ghana Premier League season. [17] [22] He snubbed Asante Kotoko and signed for the Miners causing a controversy within the media in Ghana. He later apologised to the then coach of Kotoko Maxwell Konadu for snubbing them and stated that he was confident of succeeding at Ashanti Gold. [21] [24]

International career

Annor is a former youth international for Ghana. [16] He featured for the Ghana national under-17 football team in 2013. Since he is of Togolese descent, he is also available to represent Togo. He accepted a call-up to Togo national team in November 2023, subsequently debuted for Togo in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification fixture against Senegal.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 17 November 2024 [25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Togo 202210
202310
202462
Total82
Scores and results list Togo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Annor goal. [25]
List of international goals scored by Yaw Annor
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
117 November 2024 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, TogoFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 1–03–0 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
23–0

Honours

Bechem United

Individual

See also

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