He was the first black player the team had ever signed, but his goal record (68 in 123 appearances) soon shut up the bigoted idiots and made him a cult hero.“I wasn’t happy at first, not because I didn’t like Leeds but because English football, the kick and rush, didn’t come naturally to me. Tony Yeboah.
If some idiots were shouting something, you realised it but you were saying: ‘Are you mad? It’s a shame that we are still talking about things like this but that’s how society is.”In 2014, a wall painting of Yeboah was unveiled on the side of a house in Frankfurt near Eintracht’s stadium with the message in German: “We are ashamed of everybody who screams against us.” It was taken from an open letter the Ghana international had written 24 years earlier, also signed by fellow professionals Anthony Baffoe and Souleyman Sané, the father of the future Manchester City forward Leroy, to protest against racism. I’ll make this happen.”“It was live on Sky so no one was watching anything else. Klopp admits he’s been a big fan of African footballers in his new book and explained how the exploits of Africans in the Bundesliga led to his affection for attackers from the continent where Klopp now has two firing attackers in Mohammed … Klopp admits he’s been a big fan of African footballers in his new book and explained how the exploits of Africans in the Bundesliga led to his affection for attackers from the continent where Klopp now has two firing attackers in Mohammed Salah and Sadio Mane in his team.“I love the fact that we have so many African players … until the Africa Cup of Nations starts.
His arrival prompted an upturn in form and 12 goals in 18 appearances sent Leeds rocketing up the table to finish fifth and back into a UEFA Cup place.Yeboah was subjected to horrific racial abuse from his own fans at Eintracht Frankfurt. On a Saturday you had games everywhere but on Monday, Leeds and Liverpool. He had a big impact on society,” enthuses Liverpool’s manager, who also remembers some of the abuse one of the country’s first black players had to endure. Then it’s: ‘Oh my God!’” says Jürgen Klopp, breaking into his famous guffaw.Klopp admits he has been fascinated by the continent ever since he watched a bulldozing striker from Ghana make his name with Saarbrücken in the late 1980s. Clubs played for: Asante Kotoko, Cornerstones Kumasi, Okwawu United, Saarbrucken, Eintracht Frankfurt, Leeds United, Hamburg SV, Al-Ittihad Doha (1982-2003) Born: 1966 Birthplace:. This move was of some historical significance, because Yeboah became one of … He now runs an international sports agency and a chain of hotels in Ghana.
I thought ‘you know what? Anthony Yeboah (born 6 June 1966) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1981 to 2002. But now of course it becomes more – there are more people – and the story becomes bigger and bigger through the reaction. Today, Yeboah is the founder of sports agency Anthony Yeboah Sportpromotion and owns the Yegoala Hotel in Ghana.
But now of … Yeboah still has a football legacy in his nephew Freddy Adu, the Football Manager legend who’s now turning out for Tampa Bay Rowdies in the MLS.
I didn’t feel like I belonged there.On August 21, 1995, Leeds took on Liverpool at Anfield in front of the Sky cameras and unleashed a rocket from his unfavoured right boot that soared past David James and crashed into the net via the underside of the crossbar.Yeboah’s final season at Leeds sent him out on a sour note. He clashed with new manager George Graham and struggled with injuries after returning from the Africa Cup of Nations.The following year was when Yeboah truly cemented his hero status with Leeds fans.He didn’t find the net in his final season at Leeds and was eventually shipped out to Hamburger SV where he struggled for form.“I don’t know how much they knew about me or if they liked me but the way they treated me, the reception I got, was fantastic.