Reinhold Yabo

Reinhold Yabo (born 10 February 1992) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Reinhold Yabo
Yabo playing for Red Bull Salzburg in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992
Place of birth Aldenhoven, Germany[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1997–2001 Teutonia Niedermerz
2001–2009 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 1. FC Köln 5 (0)
2009–2013 → 1. FC Köln II 58 (17)
2011–2012 → Alemannia Aachen (loan) 17 (0)
2013–2015 Karlsruher SC 62 (6)
2015–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 35 (3)
2017 → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 14 (4)
2019–2021 Arminia Bielefeld 52 (7)
Total 243 (37)
International career
2007 Germany U15 2 (0)
2007–2008 Germany U16 11 (1)
2008–2009 Germany U17 20 (1)
2009–2010 Germany U18 4 (0)
2010–2011 Germany U19 13 (1)
2011–2012 Germany U20 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Yabo began his career with Teutonia Niedermerz and joined 2001 into the youth of 1. FC Köln.[2] He was to begin of the 2009–10 season promoted in the A-Jugend Bundesliga West,[3] but he earned his first game on senior side for 1. FC Köln II on 8 August 2009 against Fortuna Düsseldorf II in the Regionalliga West.[4]

After four games more for the reserve team of 1. FC Köln he earned his first Bundesliga game against VfL Bochum on 16 April 2010.[5]

Yabo announced his retirement from playing aged 29 in May 2021, at the conclusion of the 2020–21 season, due to knee problems.[6]

International career

Yabo was the captain of the Germany under-17 national team at the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Germany[7] and won the European Championship with the team.[8] Later tat year he played at the 2009 World Cup[9] earning four caps in the tournament in Nigeria.[10]

Personal life

Yabo was born in Aldenhoven to Congolese parents.[11] On 25 May 2014, he was elected as a member of the city council of Karlsruhe.[12]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[13]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1. FC Köln 2009–10 Bundesliga 1000—10
2010–11 4000—40
Total 50000050
1. FC Köln II 2009–10 Regionalliga West 52—52
2010–11 249—249
2012–13 296—296
Total 581700005817
Alemannia Aachen (loan) 2011–12 2. Bundesliga 17010—180
Karlsruher SC 2013–14 2. Bundesliga 31110—321
2014–15 315102[lower-alpha 1]1346
Total 6262021667
Red Bull Salzburg 2016–17 Austrian Football Bundesliga 20221[lower-alpha 2]052
2017–18 2422112[lower-alpha 3]0383
2018–19 91226[lower-alpha 4]0173
Total 35365190608
Arminia Bielefeld (loan) 2016–17 2. Bundesliga 14400—144
Arminia Bielefeld 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 15200—152
2019–20 24410—254
2020–21 Bundesliga 13100—131
Total 5271000537
Career total 2433710521127443
  1. Appearances in the 2015 Bundesliga play-offs
  2. Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
  3. Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in the UEFA Europa League
  4. Two appearances in the UEFA Europa League, four appearances in the UEFA Champions League

Honours

References
  1. "Reinhold Yabo zieht zum FC". an-online.de (in German). 6 August 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  2. "Fritz-Walter-Medaille für Reinhold Yabo". Teutonia Niedermerz. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  3. "FC-Nachwuchs: Doppelt lernen fürs Leben – Ein Tag im Sportinternat Köln" (in German). 1. FC Köln. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007.
  4. "Reinhold Yabo: Das Idol kehrt zur Kindheit zurück" (in German). az-web.de. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  5. "Reinhold Yabo" (in German). Teutonia Niedermerz.
  6. ""Schweren Herzens": Bielefelds Yabo verkündet Karriereende mit 29". kicker (in German). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  7. ""Ich bin kein Ronaldo-Fan"" (in German). spox.com. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  8. "Migrantenkinder trumpfen als Leistungsträger auf" (in German). fussball.com. 19 May 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  9. "Als FC-Profi zur WM" (in German). 18mal18. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  10. Reinhold Yabo – FIFA competition record (archived)
  11. Tweet Yabos vom 30. Juli 2014
  12. http://web1.karlsruhe.de/Stadtentwicklung/afsta/Wahlen/Wahlabend-Netmodul-ab2014/2014-komm/gr/gemeinderat-2014-kandi.php Archived 27 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in German) retrieved on 26 May 2014
  13. Reinhold Yabo at Soccerway
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