Yussif Chibsah
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Chibsah playing for Djurgårdens IF in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yussif Alhassan Chibsah | ||
Date of birth | 30 December 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Ljungskile SK | ||
Number | TBA | ||
Youth career | |||
1996–1999 | Prempeh College | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2003 | King Faisal Babes | 45 | (32) |
2003–2006 | Asante Kotoko | 37 | (21) |
2006 | IFK Mariehamn | 10 | (3) |
2007–2011 | Gefle IF | 104 | (5) |
2012–2014 | Djurgårdens IF | 57 | (1) |
2014–2015 | Alanyaspor | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | GAIS | 14 | (1) |
2016– | Ljungskile SK | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2004– | Ghana | 13 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 January 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 November 2004 |
Yussif Chibsah (born 30 December 1983) is a Ghanaian football midfielder, who is currently playing for Ljungskile SK in Sweden.
Early life
Born in Accra, Chibsah was a member of the Prempeh College (Class of '96 Gberg House) and is considered a highly educated footballer, majoring in Accounting but he also studied management and economics.
Career
Chibsah started his career at Kumasi based King Faisal in his home country, and in 2003 moved to Asante Kotoko where all his years had a key midfielder role. With Kotoko met up with great moments as he played at the first CAF Confederation Cup in 2004 winning the silver medal as the runners up to Hearts of Oak and also in the CAF Champions League in 2006.
After the 2006 World Cup, he was invited by French Ligue 1 club Rennes for a trial but could not meet the deadline for the summer registration. He had trials also with Hamburger SV and Djurgårdens IF in January 2006 following preseason in South Africa. In his first attempt to move outside Ghana he signed a pre-contract with Finnish IFK Mariehamn, but with Kotoko asking for more money was never eligible to play for them. In the 2006/07 season he played for Asanta Kotoko FC in Ghana and later on came close to sign for Danish side Randers FC but eventually signed in October 2007 a two-year contract with Swedish Allsvenskan club Gefle IF under manager Per Olsson. When his contract ended and despite interest from 2nd division Bundesliga club he renew for 2 more year with Gefle IF. Prior to the 2012 season he returned to Djurgårdens IF and signed a contract with the club. In January 21, 2014 it was announced that Chibsah switch shirtnumber from 4 to 17.
International
He was captain of the Ghana olympic team, who exited in the first round of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, having finished in third place in Group B and was also the captain of the Ghana Meteors in the 2003 All Africa Games in Abuja that won the bronze medal. His international efforts was recognized as he was a member of the Ghanaian standby players in 2006 World Cup in Germany after playing most of the matches of the qualifying round. Chibsah has over 50 caps with all levels of International Ghana football from U-17 to senior team.
Personal
Chibsah's younger brother Abdul Faisal Alhassan-Chibsah[1] played soccer at Carson Newman College in Tennessee, his freshman year and transferred to university of Delaware to complete his sophomore, junior, and senior year. He is now taking his coaching courses in USA.
References
External links
- Yussif Chibsah – FIFA competition record
- Yussif Chibsah at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Yussif Chibsah at Soccerway
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Hamburger SV players
- Hapoel Nazareth Illit F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Olympic footballers of Ghana
- Ghanaian footballers
- Ghanaian expatriates in Israel
- Asante Kotoko F.C. players
- Gefle IF players
- Ghanaian expatriates in Sweden
- King Faisal Babes players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players