Reinhold Yabo
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 Yabo playing for Red Bull Salzburg in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 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) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Reinhold Yabo (born 10 February 1992) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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]
