Reinhold Yabo
Reinhold Yabo (born 10 February 1992 Aldenhoven ) is a German footballer of Ghanaian descent Congolese-.
Career
Clubs
In his youth, Yabo played for SV Teutonia Niedermerz. After attending private school house Overbach he visited the sports boarding the 1st FC Cologne. He played there in several youth departments.
Since the 2009/10 season Yabo was also in the squad of the 2nd team of the 1st FC Cologne, who played in the Regionalliga West. His debut for the first team in the Bundesliga he gave on 16 April 2010 in a 2-0 victory against VfL Bochum, when he was substituted 89 minutes into the two -goal Zoran Tošić.
His first Bundesliga game over a longer distance gave Yabo on January 16, 2011, when he was transferred to the half-time break of the away match against 1.FC Kaiserslautern ( 1:1) for Petit, who suffered a Muskelfaseriss substitute. 24 April 2011 Yabo made his for new face at 1:4 against Wolfsburg.
For the 2011/12 season Yabo was loaned to second division Alemannia Aachen. After 17 games in the first round, he missed the entire second half, which ended for the club as a table next to last with relegation from the second division due to a knee injury. For the 2012/13 season he returned to Cologne.
In preparation for the 2012/13 season Yabo was singled out by coach Holger Stanislawski from the professional squad and put in the second team.
For the 2013/14 season Yabo moved free transfer to the second division promoted Karlsruher SC.
National
Reinhold Yabo went through several youth teams of the DFB, he played for the U-15, U -16, U -17, U -18 and U - 19 Selection of Germany. Currently he is in the squad of the U -20 national team.
The highlight in his young career he experienced in May 2009, when he was European champion as captain of the U -17. With this success, the team qualified for the U -17 World Cup, where they lost in extra time in the second round of the Switzerland of the selection.
From the German Football Association, he was awarded in 2009 in the age group U -17 with the Fritz -Walter - Medal in silver. In 2010 he also received a silver medal for the age group U- 18th
Awards and achievements
- Fritz -Walter - Medal:
- U -17 European Champion 2009
Private
Yabo lives in Niedermerz. His mother is from the Congo, the father of Ghana. The father is a cousin of actress Liz Baffoe and former professional football players Anthony Baffoe.