Tony Yeboah
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Anthony (Tony) Yeboah (born June 6 1964) is a Ghanaian footballer who played for Leeds United F.C. and Hamburg, amongst others. He is famous in the United Kingdom for scoring many remarkable goals in a short period for Leeds United. His stunning volley against Liverpool was 1995/96 goal of the season and is still one of the greatest ever Premiership goals.
Yeboah joined Leeds from Eintracht Frankfurt for £3.4 million at the start of 1995. As well as his goal of the season against Liverpool, a hat-trick in AS Monaco in the UEFA Cup was one of the high points of his Leeds career.
Unfortunately injuries (several picked up while on international duty) restricted his game when he played and kept him out of the Leeds side on too many occasions. When George Graham took over as manager, there was a clash of personalities and Yeboah was sold to the dismay of most Leeds fans. He returned to Germany and was still playing and scoring for several years after he left Leeds.
Yeboah scored a total of 32 goals for Leeds United in 61 appearances, and is still revered as a cult hero for the Yorkshire club.de:Anthony Yeboah