Albert Yobo

Albert Yobo

Personal information
Full name	Michael Albert Yobo
Date of birth	(1979-05-05) May 5, 1979
Place of birth	Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Rangers International
1998–2000	AJ Auxerre
2001	VfL Osnabrück
2002	Grazer AK
2003–2004	FC Zwolle	21	(0)
2004–2005	Pontevedra CF	19	(1)
International career‡
1995	Nigeria U-17	3	(0)
2003	Nigeria	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 July 2005

Michael Albert Yobo (born May, 1979 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria) is a retired Nigerian football defender. He is the older brother of Nigeria international captain Joseph Yobo. In July 2008, their younger brother Norum Yobo was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and held for ransom. He was eventually released after 12 days on July 17, 2008.

His brothers charity, the Joseph Yobo Foundation, run a youth football tournament in Nigeria which bears his name, the Albert Yobo Soccer Championship.

Career

Yobo made his debut for Nigeria aged 18 against Zambia in a friendly in December 1997.

Charity work

In 2007, his brother Joseph Yobo set up the Joseph Yobo Charity Foundation, to help under-privileged children in Nigeria. As of July 18, 2007, together they have handed out over 300 scholarship awards ranging from primary to university level. Yobo has started a football academy in the Ogoni region of Nigeria. He also runs football camps in Lagos. See the Everton Lagos project for more information.

External links

• Trials with Leyton Orient BBC
• Joseph Yobo Foundation