John Yeboah Zamora (born 23 June 2000) is a German professional

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who plays as a winger for Polish club

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Club career

Yeboah began his youth career with

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clubs SV Rönneburg and FC Türkiye Wilhelmsburg, before moving to youth team of

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

in 2015. In February 2018, Yeboah signed his first professional contract with Wolfsburg, lasting three years until 30 June 2021. Yeboah made his professional debut for VfL Wolfsburg in the

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on 3 November 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute for Josip Brekalo in the 0–1 home loss against

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

. In September 2019, Yeboah joined

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on a season-long loan deal. He was loaned to

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

in January 2022 from his parent club, Willem II. On 25 June 2022, he joined Polish club

on a three-year deal. On 15 July 2022, he made his

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

debut, coming on as a substitute in the 0–0 Lower Silesia derby draw against

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International career

Yeboah began his youth international career with the Germany under-16 team, making his debut on 16 May 2016 in a friendly against

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, which finished as a 1–1 away draw. In 2017, he was included in Germany's squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Croatia. He scored against

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in the group stage, with Germany managing to reach the semi-finals before losing on penalties to

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. Later that year, Yeboah was included in Germany's squad for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India. He scored against

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in the round of 16, with Germany later being eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Personal life

Yeboah was born in

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, Germany to his Ghanaian father and Ecuadorian mother.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

Player of the Month: February 2023

References

External links

* * * 2000 births Living people Footballers from Hamburg German footballers Germany youth international footballers German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent German people of Ecuadorian descent Sportspeople of Ecuadorian descent Association football wingers VfL Wolfsburg players VfL Wolfsburg II players VVV-Venlo players Willem II (football club) players Almere City FC players MSV Duisburg players Śląsk Wrocław players Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Ekstraklasa players German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands German expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Poland {{Germany-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub