Yaw Annor (born 3 December 1997) is a Ghanaian-born Togolese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egypt Premier League side National Bank of Egypt. He previously played in Spain for

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

and

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1985, it started to play in 1994. It currently plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ''Esta ...

. He won the Ghanaian FA Cup in 2016 during his second season with

Bechem United Bechem United Football Club (officially: ''Bechem United Football Club'' or the "Hunters") is a Ghanaian professional football club, based in Bechem in the Ahafo Region They are competing in the Ghanaian Premier League and currently participating ...

and was adjudged the FA Cup best player of the season.

Club career

Early life and career

Annor was born on 3 December 1997 in Ho, the capital town of the

Volta Region Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-et ...

of Ghana. He began his career with junior side of

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side

until he was promoted to the senior side in 2015.

Bechem United

In 2014–2015, Annor was promoted to the senior side of

by head coach Tom Strand who was impressed after watching him train with the youth team. He became a key player for the club from 2015 to 2017. In the 2015 season, he scored 5 goals in the league. The most notable amongst those goals was on the final game of the season, when he scored the first goal in a match against BA United. His goal inspired Bechem to a 4–1 victory over the Sunyani-based side which pushed them from their initial relegation spot–14th position to the 10th position to avoid being relegated to the Division One League. In 2016, he helped the club win the

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. He scored a brace in the final match against

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on 4 September 2016 to secure 2–1 victory to clinch the trophy, for the first time in the club's history. In the

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, he made 27 league appearances and scored 4 goals to help the Bechem United place 6th at the end of the season. At the end of the season, he won the Ghana FA Cup top scorer award with 4 goals and was adjudged FA Cup player of the year after his impressive display in the tournament. He beat off

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, Akoto Danso of Okwahu United and

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's midfielder

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to win the award. He played the club's debut African continental championship match on 12 February 2017, helping the club secure their first ever victory in a continental match.

CF Fuenlabrada

At the end of the 2016 season, Annor moved to Spain and joined

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side

in March 2017 on a three-year deal. in his first season, he featured in 9 league matches and scored 2 goals before the season came to an end. On 1 November 2017, he scored in the 24th minute to help salvage a win for Fuenlabrada in a match against

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, he played 70 minutes of the match as they won by 4–3. He featured in both legs of their

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matches against

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. On 26 October 2017, he featured in the first leg coming on in the 53rd minute as a substitute for

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, whilst on 28 November 2017, he started the second leg match and played 78 minutes before being substituted for

. Fuenlabrada held Real Madrid to a 2–2 draw but lost on 4–2 aggregate. At the end of his stay with the club he had made 31 league appearances and netted three goals.

Burgos (loan)

Annor was left out of the pre-season squad for CF Fuenlabrada and sent on a season long loan to

ahaed of the

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season. He made 20 league appearances and scored 2 goals during his stay at the club.

Return to Bechem United

After his contract with Fuenlabrada, in 2019 he returned and signed a contract with his former club Bechem United after interests from Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Legon Cities. Before joining his old club he underwent trials at Asante Kotoko, however the then management of the club headed by club coach Kjetil Zachariassen refused to offer him a contract. That season,

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season, he featured in 13 league matches as the league was suspended and later cancelled due to the

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. The club CEO of Bechem United, Nana Kwasi Darlington confirmed in March 2020 that five key players including Annor would be sold before the next season starts. Both Asante Kotoko and Legon Cities ignited their interests in signing the winger. Asante Kotoko under their new coach

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, once again showed interest in signing him.

Ashanti Gold

In July 2020, Annor signed for Obuasi-based club

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on a three-year as the club took steps to bolster their squad towards the

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campaign and the 2020–21 Ghana Premier League season. He snubbed Asante Kotoko and signed for the Miners causing a controversy within the media in Ghana. He later apologised to the then coach of Kotoko Maxwell Konadu for snubbing them and stated that he was confident of succeeding at Ashanti Gold.

International career

Annor is a former youth international for Ghana. He featured for the

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in 2013. Since he is of Togolese descent, he is also available to represent

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

. He accepted a call-up to Togo national team on November 2023, subsequently debuted for Togo in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification fixture against

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

Honours

Bechem United *

: 2016 Individual *

Ghana Football Awards Ghana Football Awards is an annual award scheme organized to recognize the best Ghanaian players playing in and outside of the country and key stakeholders who contribute significantly to the game. Several category of awards are given to the most o ...

Home-based Player of Year: 2021–22 *

Ghana Premier League Goal King: 2021–22 * Ghana Premier League Top scorer: 2021–22 *

Player of the month: April 2022 * Ghana FA Cup Player of the year: 2016 * Ghana FA Cup Top Goal Scorer: 2016 * Ghana FA Cup Goal of the season: 2016

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Annor, Yaw 1997 births Living people Men's association football forwards Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana Premier League players Bechem United F.C. players Ashanti Gold S.C. players CF Fuenlabrada footballers Burgos CF footballers Men's association football wingers Ghana men's youth international footballers Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Segunda División B players Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Ghana Premier League top scorers People from Volta Region Ghanaian people of Togolese descent