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Yaw Yeboah joins Columbus Crew

By : cd on 07 Jan 2022, 02:03     |     Source: christian ahorgah

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Black Stars winger Yaw Yeboah has joined Major Soccer League side Columbus Crew from Wisla Krakow.

The left footed winger, signed for the Black & Gold until the 2024 season with an option for an additional year.

“Columbus Crew today [Thursday] announced that it has acquired winger Yaw Yeboah from Wisla Krakow of the Polish First Division utilizing Targeted Allocation Money (TAM),” Columbus said on their official website.

“The 24-year-old will officially be added to the Black & Gold roster pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate and P-1 Visa and will occupy an international roster slot on the Crew’s roster.

“His contract with the club will run through the 2024 season with an option for 2025.”

The statement continued: “Yeboah joined Wisla Krakow in August of 2020 and appeared in 50 matches across all competitions with the club, scoring 10 goals and providing five assists over the past two seasons.

“In August of 2021, he was named the Ekstraklasa Player of the Month while his game-winning goal against Gornik Leczna [August 21] was awarded Goal of the Month.”

The 24 years old will join Ghanaian compatriot Jonathan Mensah at Columbus.

Yaw Yeboah has earned four caps for Black Stars, has also represented Ghana at the U23 and U20 levels, featuring at the 2015 Fifa U20 World Cup as well as helping the Black Stars to a third-place finish at the 2015 African U-20 Championship where he was named the Man of the Tournament.