| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Joachim Yaw Acheampong | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1973 (age 50) | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's association football | ||
Representing 
Ghana
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1992 Barcelona | Team competition |
Joachim Yaw Acheampong (born 2 November 1973 in Accra), known as Yaw, is a Ghanaian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
In his country Yaw represented Goldfields Obuasi (1990–94), Power FC (1999–2000) and King Faisal Babes (2001). Abroad he played for IFK Norrköping in Sweden (1994–95), Spain's Real Sociedad (1995–97) and Hércules CF (1997–98) and Samsunspor (1998) and Yimpaş Yozgatspor (2001–02) from Turkey.
Yaw retired from professional football at the age of only 28.
International career
Yaw was part of the Ghanaian Olympic team who won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He featured in five of six games in the tournament. [1]
Yaw gained 18 caps with the full side, during five years. He appeared in two Africa Cup of Nations editions.
References
- ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Joachim YAW". FIFA. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
External links
- Yaw (Joachim Yaw Acheampong) at BDFutbol
- Yaw Acheampong (Joachim Yaw Acheampong) at National-Football-Teams.com
- Joachim Yaw Acheampong at Olympedia
- Joachin Yaw Acheampong at Olympics.com
- Joachin Yaw Acheampong at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Accra
- Ghanaian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Ashanti Gold S.C. players
- Power F.C. players
- King Faisal Babes F.C. players
- Allsvenskan players
- IFK Norrköping players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Real Sociedad footballers
- Hércules CF players
- Süper Lig players
- Samsunspor footballers
- Yozgatspor footballers
- Ghana men's international footballers
- 1996 African Cup of Nations players
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Ghana
- Olympic medalists in football
- Olympic bronze medalists for Ghana
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Ghana Premier League managers
- Elmina Sharks F.C. managers