Full name Yaw Preko Weight 72 kg 1991-1992 Hearts of Oak Height 1.80 m | Playing position Name Yaw Preko Position Forward | |
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Date of birth (1974-09-08) 8 September 1974 (age 41) Nominations Milliyet Sports Award for Foreign Athlete of the Year Similar People Kwame Ayew, Isaac Asare, Samuel Kuffour, Shamo Quaye, Nii Lamptey | ||
Yaw Preko (born 8 September 1974 in Accra) is a former football striker from Ghana.
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Career
His career started in Powerlines, a small Ghanaian club, and his first European club was R.S.C. Anderlecht where he became Belgian champion three times. He played in Turkey from 1997-2004 before joining Halmstads BK in the Allsvenskan. He then left Halmstads BK in 2005 as the club did not renew his contract, he signed for Saudi Arabian team Al-Ettifaq and stayed with them for almost 2 years and then signed for HAGL in the Vietnamese V-League, which he left after one season. A free agent, Preko subsequently announced his interest of returning home to the Ghanaian league.
International
He has played 68 international matches for the Ghana national team, and was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
