- Alex Nyarko
Infobox Football biography
playername = Alexander Nyarko
fullname = Alexander Nyarko
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|10|15
Height = Height|m=1.84
cityofbirth =Accra
countryofbirth =Ghana
position = Centre Midfielder
years = 1992-1993 1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997-1998 1998-2000 2000-2004 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005 2006-2007
clubs =Asante Kotoko Dawu Youngstars Steaua Bucuresti FC Basel Karlsruher SC RC Lens Everton →AS Monaco FC (loan) → PSG (loan)I.K. Start Yverdon-Sport FC
caps(goals) = 55 (8) 22 (1) 45 (3) 33 (1) 26 (2) 18 (0) 31 (0) 35 (1)
nationalyears = ?-2001
nationalteam = Ghana
nationalcaps(goals) =Alexander Nyarko (born October 15, 1973) is a former
Ghana ian football player.Football career
Nyarko started his career at Ghana, and then joined his first European team -
FC Basel and thenKarlsruher SC in Germany. He finally settled inRC Lens , played two seasons, and in 2000 joinedEverton FC for £4.5M, signed a contract until June 2005. He is infamous for an incident during the 2001/2002 season where during a game against Arsenal a fan came on the pitch and offered him his black shirt, signalling that Nyarko wasn't good enough to wear the colours of Everton. After the fan was escorted by police, Nyarko requested to be substituted and transferred. Eventually, he went on loan to French giantAS Monaco FC just days later for the rest of the season and then had a loan spell atParis Saint-Germain for the entire 2002-03 season.He returned to Everton for the 2003-04 season and made another 11 appearances for the Merseyside club, but was released after the season because his work permit expired and could not be renewed.
He then spent 6 months out of football, and joined
I.K. Start in the 2005 winter league.He became unattached again after the season, and then joined Swiss team
Yverdon-Sport FC in June 2006.He was released again in December 2007.
International career
He was capped for Ghanaian Olympic team at 1992 Summer Olympics, and won bronze medal.
He also played for Ghana in 1998 and 2000
African Cup of Nations .External links
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* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=15725 soccerbase]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/php/spieler.php?id=12535 national-football-teams.com]
* [http://www.toffeeweb.com/players/past/Nyarko.asp toffeeweb.com]
*de icon [http://www.yverdon-sport.ch/Fiche%20technique_Nyarko.html yverdon-sport.ch]
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