- Yussif Chibsah
Football player infobox
playername = Yussif Chibsah
fullname = Yussif Alhassan Chibsah
height = height|m=1.81
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|12|30
cityofbirth =Accra
countryofbirth =Ghana
current club = "Hapoel Nazareth"
shirt number = 17
position = Midfielder
years = 1999-2003
2003-2006
2006
2006-2007
10/2007
clubs =King Faisal Babes Asante Kotoko
IFK Mariehamn
Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Gefle IF
caps(goals) =
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Ghana
nationalcaps(goals) =
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ntupdate =Yussif Chibsah (born
December 30 ,1983 inAccra ) is aGhana ian football midfielder, who is currently playing forGefle IF inSweden .He was part of the Ghanaian national team, who exited in the first round of the
2004 Summer Olympics inAthens , having finished in third place in Group B after one win (Paraguay), one draw (Italy) and a single loss (Japan). He was the captain of the Olympic team and has over 60 caps with all levels of International football.Chibsah started his career at Kumasi based King Faisel in his home country, and in 2003 moved to fellow Ghanaian side
Asante Kotoko . At Kumasi Asante Kotoko he played in the firstCAF Confederation Cup in 2004 and also played in the African Champions League in 2006. Before leaving for Israel, he played forIFK Mariehamn inFinland .He was also with
Hamburger SV in 2005 andDjurgårdens IF Fotboll in January 2006. He was a member of the Ghanaian standby players in Germany 2006 World Cup after playing most of the matches of the qualifying round. After the World Cup, he was invited by FrenchLigue 1 outfit Rennes for a trial but could not meet the deadline for the summer registration.In the 2006/07 season he joinedIsrael i side Hapoel Nazareth.In October 2007 he signed a two year contract with swedishAllsvenskan clubGefle IF .He had his Senior High School education at one of Ghana's premier High Schools Prempeh College with Edmund Owusu Ansah former Captain of Kumasi Asante Kotoko who currently plays for Kpando based Heart of Lions. He is a highly educated footballer,majored in Accounting but also studied management and economics as well.
He won the District farmer of the year award in 2005 in the Agona District of the Ashanti Region in Ghana as he owns one of the largest poultry farms in the region. He runs EMBIK FARMS together with his father Mr. Chibsah.
Key midfielder for Kotoko who has also been on the fringes of the Ghanaian national team. In 2005 he won the Farmer of the Year award in the Agona district of the Ashanti region, where he owns a poultry farm.
External links
* [http://www.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=5439 Profile on MTNFootball.com]
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/gha/Yussif+Chibsah/353438 Athens 2004 Profile on Yahoo]Video links
* [http://www.svenskafans.com/fantv/clip.asp?id=5201] Scores the Goal for Gefle IF
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