Albert Yobo
Personal information
Full name	Michael Albert Yobo
Date of birth	May 5, 1979 (1979-05-05) (age 30)
Place of birth	Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position	Defender
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1997 1998–2000 2001 2002 2003–2004 2004–2005	Rangers International AJ Auxerre VfL Osnabrück Grazer AK FC Zwolle Pontevedra CF	21 (0)[2] 19 (1)[1]
National team2
1995 2003	Nigeria U-17 Nigeria	03 (0)[3] 01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23 July 2005. * Appearances (Goals)

Michael Albert Yobo (born May, 1979 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria) is a Nigerian former football defender. He is the older brother of Nigeria international captain Joseph Yobo. In July 2008, their younger brother Norum Yobo^[4] was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and held for ransom. He was eventually released after 12 days on July 17, 2008.^[5]

His brothers charity, the Joseph Yobo Foundation, run a youth football tournament in Nigeria which bears his name, the Albert Yobo Soccer Championship.^[6]

Contents 1 Career 2 Charity Work 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Yobo made his debut for Nigeria aged 18 against Zambia in a friendly in December 1997.

[edit] Charity Work

In 2007, his brother Joseph Yobo set up the Joseph Yobo Charity Foundation, to help under-privileged children in Nigeria. As of July 18, 2007 together they have handed out over 300 scholarship awards ranging from primary to university level. Yobo has started a football academy in the Ogoni region of Nigeria. He also runs football camps in Lagos. See the Everton Lagos project for more information.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Trials with Leyton Orient BBC
• Joseph Yobo Foundation