Ephraim Yeboah (born 21 July 2006) is an Italian professional

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who plays for club

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, on loan from club

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Early life

Yeboah was born in

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, but moved to

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with his family at the age of eight. His family are friends with footballer

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, who first helped Yeboah join Inner Bristol City, in order to help him settle while he was still learning to speak English.

Career

In August 2021, Yeboah, along with teammate Elijah Morrison, were recruited by

from the Bristol Inner City Football Academy in Easton. In June 2023, Yeboah began training with the first team squad and finished second behind Ayman Benarous in the Bristol City pre-season fitness SDS test. In July 2023, he was included in the Bristol City first-team squad on a pre-season training camp to Austria and signed a three-year professional contract with the club. He made his professional debut for Bristol City on 9 August 2023, in the

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at home against

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in a 5–1 win. Following successive appearances as an impact substitute, on 20 August 2023, manager

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denied that Yeboah would be leaving on loan to gain experience and intimated he was in his first team thoughts, saying, "Why would we let anyone else have him?" On 27 February 2024, Yeboah joined

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side

Bath City Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club have ...

on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season. That same day, he scored on his

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debut for Bath City, against

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. On 11 June 2024,

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side

announced that Yeboah would join the club on loan until the end of the 2024–25 season.

Personal life

Yeboah is of Ghanaian descent.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yeboah, Ephraim 2006 births Living people Footballers from the Province of Brescia Italian men's footballers Bristol City F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Men's association football forwards Italian expatriate sportspeople in England Italian people of Ghanaian descent English Football League players National League (English football) players 21st-century Italian sportsmen