Reinhold Yabo (born 10 February 1992) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Yabo began his career with Teutonia Niedermerz and joined 2001 into the youth of

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. He was to begin of the 2009–10 season promoted in the A-Jugend Bundesliga West, but he earned his first game on senior side for

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on 8 August 2009 against

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in the

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. After four games more for the reserve team of

he earned his first

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game against

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on 16 April 2010. Yabo announced his retirement from playing aged 29 in May 2021, at the conclusion of the 2020–21 season, due to knee problems.

International career

Yabo was the captain of the Germany under-17 national team at the 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Germany and won the European Championship with the team. Later tat year he played at the 2009 World Cup earning four caps in the tournament in Nigeria.

Personal life

Yabo was born in

Aldenhoven Aldenhoven () is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located approximately 5 km south-west of Jülich Jülich (; in old spellings also known as ''Guelich'' or ''Gülich'', nl, ...

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parents. On 25 May 2014, he was elected as a member of the city council of

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Career statistics

Honours

* 2009:

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* 2009: Fritz-Walter-Medaille * 2009: Honorary Citizen of

References

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at DFB.de * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yabo, Reinhold 1992 births Living people People from Düren (district) Sportspeople from Cologne (region) German sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent German footballers Association football midfielders Germany youth international footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players 1. FC Köln players 1. FC Köln II players Karlsruher SC players Alemannia Aachen players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Arminia Bielefeld players German expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia