Reinhold Yabo

**Reinhold Yabo** (born 10 February 1992) is a German former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.

## Career

Yabo began his career with Teutonia Niedermerz. 2001 he went to the youth of 1. FC Köln. For the 2009–10 season he was promoted in the U19 team. He played his first game  for 1. FC Köln II on 8 August 2009 against Fortuna Düsseldorf II in the Regionalliga West.

After four games more for the second team of 1. FC Köln he played his first Bundesliga match against VfL Bochum on 16 April 2010. On 24 April 2011 he was in the starting team for the first time.

20211/12 he was loaned to Alemannia Aachen. After he came back to Köln he had to play again in the second team. 2013/14 he went to Karlsruher SC. After two years with Karlsruhe  he joined Austrian champions FC Red Bull Salzburg for the 2015/16 season. Yabo made his debut on September 21, 2016 in the ÖFB Cup game against SC Mannsdorf. He came on as a substitute in the 59th minute and scored the goal to make it 7-1. 2017 he was loaned to Arminia Bielefeld. The next season he came back to Salzburg. 2019 he returned to Bielefeld.

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

## International career

Yabo went through several youth selections of the DFB and  was the captain of the German national under-17 football 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 FIFA U-17 World Cup. earning four caps in the tournament in Nigeria.

## Personal life

Yabo was born in Aldenhovento Congolese parents. On 25 May 2014, he was elected as a member of the city council of Karlsruhe.

## Career statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|1. FC Köln|2009–10|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga|1|0|0|0|—|1|0||
|2010–11|4|0|0|0|—|4|0||||||
|rowspan="4"|1. FC Köln II|2009–10|rowspan="3"|Regionalliga West|5|2|—|5|2||||
|2010–11|24|9|—|24|9||||||||
|2012–13|29|6|—|29|6||||||||
|Alemannia Aachen (loan)|2011–12|2. Bundesliga|17|0|1|0|—|18|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Karlsruher SC|2013–14|rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga|31|1|1|0|—|32|1||
|2014–15|31|5|1|0|2|1|34|6|||||
|rowspan="4"|Red Bull Salzburg|2016–17|rowspan="3"|Austrian Football Bundesliga|2|0|2|2|1|0|5|2|
|2017–18|24|2|2|1|12|0|38|3|||||
|2018–19|9|1|2|2|6|0|17|3|||||
|Arminia Bielefeld (loan)|2016–17|2. Bundesliga|14|4|0|0|—|14|4||||
|rowspan="4"|Arminia Bielefeld|2018–19|rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga|15|2|0|0|—|15|2||
|2019–20|24|4|1|0|—|25|4||||||
|2020–21|Bundesliga|13|1|0|0|—|13|1|||||

## Honours

- 2009: UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
- 2009: Fritz-Walter-Medaille
- 2009: Honorary Citizen of Aldenhoven

## Other websites

- Reinhold Yabo at DFB.de

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Reinhold Yabo
- **image**: Audi quattro-Cup 13.JPG
- **caption**: Yabo playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg in 2015
- **birth place**: Aldenhoven, Germany
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1997–2001
- **youthclubs1**: Teutonia Niedermerz
- **youthyears2**: 2001–2009
- **youthclubs2**: 1. FC Köln
- **years1**: 2009–2013
- **caps1**: 5
- **goals1**: 0
- **clubs1**: 1. FC Köln
- **years2**: 2009–2013
- **caps2**: 58
- **goals2**: 17
- **clubs2**: → 1. FC Köln II
- **years3**: 2011–2012
- **caps3**: 17
- **goals3**: 0
- **clubs3**: → Alemannia Aachen (loan)
- **years4**: 2013–2015
- **caps4**: 62
- **goals4**: 6
- **clubs4**: Karlsruher SC
- **years5**: 2015–2019
- **caps5**: 35
- **goals5**: 3
- **clubs5**: FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Salzburg
- **years6**: 2017
- **caps6**: 14
- **goals6**: 4
- **clubs6**: → Arminia Bielefeld (loan)
- **years7**: 2019–2021
- **caps7**: 52
- **goals7**: 7
- **clubs7**: Arminia Bielefeld
- **totalcaps**: 243
- **totalgoals**: 37
- **nationalyears1**: 2007
- **nationalteam1**: Germany U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2007–2008
- **nationalteam2**: Germany U16
- **nationalcaps2**: 11
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2008–2009
- **nationalteam3**: Germany U17
- **nationalcaps3**: 20
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **nationalyears4**: 2009–2010
- **nationalteam4**: Germany U18
- **nationalcaps4**: 4
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam5**: Germany U19
- **nationalcaps5**: 13
- **nationalgoals5**: 1
- **nationalyears6**: 2011–2012
- **nationalteam6**: Germany U20
- **nationalcaps6**: 10
- **nationalgoals6**: 0