Joseph Yobo

**Joseph Yobo** (born 6 September 1980) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Everton in the Premier League.

He is a defender who normally plays in the centre, but can play on the right of defence or in midfield.

He signed from French side Olympique Marseille in 2001 and has become a favourite at Everton ever since.

He is the Everton vice-captain and first captained Everton against Larissas in a 3-1 victory in the UEFA Cup, replacing the injured Phil Neville.

Yobo is also captain of the national Nigerian side.

When he first joined Everton he wore the number 20 on his shirt, but this changed to 4 when Alan Stubbs left for Sunderland

## Club career statistics

|-
|1997/98||rowspan="4"|Standard Liège||rowspan="4"|First Division||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|1998/99||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
|-
|1999/00||18||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||18||0
|-
|2000/01||30||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||30||2

|-
|2001/02||Olympique Marseille||Division 1||23||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||23||0

|-
|2001/02||Tenerife||Segunda División||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0

|-
|2002/03||rowspan="8"|Everton||rowspan="8"|Premier League||24||0||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||26||0
|-
|2003/04||28||2||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||31||2
|-
|2004/05||27||0||3||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||33||0
|-
|2005/06||29||1||0||0||1||0||4||1||34||2
|-
|2006/07||38||2||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||40||2
|-
|2007/08||30||1||0||0||2||0||7||0||39||1
|-
|2008/09||26||1||0||0||1||0||2||0||29||1
|-
|2009/10||||||||||||||||||||
48||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||48||2
23||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||23||0
0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
202||7||5||0||12||0||13||1||232||8
273||9||5||0||12||0||13||1||303||10
|}

## International career statistics

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|2001||7||0
|-
|2002||12||0
|-
|2003||3||0
|-
|2004||10||2
|-
|2005||5||0
|-
|2006||7||0
|-
|2007||3||0
|-
|2008||10||2
|-
|2009||5||0
|-
|2010||||
|-
!Total||62||4
|}

## Related pages

- List of Nigerians

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Joseph Yobo
- **image**: JosephYobo'13 (cropped).JPG
- **caption**: Yobo playing for Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe in 2013
- **fullname**: Joseph Michael Yobo
- **birth place**: Kono, Rivers, Kono, Rivers State, Nigeria
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1996–1997
- **youthclubs1**: Michellin-Harcourt
- **youthyears2**: 1997–1998
- **youthclubs2**: Standard de Liège, Standard Liège
- **years1**: 1998–2001
- **clubs1**: Standard de Liège, Standard Liège
- **caps1**: 46
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 2001–2003
- **clubs2**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
- **caps2**: 23
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2001–2002
- **clubs3**: → CD Tenerife, Tenerife (loan)
- **caps3**: 0
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2002–2003
- **clubs4**: → Everton F.C., Everton (loan)
- **caps4**: 24
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2003–2012
- **clubs5**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps5**: 196
- **goals5**: 8
- **years6**: 2010–2012
- **clubs6**: → Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe (loan)
- **caps6**: 69
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2012–2014
- **clubs7**: Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe
- **caps7**: 21
- **goals7**: 1
- **years8**: 2014
- **clubs8**: → Norwich City F.C., Norwich City (loan)
- **caps8**: 8
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 387
- **totalgoals**: 13
- **nationalyears1**: 2001–2014
- **nationalteam1**: Nigeria national football team, Nigeria
- **nationalcaps1**: 101
- **nationalgoals1**: 7