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.Tweet Yabos vom 30. Juli 2014 On 25 May 2014, he was elected as a member of the city council of Karlsruhe.http://web1.karlsruhe.de/Stadtentwicklung/afsta/Wahlen/Wahlabend-Netmodul-ab2014/2014-komm/gr/gemeinderat-2014-kandi.php  (in German) retrieved on 26 May 2014

Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1. FC Köln2009–10Bundesliga1000—102010–114000—40Total500000501. FC Köln II2009–10Regionalliga West52—522010–11249—2492012–13296—296Total581700005817Alemannia Aachen (loan)2011–122. Bundesliga17010—180Karlsruher SC2013–142. Bundesliga31110—3212014–153151021346Total6262021667Red Bull Salzburg2016–17Austrian Football Bundesliga202210522017–18242211203832018–19912260173Total35365190608Arminia Bielefeld (loan)2016–172. Bundesliga14400—144Arminia Bielefeld2018–192. Bundesliga15200—1522019–2024410—2542020–21Bundesliga13100—131Total5271000537Career total2433710521127443

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

References

Other websites

 Reinhold Yabo at DFB.de


Category:1992 births
Category:Living people
Category:German footballers
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Bundesliga players
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:Arminia Bielefeld players