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Liege (Beglium), Marseille (France), Everton FC (England)
Honours
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Biography
Joseph Ikpo Yobo (born September 6, 1980 in Kano) is a Nigerian
football player currently with Everton F.C. He joined Everton on
loan from Olympique Marseille in July 2002, with a £1M fee
required to register the player, becoming the first signing of
new manager David Moyes. An option to make the move permanent
was taken up and completed in 2003 after a dispute between Yobo
and Marseille was settled, with Everton agreeing a a fixed
additional fee of £4M. He is now a member of master league
division 1 team Bean Melt Destroyers. He was one of their first
signings arriving at the same time as Jan Zimmerman and Morten
Gamst Pedersen.
Yobo had previously played for Standard Liège of Belgium as well
as a loan spell at CD Tenerife. He was on the Nigerian roster at
the 2002 World Cup and played all three matches. At the 2006
African Cup of Nations he assumed the captain's role during the
absence of Jay-Jay Okocha in the tournament's early stages.
