Alex Nyarko

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Alexander Nyarko
Personal information
Full name Alexander Nyarko
Date of birth October 15, 1973 (1973-10-15) (age 34)
Place of birth    Accra, Ghana
Playing position Centre Midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1992-1993
1994
1994-1995
1995-1997
1997-1998
1998-2000
2000-2004
2001-2002
2002-2003
2004-2005
2006-2007		 Asante Kotoko
Dawu Youngstars
Steaua Bucharest
FC Basel
Karlsruher SC
RC Lens
Everton
→ AS Monaco FC (loan)
→ PSG (loan)
I.K. Start
Yverdon-Sport FC


55 (8)
22 (1)
45 (3)
33 (1)
26 (2)
18 (0)
31 (0)
35 (1)   
National team
 ?-2001 Ghana

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Alexander Nyarko (born October 15, 1973) is a former Ghanaian football player.

[edit] Football career

Nyarko started his career at Ghana, and then joined his first European team - Steaua Bucharest in Romania. A year later he moved to Swiss team FC Basel and then Karlsruher SC in Germany. He finally settled in RC Lens, played two seasons, and in 2000 joined Everton FC for £4.5M, signed a contract until June 2005. He is infamous for an incident during the 2001/2002 season where during a game against Arsenal a fan came on the pitch and offered him his black shirt, signalling that Nyarko wasn't good enough to wear the colours of Everton. After the fan was escourted by police, Nyarko requested to be subsituted and transferred. Eventually, he went on loan to French giant AS Monaco FC just days later for the rest of the season and then had a loan spell at Paris Saint-Germain for the entire 2002-03 season.

He returned to Everton for the 2003-04 season and made another 11 appearances for the Merseyside club, but was released after the season because his work permit expired and could not be renewed.

He then spent 6 months out of football, and joined I.K. Start in the 2005 winter league.

He became unattached again after the season, and then joined Swiss team Yverdon-Sport FC in June 2006.

[edit] International career

He was capped for Ghanaian Olympic team at 1992 Summer Olympics, and won bronze medal.

He also played for Ghana in 1998 and 2000 African Cup of Nations.

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze 1992 Barcelona Team Competition

[edit] External links

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