| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1990-01-11)11 January 1990 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Swedru,Central Region, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left midfielder,left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Alta | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Polo FC | |||
| Coastal Fauzan | |||
| Liberty Professionals | |||
| 2006–2007 | All Blacks | ||
| 2007–2009 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2012 | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
| 2009 | →Beira-Mar (loan) | 17 | (2) |
| 2010 | →Fátima (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | →Beira-Mar (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | →Servette (loan) | 31 | (8) |
| 2012–2014 | Sochaux | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | →Sion (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | Sion | 27 | (2) |
| 2015 | →Portland Timbers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | →Gil Vicente (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | FC Sion II | 35 | (14) |
| 2018–2019 | Stade Nyonnais | 15 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | KPV | 11 | (6) |
| 2020 | Hetten | 9 | (7) |
| 2021 | Haka | 20 | (4) |
| 2022 | Al Hidd Club | (1) | |
| 2022 | KPV | 9 | (0) |
| 2023– | Alta | 20 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Ghana U-17 | 7 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2023 | |||
Ishmael Yartey (born 11 January 1990) is a Ghanaian professionalfootballer who plays as aleft midfielder orleft winger for Norwegian clubAlta.[1]
Yartey began his youth and professional career with Ghanaian clubAll Blacks F.C., before joiningS.L. Benfica on a one-year loan deal with a buy option at the end of thecontract.[2] Former Benfica managerQuique Flores was the first manager that called Yartey to train with the senior squad, but he never debuted for the first team.[3]
On 15 July 2009, Yartey left Benfica and signed a one-yearloan deal withS.C. Beira Mar. At the end of the season he signed forC.D. Fátima, on another one-year loan.[4] In January 2011 he was loaned to Beira-Mar for a second time, for the remainder of the2010–11 Primeira Liga season.[5]
On 21 June 2011, he was again loaned, this time toServette F.C. of theSwiss Super League until the end of the2011–12 Swiss Super League.[6]
On 19 July 2012, after returning to Benfica from his Servette loan, Yartey signed a four-year contract with FrenchLigue 1 clubFC Sochaux-Montbéliard.
On 26 March 2015, Yartey signed a loan contract withPortland Timbers ofMLS with a transfer option from French Ligue 1 club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.[7]
Yartey completed his move to Finnish top-flight side KPV Kokkola in July 2019.[8] He scored on his competitive debut for KPV.[9] He was voted the MVP on his debut game forKPV.[10] Yartey also won the Man of the Match Award against giants HJK Helsinki.[11] In that game he scored a wonderful goal for KPV.[12]
In January 2020, Yartey signed for Saudi sideHetten FC.[13]
In February 2021, Yartey signed for FinlandVeikkausliiga sideFC Haka.[14] He scored two goals in March 2021 in pre-season friendly games for Haka.[15][16] In January 2022, Yartey signed forBahrain Premier League sideAl Hidd Club after leaving Haka.
In August 2022, Yartey returned toKPV until the end of the 2022 season.[17]
Yartey representedGhana U-17 (Black Starlets) in the2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup inKorea Republic.[18]
On 16 May 2012, Yartey was called up for two of theGhana national team's2014 FIFA World Cup qualifications, against Lesotho inKumasi, Ashanti, Ghana, and on 1 June 2012 and against Zambia inNdola, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, on 9 June 2012.[19]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Beira-Mar (loan) | 2009–10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 22 | 6 | |
| Fátima (loan) | 2010–11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 20 | 4 | |
| Beira-Mar (loan) | 2010–11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | |
| Servette (loan) | 2011–12 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 8 | ||
| Sochaux | 2012–13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| Sochaux B | 2012–13 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| Sion (loan) | 2013–14 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 2 | ||
| Sion | 2014–15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Portland Timbers (loan) | 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | ||
| Gil Vicente (loan) | 2015–16 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | |
| Career total | 120 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 21 | |
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