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| Full name | Alexander Nyarko | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1973-10-15)15 October 1973 (age 52) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Asante Kotoko | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Dawu Youngstars | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Sportul Studenţesc | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Basel | 55 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Karlsruher SC | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Lens | 45 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Everton | 33 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | →Monaco (loan) | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | →Paris Saint-Germain (loan) | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Start | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Yverdon Sport | 35 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 237+ | (16+) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Ghana | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Alexander Nyarko (born 15 October 1973) is a Ghanaian former professionalfootballer who played as amidfielder.
Nyarko started his career in Ghana, and in 1995 he joinedBasel fromSportul Studenţesc.
Nyarko joined Basel for their1995–96 season under head coachClaude Andrey. He played his debut for his new club in the home game at theSt. Jakob Stadium the1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup match on 8 July 1995 as Basel were beaten 3–2 byKarlsruher SC.[1] After playing one test game and another UEFA Intertoto Cup match, he played his domestic league debut for the team in the home game on 19 July as Basel won 2–1 againstSion.[2] He scored his first goal for the team on 5 November in the away game at theCornaredo Stadium againstLugano. It was the only goal of the game as Basel won 1–0.[3] He played for the team for two seasons and during this time Nyarko played a total of 83 games for Basel scoring a total of 15 goals. 55 of these games were in theNationalliga A, six in theSwiss Cup, five in theUEFA Intertoto Cup and 17 were friendly games. He scored eight goals in the domestic league, two in the cup, one in the UIC and the other four were scored during the test games.[4]
He then moved to Karlsruher in Germany and then two seasons forLens in France. While at Lens, he played as a substitute in the final as they won the1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue.[5]
In 2000, he joinedEverton for £4.5 million, signing a contract until June 2005. He scored his first and only goal for Everton against Tottenham Hotspur in September 2000.[6] He is infamous for an incident during the 2000–01 season where during a game againstArsenal a fan came on the pitch and offered him his own royal blue Everton shirt, signalling that Nyarko was not good enough to wear the colours of Everton. After the fan was escorted away by police, Nyarko requested to be substituted and transferred.[7][8]
Eventually, he went on loan to French clubMonaco just days later for the rest of the season, and then had a loan spell atParis Saint-Germain for the entire 2002–03 season. Nyarko returned to Everton for the 2003–04 season[9] and made his return to the first team in aLeague Cup tie againstCharlton Athletic.[10] A few days later he made his first league appearance of the season againstChelsea and almost gave Everton the lead but his shot came back off the crossbar.[11] He went on to make 11 league appearances for the Merseyside club that season, but was released after the season because his work permit expired and could not be renewed.
Nyarko then spent six months out of football, before joiningStart in March 2005.[12] He was, however, released by the club after an unauthorized trip to his family in Switzerland.[13][14] Nyarko joined Swiss teamYverdon Sport in June 2006. He was released again in December 2007 and subsequently retired.[15][16]
Nyarko was capped for Ghanaian Olympic team at 1992 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal. He also played for Ghana in 1998 and 2000Africa Cup of Nations.
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