Ishmael Yartey

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Ishmael Yartey (born 11 January 1990) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder or left winger for Norwegian club Alta.[1]

Club career

Yartey began his youth and professional career with Ghanaian club All Blacks F.C., before joining S.L. Benfica on a one-year loan deal with a buy option at the end of the contract.[2] Former Benfica manager Quique 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-year loan deal with S.C. Beira Mar. At the end of the season he signed for C.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 the 2010–11 Primeira Liga season.[5]

On 21 June 2011, he was again loaned, this time to Servette F.C. of the Swiss Super League until the end of the 2011–12 Swiss Super League.[6]

On 19 July 2012, after returning to Benfica from his Servette loan, Yartey signed a four-year contract with French Ligue 1 club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard.

On 26 March 2015, Yartey signed a loan contract with Portland Timbers of MLS 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 for KPV.[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 side Hetten FC.[13]

In February 2021, Yartey signed for Finland Veikkausliiga side FC Haka.[14] He scored two goals in March 2021 in pre-season friendly games for Haka.[15][16] In January 2022, Yartey signed for Bahrain Premier League side Al Hidd Club after leaving Haka.

In August 2022, Yartey returned to KPV until the end of the 2022 season.[17]

International career

Yartey represented Ghana U-17 (Black Starlets) in the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Korea Republic.[18]

On 16 May 2012, Yartey was called up for two of the Ghana national team's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifications, against Lesotho in Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana, and on 1 June 2012 and against Zambia in Ndola, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, on 9 June 2012.[19]

Career statistics

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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

Honours

Beira-Mar

Portland Timbers

References

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  3. ↑ Ishmael Yartey Ghana's Winger Template:Webarchive. dailyguideghana.com.
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Yartey no Beira-Mar Template:Webarchive (in Portuguese). 29 January 2012. record.xl.pt.
  6. ↑ Le Servette FC engage le milieu offensif ghanéen Ishmael Yartey et le gardien portugais Joao Barroca (in French). 21 June 2011. tsr.ch.
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Ghana U17 Star Ishmael Yartey Joins Finnish Side KPV, ghanasportsonline.com, 19 July 2019
  9. ↑ Ishmael Yartey Marks Finnish Top-Flight Debut With Match Winner For KPV, ghanasportsonline.com, 28 July 2019
  10. ↑ Ex-Ghana Youth Star Ishmael Yartey Wins MVP After Excelling On Finnish League Debut, ghanasportsonline.com, 28 July 2019
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ On-Fire Ishmael Yartey Scores Brave Finish To Claim Sensational Win For KPV Over Giants HJK In Finland, ghanasportsonline.com, 18 August 2019
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  18. ↑ Ishmael Yartey – FIFA. fifa.com.
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External links

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