Joachim Yaw

Joachim Yaw Acheampong (born 2 November 1973 in Accra), known as Yaw, is a Ghanaian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Joachim Yaw

Personal information
Full name	Joachim Yaw Acheampong
Date of birth	2 November 1973 (1973-11-02) (age 51)
Place of birth	Accra, Ghana
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Medal record
Men's association football
Representing Ghana
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Team competition

Club career

In his country Yaw represented Goldfields Obuasi (1990–94), Power FC (1999–2000) and King Faisal Babes (2001). Abroad he played for IFK Norrköping in Sweden (1994–95), Spain's Real Sociedad (1995–97) and Hércules CF (1997–98) and Samsunspor (1998) and Yimpaş Yozgatspor (2001–02) from Turkey.

Yaw retired from professional football at the age of only 28.

International career

Yaw was part of the Ghanaian Olympic team who won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He featured in five of six games in the tournament.

Yaw gained 18 caps with the full side, during five years. He appeared in two Africa Cup of Nations editions.

External links

• Yaw (Joachim Yaw Acheampong) at BDFutbol
• Yaw Acheampong (Joachim Yaw Acheampong) at National-Football-Teams.com
• Joachim Yaw Acheampong at Olympedia
• Joachin Yaw Acheampong at Olympics.com
• Joachin Yaw Acheampong at databaseOlympics.com (archived)