Joseph Yobo
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Joseph Michael Yobo (born 6 September 1980) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He was the captain of the Nigerian national team until his international football retirement in June 2014.
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[edit]- Nigeria is always blessed with talent. When we talk about going forward, I see that as our strength because we always have players that can take on opponents one-on-one with individual brilliance and getting a goal out of nothing.
- Afcon 2019: The Big Interview with Joseph Yobo on the Super Eagles progress. Goal.com, 12 July 2019.
- It feels good to see that they want everybody to be a part of the football show by bringing it to their homes. The reduced tariffs would afford their customers to enjoy and be a part of history, and I believe the current squad of the Super Eagles would excel in Russia.
- Pick confident Eagles for World Cup, Yobo tells Rohr. The Nation Newspaper, 3 May 2018.
- It’s been a long way. It was a big one, I just think it is destiny – because its unusual. I didn’t play in the Nigerian league, which is one of the ways very few people had the opportunity to play internationally. I went to Belgium in 1998 and left for the Olympic Marsielle in 2001 and 2002 I got into the British league.
- Joseph Yobo talks Football, Family & Future in the April Issue of HiMag. BellaNaija.com, 29 March 2010.
- On his journey to football success.
