Joseph Yobo

What draws me to Joseph Yobo is not his height or his caps, but his staying power. Spending a decade at Everton in an era of constant player movement, and becoming the first African to captain the club, says everything about the trust he earned far from home. Centre-backs like him rarely get the headlines that strikers do, yet they are the spine that holds a team upright. I admire that he built his reputation quietly across Belgium, France, England and Turkey, letting consistency rather than spectacle do the talking. He is the kind of dependable, unglamorous professional I respect most in football.

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Name (English)

Joseph Yobo

Name (Japanese)

ジョゼフ・ヨボ

Reading

じょぜふ・よぼ

Born

September 6, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Kono, Rivers State, Nigeria

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Yobo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%9C
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147896

Tags

• Rivers State
• association football player

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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