Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1980-05-24) 24 May 1980 (age 44) | ||
Place of birth | Kano, Nigeria | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2001 | Kano Pillars | ||
2001–2002 | Club Africain | ||
2002 | Kano Pillars | ||
2003 | Enyimba International | ||
2004–2007 | Akademisk Boldklub | 77 | (25) |
2007–2011 | Kano Pillars | ||
2012–2015 | Wikki Tourists | ||
International career | |||
1998–2003 | Nigeria | 6 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ahmed Garba (born 24 May 1980), commonly known as Yaro Yaro, is a Nigerian football manager and former player, who played as a striker.
Career
Garba was a member of the Nigeria national team at the 1998 Carlsberg Cup.
In 1997, he was reportedly offered a four-year contract by a Borussia Dortmund II. However, the Nigerian Football Association did not allow the transfer from Kano Pillars to go through.
In 2012, Garba joined Nigerian Premier League club Wikki Tourists F.C.
In July 2015, he was made interim manager of Kano Pillars.
Honours
Nigeria
External links
- Ahmed Garba at National-Football-Teams.com
References
- "www.ngrguardiannews.com". news.biafranigeriaworld.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- "Africans dream of Europe safari". The Guardian. 17 October 1998. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- Ngobua, David (19 April 2014). "Yaro-Yaro: Borussia Dortmund deal would've made me one of world's greatest footballers". Daily Trust. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- "Wikki sign Yaro Yaro, Rabiu Baita". MTNFootball.com. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- "Pillars Sack Emordi, Appoint Yaro Yaro". Complete Sports Nigeria. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- Living people
- 1980 births
- Nigerian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Danish Superliga players
- Enyimba F.C. players
- Akademisk Boldklub players
- Kano Pillars F.C. players
- Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Nigeria men's international footballers
- Footballers from Kano
- 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen