:Albert Yobo

{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use Nigerian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| image =

| name = Albert Yobo

| fullname = Michael Albert Yobo

| height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|5|5}}

| birth_place = Port Harcourt, Nigeria

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Defender

| years1 = 1995–1997 | years2 = 1998–2000 | years3 = 2001 | years4 = 2002 | years5 = 2003–2004 | years6 =2004–2005

| clubs1 = Rangers International | clubs2 = AJ Auxerre | clubs3 = VfL Osnabrück | clubs4 = Grazer AK | clubs5 = FC Zwolle{{cite web

| url = http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=32420&&cc=5901

| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130102213506/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=32420&&cc=5901

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 2 January 2013

| title = Albert M. Yobo - ESPN Playing Stats at FC Zwolle

}} | clubs6 =Pontevedra CF

{{cite web

| url = http://www.playerhistory.com/player/7040/

| title = Albert-Michael Yobo - PlayerHistory.com

}}

| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = | goals3 = | caps4 = | goals4 = | caps5 = 21 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1995 | nationalyears2 =2003

| nationalteam1 = Nigeria U-17

{{cite web

| url = https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=195448/index.html

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121024042416/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=195448/index.html

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = 24 October 2012

| title = Albert Yobo FIFA U-17 Record

}}

| nationalteam2 =Nigeria

| nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 10:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 23 July 2005

}}

Michael Albert Yobo (born May, 1979 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria) is a retired Nigerian football defender. Previously, he played for AJ Auxerre, VfL Osnabrück, Grazer AK, FC Zwolle, and Pontevedra CF in Europe.[https://www.vice.com/nl/article/albert-yobo-pec-zwolle/ Zo werd de Nigeriaanse verdediger Albert Yobo een echte Zwollenaar] vice.com

He is the older brother of Nigeria international captain Joseph Yobo. In July 2008, their younger brother Norum Yobo

{{Cite news

| url = http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/06072008/58/premier-league-everton-offer-yobo-assistance.html

| title = Everton offer Yobo assistance

| work = Kick Off Nigeria

| date = 2008-07-07

| accessdate = 2008-09-19

}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and held for ransom. He was eventually released after 12 days on 17 July 2008.

{{Cite news

|url=http://kickoffnigeria.com/static/news/article.php?id=2260

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525202803/http://kickoffnigeria.com/static/news/article.php?id=2260

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2012-05-25

|title=Yobo's Brother Released

|work=Yahoo

|date=2008-07-17

|accessdate=2008-09-19

}}

His brothers charity, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715005638/http://www.josephyobofoundations.org/ Joseph Yobo Foundation], run a youth football tournament in Nigeria which bears his name, the Albert Yobo Soccer Championship.

{{cite web

|url=http://josephyobofoundations.org/programmes.html

|title=Joseph Yobo Foundation Programmes

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710034503/http://josephyobofoundations.org/programmes.html

|archivedate=2009-07-10

}}