Konadu Yiadom
{{Short description|Ghanaian professional footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Konadu Yiadom
| caps1 = 89
| clubs2 = Hearts of Oak
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|6|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ghana
| height = 1.91 m
| position = Defender
| currentclub = Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih on loan Hearts of Oak
| clubnumber = 86
| youthyears1 =
| years1 = 2018–2022
| clubs1 = WAFA
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| years2 = 2022–
| goals1 = 5
| caps2 = 18
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2023–
| clubs3 = → Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (loan)
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
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| club-update = 2 October 2023
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Konadu Yiadom (born 10 June 2000) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as defender for Ukrainian club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, on loan from Ghanaian Premier League side Hearts of Oak.{{Soccerway|id=694667}}
Career
= Early career =
Yiadom started his career with lower-tier side Tema United, in the harbor city of Tema in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana before joining WAFA in 2018.{{Cite web|last=Ampofo|first=Sampson|date=2020-05-16|title=I was quoted out of context' – Konadu Yiadom retorts|url=https://footballmadeinghana.com/2020/05/16/i-was-quoted-out-of-context-konadu-yiadom-retorts/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523052210/https://footballmadeinghana.com/2020/05/16/i-was-quoted-out-of-context-konadu-yiadom-retorts/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=23 May 2020|access-date=2021-07-05|website=Football Made In Ghana|language=en-US}}
= WAFA =
In January 2018, Yiadom joined West African Football Academy on a three-year deal after Ibrahim Abukari suffered an injury and was immediately promoted into the senior team.{{Cite web|last=Gyamera-Antwi|first=Evans|date=23 February 2018|title=Wafa sign Yiadom in a three-year deal {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gh/news/wafa-sign-yiadom-in-a-three-year-deal/18ha1bl079j9z1aruyp8zmjfiq|access-date=5 July 2021|website=www.goal.com}}{{Cite web|date=2018-02-23|title=EXCLUSIVE: WAFA sign 17-year-old defender Konadu Yiadom from Division Two side Tema United|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/wafa-sign-17-year-old-defender-konadu-yiadom-from-division-two-side-tema-united|access-date=2021-07-05|website=GhanaSoccernet|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2021-02-15|title=WAFA's Konadu Yiadom 'Ready' To Grasp Black Stars Opportunity|url=https://www.442gh.com/wafas-konadu-yiadom-ready-to-grasp-black-stars-opportunity/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=442 GH|language=en-US}} He made his debut on 2 May 2018, in a 2–1 victory to Berekum Chelsea.{{Cite web|title=Match Report of Berekum Chelsea FC vs West Africa Football Academy SC - 2018-05-02 - Zylofon Cash Premier League - Global Sports Archive|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2018-05-02/berekum-chelsea-fc-vs-west-africa-football-academy-sc/1269546/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=globalsportsarchive.com}} He made 5 league appearances in his debut season.{{Cite web|title=Konadu Yiadom - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/konadu-yiadom/243913/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=globalsportsarchive.com}} The next season, the 2019 GFA Normalization Special Competition, he played 7 out of 12 league matches. The following season, the 2019–20 season, he played in 14 league matches and scored 2 goals before the league was suspended and later halted due to restrictions from the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-16|title=WAFA kid Konadu Yiadom ready for switch to either Hearts of Oak or Asante Kotoko|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/wafa-kid-konadu-yiadom-ready-for-switch-to-either-hearts-of-oak-or-asante-kotoko|access-date=2021-07-05|website=GhanaSoccernet|language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{GSA player|konadu-yiadom/243913}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yiadom, Konadu}}
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Ghanaian men's footballers
Category:Ghana men's A' international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:West African Football Academy players
Category:FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players
Category:Ghana Premier League players
Category:Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
Category:Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
Category:2022 African Nations Championship players
Category:21st-century Ghanaian sportsmen
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