Yaw Preko (born 8 September 1974 in Accra) is a former soccer striker from Ghana. He is currently the manager of Ghana U20.
Career
His career started in Powerlines, a small Ghanaian club, and his first European club was R.S.C. Anderlecht where he became Belgian champion three times. He played in Turkey from 1997 to 2004 before joining
Halmstads BK in the
Allsvenskan. He then left Halmstads BK in 2005 as the club did not renew his contract, he signed for Saudi Arabian team
Al-Ettifaq[ TRANSFERS: Window Closed!] and stayed with them for almost 2 years and then signed for HAGL in the Vietnamese V-League, which he left after one season. A free agent, Preko subsequently announced his interest of returning home to the Ghanaian league.
International
He has played 68 international matches for the Ghana national team, and was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in
Barcelona.
Coaching career
From December 2012 to July 2013, Preko was the assistant manager of Ghana's U20 national team.
[ Former Ghana U20 assistant coach Yaw Preko owed US$ 7,000 by Ghana FA, ghanasoccernet.com, 9 January 2014] In October 2015, he became assistant manager under Kenichi Yatsuhashi.
[ Kenichi's Diary: Three reasons why Hearts' new man could be a hit, modernghana.com, 30 October 2015] On 30 October 2016, he was appointed caretaker manager replacing Sergio Traguil.
[ Hearts interim coach Yaw Preko takes charge of first training session, modernghana.com, 31 August 2016] However, the club decided to appoint a new manager at the end of October 2018 and two weeks later, he was reunited with Kenichi Yatsuhashi at Nigerian club Ifeanyi Ubah still as assistant manager. Yatsuhashi was sacked already sacked on 12 December 2016 and once again, Preko took over as a caretaker manager and later permanent manager.
[ Kenichi Yatsuhashi sacked as coach of Ifeanyi Ubah, kessbenfm.com, 12 December 2016] In January 2018, he was appointed assistant manager for Ghana's U17 national team.
[ Former Hearts Assistant Yaw Preko Re-Assigned As Ghana U17 Deputy Coach, ghanasportsonline.com, 30 January 2018]
In April 2019, he was appointed assistant manager of Ghanaian club Kings Palace FC, again under Kenichi Yatsuhashi.[ Kenichi Yatsuhashi: Former Hearts coach takes over Kings Palace FC, sportsfileghana.com, 13 April 2019] In June 2019, he was appointed manager of Ghana's U20 national team.[ Yaw Preko appointed Ghana U20 coach; George Lamptey as assistant- reports, ghanasoccernet.com, 4 June 2019]
Career Statistics
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |
|
| Ghana | 0 |
| 0 |
| 3 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 3 |
| 1 |
| 0 |
|
- Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Preko goal.
| + List of international goals scored by Yaw Preko |
|
| 1 | | Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1996 African Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 5 | 3–0 |
| 6 | 5–0 |
| 7 | | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
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