Alex Nyarko Profile

CLUB:

Yverdon Sport

POSITION:

Midfield

BORN:

1973-10-15

BIRTHPLACE:

PREVIOUS CLUBS:

Dawu Youngsters (Ghana), Ashanti Kotoko(Ghana), St. Bucarest (Romania), Basel (Switzerland)(1995-1997), Karlsruhe(Germany) 1997-1998), Lens (France) (1998-2000), Everton (England)(2000-2001), Monaco (France, On Loan) (2001-2002), PSG (on loan from Everton); Start(NOR)

HEIGHT / WEIGHT:

184cm/76kg

NIKNAME:

GHANA DEBUT :

0000-00-00

CAPS/GOALS:

France -coupe de la Ligue (Lens, 1999)

Retired in September 2007 and then in December 2007
Nyarko, who first caught people's attention as a member of the 1992 Ghana Olympic team, was signed by Everton from French side Lens to provide steel and hard graft in midfield after Don Hutchison's #2.5 million transfer to Sunderland.

He joined Lens in 1998 for $600,000 from Karlsruhe, a surprise at the time given that he was injured for much of the two years he was in Germany. Paris Saint-Germain expressed an interest before Walter Smith moved in on the recommendation of former Everton and Lens star Olivier Dacourt. He rushed through a $4.5 million deal in the 2000 close season.

However, the Ghanaian has failed to settle as quickly as expected and did not figure in the early part of the 2000-01 Premiership season. He threatened to quit the game in April 2001 after a fan ran onto the pitch in a 4-1 defeat at Arsenal offering to swap places with him.

Nyarko was shipped out on a year-long loan with an option to make the deal permanent. He has now (2002/2003) joined Paris Saint-Germain.

Achievments

France -coupe de la Ligue (Lens, 1999)

Transfer history
From	To	Date	Cost
Paris Saint Germain	Everton	29/06/2002	Loan Cancelled
Everton	Paris Saint Germain	29/06/2002	On Loan
Everton	Monaco	16/05/2002	Loan Cancelled
Karlsruher SC	Lens	01/08/1998	N/A
Basel	Karlsruher SC	01/08/1997	N/A