| Albert Yobo | |
| Fullname: | Michael Albert Yobo |
| Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
| Birth Date: | 1979 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
| Position: | Defender |
| Years1: | 1995–1997 |
| Years2: | 1998–2000 |
| Years3: | 2001 |
| Years4: | 2002 |
| Years5: | 2003–2004 |
| Years6: | 2004–2005 |
| Clubs1: | Rangers International |
| Clubs5: | FC Zwolle[1] |
| Clubs6: | Pontevedra CF[2] |
| Caps5: | 21 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Caps6: | 19 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1995 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2003 |
| Nationalteam1: | Nigeria U-17[3] |
| 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.[4]
He is the older brother of Nigeria international captain Joseph Yobo. In July 2008, their younger brother Norum Yobo[5] was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria and held for ransom. He was eventually released after 12 days on 17 July 2008.[6]
His brothers charity, the Joseph Yobo Foundation, run a youth football tournament in Nigeria which bears his name, the Albert Yobo Soccer Championship.[7]
Yobo made his debut for Nigeria aged 18 against Zambia in a friendly in December 1997.
In 2007, his brother Joseph Yobo set up the Joseph Yobo Charity Foundation, to help under-privileged children in Nigeria. As of 18 July 2007, together they have handed out over 300 scholarship awards ranging from primary to university level. Yobo has started a football academy in the Ogoni region of Nigeria. He also runs football camps in Lagos. See the Everton Lagos project for more information.