| Terry Yegbe | |
| Height: | 1.95m |
| Birth Date: | 2001 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Akatsi, Ghana |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Elfsborg |
| Youthclubs1: | Kickers FC |
| Youthclubs2: | WAFA |
| Youthclubs3: | Vision |
| Years1: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs1: | WAFA |
| Caps1: | 9 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Vision |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022 |
| Clubs3: | → SJK II (loan) |
| Caps3: | 21 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2023 |
| Clubs4: | → SJK (loan) |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023 |
| Clubs5: | SJK |
| Caps5: | 17 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2024– |
| Clubs6: | Elfsborg |
| Caps6: | 12 |
| Goals6: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam1: | Ghana U23 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 18 August 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 3 October 2023 |
Terry Yegbe (born 25 January 2001) is a Ghanaian professional football defender for Swedish Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg.
Born in Akatsi, Yegbe started to play football in a youth team of local Division Two side Kickers FC. He was scouted by a Sogakope-based Ghana Premier League club West African Football Academy (WAFA), and was offered a contract to their academy in August 2018. Yegbe made his senior debut with the club's first team in Ghana Premier League in 2019. After his contract expired with WAFA, Yegbe moved to Accra to the Division One club Vision FC, where he spent two years, before moving to Finland.[1]
In March 2022, Yegbe was first loaned out to Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho (SJK) in Finland with a purchase option, and was initially registered to their academy squad SJK II, playing in the Finnish second tier, Ykkönen.[2]
On 27 November 2022, his loan was extended until the end of 2023 and he was promoted to the first team.[3] After a highly successful start to the season in Veikkausliiga, his loan was cut short and he signed a permanent contract with SJK, on a deal until the end of 2027, for an undisclosed fee.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Yegbe quickly established his place in the starting line-up and became an integral part of the SJK defense.[9]
On 8 June 2023, in the Ostrobothnia derby (Finnish: Pohjanmaan derby) match against Vaasan Palloseura (VPS), Yegbe gained a wide recognition as he indirectly scored a goal with his long free throw on the 2nd minute of the game.[10] The ball went in the net by the fingers of VPS goalkeeper Teppo Marttinen, and it was registered as an own goal.[11] [12] [13] [14]
On 13 December 2023, it was announced that Yegbe would join Swedish side IF Elfsborg from 1 January 2024,[15] signing a contract until the end of the 2028 season.[16] [17] The deal reportedly commanded a transfer fee in the region of kr6,8-7,9 million, which roughly corresponds to €600,000-700,000.[18] On 1 April 2024, Yegbe made his official debut for Elfsborg, in a 2024 season opening game against IFK Värnamo.[19] [20] On 5 May 2024, in a match against Sirius, Yegbe was sent off for elbowing Yousef Salech in the stomach.[21] Later he received a four-game ban for the incident.[22] Yegbe scored his first goals in Allsvenskan on 14 July 2024 by a brace, helping his side to a 5–3 away win against BK Häcken.
Yegbe got a call up to Ghana U23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in the summer 2023.[23] [24] He played in all three of the group stage matches against Morocco, Congo and Guinea. Ghana finished 3rd in the group and was eventually knocked out of the competition.[25]
Yegbe has named David Alaba his idol in football.[26]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| WAFA | 2019 | Ghana Premier League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Vision | 2021–22 | Ghana Division One | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| SJK Akatemia (loan) | 2022 | Ykkönen | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2023 | Ykkönen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||
| SJK (loan) | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| SJK | 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||
| Elfsborg | 2024 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 79 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 93 | 5 | |||