Yaw Ackah

Yaw Ackah
Personal information
Full name Yaw Ackah
Date of birth (1999-06-01) June 1, 1999
Place of birth Accra, Ghana
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Number 79
Youth career
Bechem United
2017–2019 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Boavista 26 (0)
2020–2026 Kayserispor 71 (0)
2021 → Erzurumspor F.K. (loan) 2 (0)
2021–2022 → Ankara Keçiörengücü S.K. (loan) 25 (0)
2026– Ironi Kiryat Shmona 12 (0)
International career
2019– Ghana U20 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 June 2026

Yaw Ackah (born 1 June 1999) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli club Ironi Kiryat Shmona.[1]

Professional career

Ackah joined the youth academy of Boavista in 2017 from Bechem United.[2] Ackah made his professional debut for Boavista in a 4-2 Primeira Liga win over S.C. Braga on 11 May 2019.[3]

After making 24 appearances for Boavista in the 2019/20 campaign, Ackah joined Turkish Super League side Kayserispor for a three-year deal with the club after a successful medical ahead of the 2020–2021 season.[4][5]

International career

Ackah was called up to the preliminary squad for the Ghana U20s for the 2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Yaw Ackah at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Portuguese giants Boavista promote 'New Essien' Yaw Ackah to senior side after sparkling for youth side". GhanaSoccernet.
  3. ↑ "Boavista vs. Sporting Braga - 11 May 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  4. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Yaw Ackah joins Kayserispor FK - Kickgh.com". www.kickgh.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  5. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Ghana midfielder Yaw Ackah joins Turkish side Kayserispor". GhanaSoccernet. 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  6. ↑ "Boavista youth star Yaw Ackah starts training with Black Satellites ahead of Benin clash". GhanaSoccernet.
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