Tony Yeboah, Leeds United’s explosive front man who set Elland Road alight | OneFootball

Tony Yeboah’s Leeds United stint was brief and blistering. He hit 32 goals in 61 games across two years, a cult legacy built on spectacle.

According to Leeds Live, Anthony Yeboah arrived in January 1995 from Eintracht Frankfurt for £3.4million with little fanfare. He first scored as a substitute in a 3-1 FA Cup defeat at Manchester United, then on his full debut against Everton he sealed a 1-0 league win.

He soon acclimatised, firing 13 in 16 to haul Leeds into Europe. Many were routine finishes from a strong-running, clinical striker, before autumn 1995 revealed his showreel side.

Thunderous strikes against Liverpool and Wimbledon made him the first to win Match of the Day’s Goal of the Month in consecutive months, and a ruthless UEFA Cup hat-trick in Monaco underlined his range.

Leeds then drifted in the second half of 1995/96. Yeboah battled injury as a lone forward in the League Cup final against Aston Villa, a 3-0 Wembley defeat, and by then he had already scored his last Leeds goals.

George Graham’s arrival brought friction and fitness trouble. The 1996/97 season was sporadic and subdued, capped by him throwing his shirt at Graham after being substituted at Tottenham Hotspur. He departed for Hamburg soon after.

He came, he plundered, he left, a scorer of spectacular goals whose cameo still crackles at Elland Road. Supporters wanted more, but few left unsatisfied by the theatre he served.

Source: Leeds Live