Alex Nyarko

Nyarko started his career in Ghana, and in 1995 he joined Basel from Sportul Studenţesc. Nyarko joined Basel for their 1995–96 season under head coach Claude Andrey. He played his debut for his new club in the home game at the St. Jakob Stadium the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup match on 8 July 1995 as Basel were beaten 3–2 by Karlsruher SC. After playing one test game and another UEFA Intertoto Cup match, he played his domestic league debut for the team in the home game on 19 July as Basel won 2–1 against Sion. He scored his first goal for the team on 5 November in the away game at the Cornaredo Stadium against Lugano. It was the only goal of the game as Basel won 1–0. He played for the team for two seasons and during this time Nyarko played a total of 83 games for Basel scoring a total of 15 goals. 55 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, six in the Swiss Cup, five in the UEFA Intertoto Cup and 17 were friendly games. He scored eight goals in the domestic league, two in the cup, one in the UIC and the other four were scored during the test games. He then moved to Karlsruher in Germany and then two seasons for Lens in France. While at Lens, he played as a substitute in the final as they won the 1998–99 Coupe de la Ligue. In 2000, he joined Everton for £4.5 million, signing a contract until June 2005. He scored his first and only goal for Everton against Tottenham Hotspur in September 2000. He is infamous for an incident during the 2000–01 season where during a game against…

Nyarko was capped for Ghanaian Olympic team at 1992 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal. He also played for Ghana in 1998 and 2000 Africa Cup of Nations.

International

Scores and results list Ghana's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nyarko goal.

Lens

Coupe de la Ligue: 1998–99