Yussif Chibsah Was Earning 5 Cedis at King Faisal : Former King Faisal midfielder Yussif Chibsah has revealed that he was receiving 5 Ghana Cedis as salary during his time at the club of Alhaji Karim Grusah and he made this revelation in an interview with Joy Sports’s Muftawu Nabila.
The current PFAG official also added that when he moved to Asante Kotoko
“Can you imagine I was earning 5 cedis at King Faisal . I went to Kotoko and they were giving me 100 cedis . that is 1 million at that time. Those times 1 million old cedis was really a good money” , Chibsah said.
Chibsah started his career at Kumasi based King Faisal in his home country, and in 2003 moved to Asante Kotoko where all his years had a key midfielder role.
With Kotoko met up with great moments as he played at the first CAF Confederation Cup in 2004 winning the silver medal as the runners up to Hearts of Oak and also in the CAF Champions League in 2006.
After the 2006 World Cup, he was invited by French Ligue 1 club Rennes for a trial but could not meet the deadline for the summer registration. He had trials also with Hamburger SV and Djurgårdens IF in January 2006 following preseason in South Africa.
In his first attempt to move outside Ghana he signed a pre-contract with Finnish IFK Mariehamn, but with Kotoko asking for more money was never eligible to play for them.
In the 2006/07 season he played for Asante Kotoko FC in Ghana and later on came close to sign for Danish side Randers FC but eventually signed in October 2007 a two-year contract with Swedish Allsvenskan club Gefle IF under manager Per Olsson.
When his contract ended and despite interest from 2nd division Bundesliga club he renew for 2 more year with Gefle IF. Prior to the 2012 season he returned to Djurgårdens IF and signed a contract with the club.
Meanwhile Chibsah’s former club King Faisal are facing relegation from the Ghana Premier League as they lie 17th in the relegation zone of the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League standings.
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