McDonald Yobe
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McDonald Yobe is a retired Malawi
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

an footballer who played as a midfielder or striker.

Career

Yobe was the first player to be transferred for 1 million kwacha
Malawian kwacha
The kwacha is the currency of Malawi as of 1971, replacing the Malawian pound. It is divided into 100 tambala. The kwacha replaced other types of currency, namely British, South African and Rhodesian, that had previously circulated through the Malawian economy...

 when he moved from Telecom Wanderers to local rival Big Bullets
Big Bullets
Big Bullets is a Malawian football club based in Blantyre and by unconfirmed statistics, Malawi’s popular football club and has dominated the country’s major soccer league, TNM Super League, since it was formed in 1967.-History:...

. He played his last professional season for Ottawa Wizards
Ottawa Wizards
Ottawa Wizards was a soccer team playing in the Canadian Professional Soccer League.-History:The team won three consecutive regular season championships from 2001 to 2003, and took the Rogers Cup once in 2002 with the Turkish head coach Rasim Kara....

 in the Canadian Soccer League.

International career

He also played for the Malawi national team
Malawi national football team
The Malawi national football team, nicknamed The Flames, is the national team of Malawi and is controlled by the Football Association of Malawi. Before 1966 they were known as the Nyasaland national football team...

.

Personal

Currently he has retired from active football, he is a resident in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

where he plays for a local social team of diaspola Malawians. Yobe is married with two children.
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