Dwight Yorke Will be part of the Stephen Appiah Led World XI that will face Asante Kotoko on Wednesday 8th June in Kumasi and play the Black Stars in Accra on 11th June for the Vodafone Unity Match in bid to promote peace ahead of the upcoming General Elections.

In the Special Series of reminding of the exploits of all Icons expected in Ghana next month we begin with the Dwight Eversley York

The Striker born on 3rd November 1971  is a Tobagonian former football player. He played for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland.

He was the assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team until the completion of the qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Along with Russell Latapy and Pat Jennings, Yorke holds the record number of participations in different World Cup competitions, including qualifying stages – six in total (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010).

Yorke was nicknamed The Smiling Assassin because of his goal scoring abilities and his constant smile. Yorke was capped 72 official times for the Trinidad and Tobago national team, scoring 26 goals, but has played over 100 matches for T&T that were not recognized as international friendlies.

Along with his friend Russell Latapy, Yorke was a member of the 1989 'Strike Squad', the national team which narrowly failed to qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

He retired from international football in 2001 after a disagreement with the side's coach; however he returned to the team for the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, in which the team qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time in their history after a 2–1 aggregate qualifying victory over Bahrain.