 Abroad he played for IFK Norrköping in Sweden (1994–95), Spain's Real Sociedad (1995–97) and Hércules CF (1997–98) and Samsunspor (1998) and Yimpaş Yozgatspor (2001–02) from Turkey.Yaw retired from professional football at the age of only 28.Yaw was part of the Ghanaian Olympic team who won the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.