Yakubu
(Yakubu Aiyegbeni)
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Born
1982 (43 years old)
Benin City, NigeriaPosition
Forward
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Black
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183 cm
Weight
83 kg
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Yakubu Ayegbeni (born 22 November 1982), known as Yakubu, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. His nickname is "The Yak".
His performances in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League for Maccabi Haifa earned a loan move to English club Portsmouth which became permanent as they were promoted to the Premier League in 2003. He has since appeared in over 250 Premier League matches for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, and Blackburn Rovers, and is the fourth highest African goalscorer in Premier League history with 96 goals. He is the third highest scorer in the history of the Nigeria national football team, and represented them at four African Cup of Nations finals, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 Summer Olympic.
Yakubu has scored 21 goals in his 57 appearances for Nigeria since his 2000 debut. He is currently the third highest ever international goalscorer for Nigeria.
In 2008, Yakubu married Yvonne Lameen Ikhana, the daughter of former Nigerian international footballer Kadiri Ikhana, who is also the father-in-law to former Nigerian international footballer Patrick Ovie. Yakubu and Ikhana have two daughters. He used to play barefoot on the streets of Benin, Nigeria, until his brother gave him a pair of boots aged 12.
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 Israeli Premier League |  Maccabi Haifa | 2001-2002 | |
| Israeli Premier League | Maccabi Haifa | 2000-2001 |
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 UEFA Champions League Hat-Trick | Maccabi Haifa | 2002-09-24 |
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 Bridge FC | 1998-1999 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1999-2003 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Portsmouth | 2003-2005 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Middlesbrough | 2005-2007 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Everton | 2007-2011 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Blackburn | 2011-2012 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Guangzhou R&F F.C. | 2012-2014 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Al-Rayyan SC | 2014 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Reading | 2015 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Kayserispor | 2015-2016 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Coventry | 2017 | Permanent | - | - |
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