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Aiyegbeni Yakubu
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'''Yakubu Aiyegbeni''' (born
November 22 1982 in
Benin City,
Nigeria) is a
Nigerian
football (soccer) player, who currently plays for
Middlesbrough F.C. He weighs 81
kg and is 1.85
meters in height.
A
striker, Yakubu started his career at
Israeli team
Maccabi Haifa F.C., where he won two championships and had a phenomenal scoring record both in the domestic and international competitions - breaking several club records. After scoring 7 goals in 8 European Cup appearances (including a
hat-trick against Olympiakos) in the 2002/03 season
UEFA Champions League, Yakubu moved to English club
Portsmouth F.C. in January
2003.
His goals helped fire Portsmouth to the Division One (now
Football League Championship) title, scoring at a rate of one goal every two games.
During the club's debut
FA Premier League Premiership season, during which they finished 13th, he scored 16 times in 35 starts. During the summer of 2004 several other Premiership teams were interested in purchasing Yakubu for up to £10 million, but he chose to stay and help consolidate the club's Premiership position.
He has been capped several times for
Nigeria national football team Nigeria, and is a regular in the national team. At the end of 2005, shortly before the African Nations Cup preparation camp for the Nigerian national team was about to start, Yakubu rejected the call-up to the camp opting to play an important role for Middlesbrough, and ensuring that he would not play in the 2006 Nations Cup.
After the 2004-05 season, he transferred from Pompey to
Middlesbrough F.C. Boro for a £7 million fee. In one if his most memorable matches since joining Boro, Yakubu (Man Of The Match) scored the third goal in a rampant 3-0 win over runaway premiership leaders Chelsea, insuring their second defeat of the season.
Yakubu scored the penalty at home in the first leg of the
UEFA Cup last 16 round against
A.S. Roma, ensuring that Middlesbrough won 1-0 at home. Middlesbrough later went through on away goals, losing 1-2 in the
Olimpico.
Career Data
* Maccabi Haifa Youth team (1999)
* Hapoel Kfar Saba (2000)
** A second division club, played on loan
*
Maccabi Haifa (2001 - 2003)
** 24 domestic league goals in 50 appearances
** 8 domestic cup goals in 9 appearances
** 7 domestic European Cup goals in 11 appearances
*
Portsmouth F.C. (2002 - 2003)
** 7 Coca-Cola Championship goals in 14 appearances
* Portsmouth F.C. (2003-2005)
** 28 Premier League goals in 67 appearances
** 3 FA Cup goals in 6 appearances
** 4 League Cup goals in 5 appearances
*
Middlesbrough F.C. (2005 - )
** 12 Premier League goals in 20 appearances
** 0 UEFA cup goals in 2 appearances
External links
-
Yakubu at Soccerbase
-
Yakubu page on Maccabi Haifa website (Hebrew)
Category:1982 births Yakubu, Aiyegbeni
Category:Living people Yakubu, Aiyegbeni
Category:Nigerian footballers Yakubu, Aiyegbeni
Category:Olympic competitors for Nigeria Yakubu, Aiyegbeni
Category:Football (soccer) strikers Yakubu, Aiyegbeni
Category:English Premiership players Yakubu, Aiyegbeni
Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Yakubu, Aiyegbeni
Category:Portsmouth F.C. players Yakubu, Aiyegbeni
Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players Yakubu, Aiyegbeni
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