&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Yakubu_in_2013_(cropped).jpg) Yakubu with Guangzhou R&F in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yakubu Ayegbeni[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1982[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Benin City, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1997 | Gateway | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Julius Berger | ||
| 1998 | → Gil Vicente (loan) | ||
| 1998–2003 | Maccabi Haifa | 49 | (38) |
| 1999–2000 | → Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) | 23 | (6) |
| 2003 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 14 | (7) |
| 2003–2005 | Portsmouth | 67 | (28) |
| 2005–2007 | Middlesbrough | 73 | (25) |
| 2007–2011 | Everton | 82 | (25) |
| 2011 | → Leicester City (loan) | 20 | (11) |
| 2011–2012 | Blackburn Rovers | 30 | (17) |
| 2012–2013 | Guangzhou R&F | 43 | (24) |
| 2014–2015 | Al-Rayyan | 10 | (5) |
| 2015 | Reading | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Kayserispor | 12 | (0) |
| 2017 | Coventry City | 3 | (0) |
| 2024 | Enfield Town | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 424 | (170) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000–2012 | Nigeria | 58 | (21) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yakubu Ayegbeni (born 22 November 1982), known mononymously as Yakubu, is a Nigerian football agent and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is nicknamed "The Yak". In September 2024 he came out of retirement when he signed a short term deal for Enfield Town who play in the National League South [4]
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.[5] 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 Olympics.
- ^ "The Football League retained list". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Aiyegbini Yakubu". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Y. Aiyegbeni". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Players: Squad Profiles: Yakubu Ayegbeni". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
- ^ "Mahrez latest African to hit half-century of goals". premierleague.com. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2020.