Yakubu, Nigeria footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

: Yakubu with Guangzhou R&F in 2013
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Yakubu Ayegbeni
Date of birth: (1982-11-22) 22 November 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth: Benin City, Nigeria
Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position: Striker
⚽ Youth career:
1994–1997: Gateway
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999: Julius Berger
1998: → Gil Vicente (loan)
1999–2003: 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)
Total: 424 (170)
⚽ International career:
2000–2012: Nigeria 58 (21)
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals