Yakubu Aiyegbeni Football player

Yakubu Aiyegbeni (born 22 November 1982 in Benin City), generally known simply as Yakubu, is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker for Reading and the Nigerian national football team. 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 second 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 football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Personal facts

Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Birth dateNovember 22, 1982
Birth place
Benin City , Nigeria national football team
Height (meters)1.83

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Leicester City F.C.
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Middlesbrough F.C.
Everton F.C.
Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.
Al Rayyan SC
Portsmouth F.C.
Nigeria national football team
Bridge Boys F.C.
Gil Vicente F.C.
Gateway United F.C.

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