Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Yakubu Aiyegbeni (born 22 November 1982) is a Nigerian football player. He plays for Everton and Nigeria national team.
 Yakubu 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] | ||
| Playing position | 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 | (24) |
| 1999–2000 | → Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) | 23 | (6) |
| 2003 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 13 | (7) |
| 2003–2005 | Portsmouth | 65 | (29) |
| 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 | 8 | (3) |
| 2015 | Reading | 7 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Kayserispor | 12 | (0) |
| 2017 | Coventry City | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 428 | (172) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2012 | Nigeria | 57 | (21) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Club career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Israel | League | Israel State Cup | Toto Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1999/00 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | Premier League | 23 | 6 | 23 | 6 | ||||||
| 2000/01 | Maccabi Haifa | Premier League | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | ||||||
| 2001/02 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 13 | ||||||||
| 2002/03 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | ||||||||
| England | League | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2002/03 | Portsmouth | First Division | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 14 | 7 | |
| 2003/04 | Premier League | 37 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 43 | 19 | ||
| 2004/05 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 35 | 17 | |||
| 2005/06 | Middlesbrough | Premier League | 34 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 56 | 19 |
| 2006/07 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 45 | 16 | |||
| 2007/08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2007/08 | Everton | Premier League | 29 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 21 |
| 2008/09 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | ||
| 2009/10 | ||||||||||||
| Country | Israel | 72 | 30 | 72 | 30 | |||||||
| England | 197 | 80 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 251 | 104 | ||
| Total | 269 | 110 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 323 | 134 | ||
International career statistics
| Nigeria national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 1 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | ||
| Total | 42 | 15 |
Yakubu Aiyegbeni Media
Yakubu playing for Middlesbrough in 2006
Yakubu playing for Leicester City in 2011
Yakubu as captain of Nigeria in 2008
Related pages
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yakubu Aiyegbeni". www.national-football-teams.com.
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