Yakubu Aiyegbeni

Yakubu Aiyegbeni (born 22 November 1982) is a Nigerian football player. He plays for Everton and Nigeria national team.

Yakubu
Yakubu in 2013
Personal information
Full name Yakubu Ayegbeni[1]
Date of birth (1982-11-22) 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
1998Gil Vicente (loan)
1998–2003 Maccabi Haifa 49 (24)
1999–2000Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) 23 (6)
2003Portsmouth (loan) 13 (7)
2003–2005 Portsmouth 65 (29)
2005–2007 Middlesbrough 73 (25)
2007–2011 Everton 82 (25)
2011Leicester 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 statistics League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IsraelLeague Israel State Cup Toto Cup EuropeTotal
1999/00Hapoel Kfar SabaPremier League236236
2000/01Maccabi HaifaPremier League143143
2001/0222132213
2002/03138138
EnglandLeague FA Cup Football League Cup EuropeTotal
2002/03PortsmouthFirst Division1470000-147
2003/04Premier League37164122-4319
2004/0530132232-3517
2005/06MiddlesbroughPremier League341374201325619
2006/0737128400-4516
2007/08200000-20
2007/08EvertonPremier League29151033633921
2008/09144001021175
2009/10
CountryIsrael 72307230
England 197802211117216251104
Total 2691102211117216323134

International career statistics

[4]

Nigeria national team
YearAppsGoals
200010
200163
200261
200344
200442
200530
200611
200730
2008123
200921
2010
Total4215
  • List of Nigerians

References

  1. "The Football League retained list". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. "Aiyegbini Yakubu". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. "Y. Aiyegbeni". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Yakubu Aiyegbeni". www.national-football-teams.com.


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