Yakubu Aiyegbeni

Yakubu
Yakubu with Guangzhou R&F 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
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)
Total 424 (170)
International career
2000–2012 Nigeria 58 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career statistics

Club

Source:[4][5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maccabi Haifa 1999–2000 Israeli Premier League
2000–01 14 3 14 3
2001–02 22 19 5[a] 5 27 24
2002–03 13 16 13 16
Total 49 38 5 5 54 43
Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) 1999–2000 Israeli Premier League 23 6 23 6
Portsmouth 2002–03 First Division 14 7 – – – 14 7
2003–04 Premier League 37 16 4 1 2 2 – 43 19
2004–05 30 12 2 2 3 2 – 35 16
Total 81 35 6 3 5 4 0 0 92 42
Middlesbrough 2005–06 Premier League 34 13 7 4 2 0 14[b] 2 57 19
2006–07 37 12 8 4 0 0 – 45 16
2007–08 2 0 – – – 2 0
Total 73 25 15 8 2 0 14 2 104 35
Everton 2007–08 Premier League 29 15 1 0 3 3 6[b] 3 39 21
2008–09 14 4 0 0 1 0 2[b] 1 17 5
2009–10 25 5 0 0 2 1 9[b] 0 36 6
2010–11 14 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 1
Total 82 25 1 0 7 4 17 4 107 33
Leicester City 2010–11 Championship 20 11 – – – 20 11
Blackburn Rovers 2011–12 Premier League 30 17 0 0 3 1 – 33 18
Guangzhou R&F 2012 Chinese Super League 14 9 1 1 – – 15 10
2013 29 15 1 0 – – 30 15
Total 43 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 45 25
Al-Rayyan 2013–14 Qatar Stars League 8 3 0 0 0 0 6[c] 1 14 4
2014-15 Qatari Second Division 2 2 0 0 – – 2 2
Total 10 5 0 0 0 0 6 1 16 6
Reading 2014–15 Championship 7 0 4 1 – – 11 1
Kayserispor 2015–16 Süper Lig 12 0 5 3 – – 17 3
Coventry City 2016–17 League One 3 0 – – – 3 0
Career total 424 170 33 16 17 9 42 12 516 207
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Appearances in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League

Honours

Maccabi Haifa

  • Israel Premier League: 2000–01, 2001–02[6][7]

Portsmouth

 Nigeria

References

  1. ↑ "The Football League retained list". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Aiyegbini Yakubu". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  3. ↑ "Y. Aiyegbeni". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Aiyegbeni Yakubu". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Yakubu Aiyegbeni Stats - All Competitions". FBREF. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Israel 2000/01".
  7. ↑ "Israel 2001/02".
  8. ↑ "Yakubu | Football Stats | No Club | Season 2002/2003 | 2002- | Soccer Base".
  9. ↑ "History - Portsmouth".
  10. ↑ "Nigeria - Squad Africa Cup 2002 Mali".
  11. ↑ "Nigeria - Squad Africa Cup 2004 Tunisia".
  12. ↑ "Nigeria - Squad Africa Cup 2010 Angola".


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