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Yakubu

1982 - Today

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Yakubu Ayegbeni (born 22 November 1982), known mononymously as Yakubu, is a Nigerian football agent and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is nicknamed "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 fourth highest African goalscorer in Premier League history with 96 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yakubu is the 2,209th most popular soccer player (up from 7,264th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 94th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yakubu ranks 2,209 out of 21,273. Before him are Akihito Kusunose, Takeshi Okada, Noureddine Naybet, Hans Cieslarczyk, Jaroslav Burgr, and Billy Meredith. After him are Roberto Aballay, Jozef Móder, Gervinho, Raul Meireles, Giuseppe Baldo, and Sven Axbom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Yakubu ranks 78. Before him are Yvonne Strahovski, Cobie Smulders, Lee Min-jung, Maarten Stekelenburg, Kevin Kurányi, and Lauren Cohan. After him are Natalie Dormer, Rodrigo Palacio, Mijaín López, Kenenisa Bekele, Eduardo Saverin, and Philippe Mexès.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Yakubu ranks 37 out of 309. Before him are Shehu Shagari (1925), Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Rashidi Yekini (1963), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), and Ibrahim Babangida (1941). After him are John Onaiyekan (1944), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), Yemi Osinbajo (1957), Taribo West (1974), Peter Okpaleke (1963), and Tijani Babangida (1973).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Yakubu ranks 6. Before him are Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), John Obi Mikel (1987), Victor Osimhen (1998), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), and Rashidi Yekini (1963). After him are Taribo West (1974), Tijani Babangida (1973), Alex Iwobi (1996), Sunday Oliseh (1974), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), and Finidi George (1971).

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