Yusif Yakubu

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Yusif Yakubu
Personal information
Full name Yusif Yakubu
Date of birth (1976-09-04) 4 September 1976 (age 44)
Place of birth Kumasi, Ghana
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1997–1999 Hearts of Oak
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Al Ahly
2001–2005 Churchill Brothers 103 (65)
2005–2008 Mahindra United
2008–2010 East Bengal (20)
2010–2011 Salgaocar (15)
2011–2012 Prayag United (12)
2012–2014 Mumbai 37 (18)
2016 East Bengal
2017 Churchill Brothers 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yusif Yakubu (born 4 September 1976) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the best foreigners in history of football in India.[1][2][3]

Career[]

Yakubu was born in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, in 1976, and began his youth football career in Ghanaian side Hearts of Oak in 1997.

Before joining Kingfisher East Bengal,[4] he had played for the I-League clubs Churchill Brothers[5] and Mahindra United. From 2001 to 2005, he scored 65 goals in 103 league matches with Churchill Brothers, finishing National Football League's top scorer twice.[6][7][8] He scored his first NFC hat-trick with Churchill on 5 March 2004 against Indian Bank in a 4–1 win.[9] In one season with Mahindra United,[10] he won Federation Cup and NFL.[11]

With East Bengal, Yakubu formed an impressive partnership with Bhaichung Bhutia,[12] and scored nine goals in the 2008–09 I-League.[13][14] He was part of the team's friendly matches of Myanmar tour, against Myanmar National League teams, in which they won two, drew one and lost one.[15]

He is one of the all-time top scorer in Indian League and has scored 100 goals in the top tier of Indian football.[16] On 26 May 2010, left East Bengal Club and signed for Salgaocar SC.[17][18] From 2011 to 2012, he appeared with Prayag United and was in the squad that emerged as runners-up of 2012 IFA Shield.[19][20][21] He is considered as one of the finest foreign football players in the history of Indian Club football.[22]

In 2012, he moved to Mumbai FC and with the Mumbaikars, he scored his first hat-trick in I-League against Churchill Brothers in a 4–2 win on 13 April 2014.[23] In the [24] 2014–15 I-League season, they managed to acquire sixth position.[25][26]

In January 2016, Yakubu moved to another Kolkata-based side Mohammedan Sporting.[27]

On 7 August 2017, it was announced that Yakubu would return to India to sign for Churchill Brothers for their Goa Professional League campaign.[28]

Honours[]

Al Ahly

Churchill Brothers

Mahindra United

East Bengal

Salgaocar

Prayag United

Individual

References[]

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  2. ^ "Leading Goal Scorers". Rediff.com. 14 May 2004. Archived from the original on 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Indian football: Fred Pugsley, Chima Okorie, Ranti Martins – the foreign strikers who shone in India". Scroll.in. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Yakubu scores two as EB beat Churchill". Times of India. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  5. ^ Nair, Avinash (4–10 May 2002). "'Football is my profession'". The Sportstar. Vol. 25 no. 18. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  6. ^ Serrao, Francis (14 November 2002). "Churchill, Salgaocar set to kick-off NFL". Rediff.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Salgaocar finish second". Rediff.com. Press Trust of India. 28 April 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  8. ^ "NFL Champions and Goalscorers". Rediff. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Yakubu nets three in Churchill's big win". Rediff.com. 5 March 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  10. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "1st "ONGC" I-League – Division 1 2007/08". IndianFootball.com. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  11. ^ Five best foreigners to grace Indian football sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021
  12. ^ "Grief-stricken Yakubu does it for East Bengal". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  13. ^ I-League 2008-2009 points table and statistics worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 July 2021
  14. ^ "Yusif Yakubu: India's Very Own Black Star". thehardtackle.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  15. ^ "East Bengal end Myanmar tour with draw". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  16. ^ Laha, Somshuvra (22 January 2010). "Grief-stricken Yakubu does it for East Bengal". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  17. ^ "Salgaocar sign Yakubu, Seoka". Zee News. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Season ending transfers 2010". Indianfootball.de. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  19. ^ Yusif Yakubu player profile Soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021
  20. ^ Ganguly, Abhishek (17 March 2012). "Gurpreet hands East Bengal IFA Shield title". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  21. ^ Chowdhuri, Arunava (17 March 2012). "116th IFA Shield: East Bengal crowned champions!". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  22. ^ Sengupta, Somnath (7 December 2010). "High Five: Best Foreigners in Indian Football". TheHardTackle.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  23. ^ "I-League: Hattrick-hero Yusif Yakubu powers Mumbai FC to a 4–2 win over Churchill Bros". WIFA. 16 April 2014.
  24. ^ Shukla, Kaushal (26 January 2016). "Back home, Mumbai FC's Pratik Chaudhari says he is thriving under Khalid Jamil's faith". Football Counter. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  25. ^ "Players - I-League - India - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
  26. ^ "Hero I-League FairPlay Points Table". I-League.
  27. ^ "James Moga & Yusif Yakubu Joins Mohammedan". i-league.org. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  28. ^ Mergulhao, Marcus (7 August 2017). "Striker Yakubu Yusif set to return to Churchill Brothers". Times of India. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  29. ^ "الأهلي الأكثر تتويجًا بالبطولات في العالم". Al Ahly SC Website. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  30. ^ "Rise of a new champion: When Mahindra United became the first Mumbai team to win the NFL title". Scroll.in. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  31. ^ "From the history book, roll of honour". 10 January 2015.
  32. ^ Salgaocar lifts the Federation Cup with style the-aiff.com. Retrieved 27 March 2021
  33. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  34. ^ "116th IFA SHIELD : "Gurpreet is the hero of the match today" James Morgan". Kolkata Football. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

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