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Aiyegbeni YakubuAiyegbeni Yakubu (born November 22, 1982 in Benin City, Nigeria) is a Nigerian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Portsmouth F.C. in England. He weighs 81 kg and is 1.85 meters in height. A striker, Yakubu started his career at Israeli team Maccabi Haifa F.C., where he won two championships and had a phenomanal scoring record both in the domestic and international competitions - breaking serveral club records. After scoring 7 goals in 8 European Cup appearances (including a hat-trick against Olympiakos) in the 2002/03 season UEFA Champions League, Yakubu moved to English club Portsmouth F.C. on January 2003. His goals helped fire Portsmouth to the Division One (now Football League Championship) title, scoring at a rate of one goal every two games. During the club's debut Premiership season, during which they finished 13th, he scored 19 times in 40 starts, a massive return for a striker at a small club. During the summer of 2004 several other Premiership teams were interested in purchasing Yakubu for upto 10 million, but he chose to stay and help consolidate the club's Premiership position. He has been capped several times for Nigeria, and is a regular in the national team. Career Data - Maccabi Haifa Youth team (1999)
- Hapoel Kfar Saba (2000)
- A second division club, played on loan
- Maccabi Haifa (2001 - 2003)
- 24 domestic league goals in 50 appearances
- 8 domestic cup goals in 9 appearances
- 7 domestic European Cup goals in 11 appearances
- Portsmouth F.C. (2003 - )
- 19 Premierleague goals in 40 appearances
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