Najeeb Yakubu
Nigerien footballer
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Najeeb Yakubu (ⓘ; born 1 May 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back. Born in Ghana, he plays for Super League club Garudayaksa and the Niger national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Accra, Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Garudayaksa | ||
| Youth career | |||
| UniStar Academy | |||
| –2017 | New Town Youth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Niger Tornadoes | ||
| 2018–2024 | Vorskla Poltava | 66 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | → Ilves (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Prishtina | 17 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Persijap Jepara | 22 | (0) |
| 2026– | Garudayaksa | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Ghana U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2022– | Niger | 17 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2025 | |||
Club career
On 20 April 2022, Yakubu joined CD Lugo in Spain under the special FIFA regulations related to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, he only participated in training and did not appear in any league games.[2][3]
In August 2022 he once again suspended his contract with Vorskla under the same regulations, this time until 30 June 2023, and moved to Ilves in Finnish Veikkausliiga.[4][5]
International career
Born in Ghana, Yakubu is of Nigerien descent.
He was called up to the Niger national team for a set of friendlies in March 2022.[6] He debuted with Niger as a late substitute in a 3–0 friendly loss to Egypt on 23 September 2022.[7]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vorskla Poltava | 2018–19 | Ukrainian Premier League | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | Ukrainian Premier League | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Ukrainian Premier League | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ukrainian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ukrainian Premier League | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 66 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 2 | ||
| Ilves (loan) | 2022 | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Veikkausliiga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1[d] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Prishtina | 2024–25 | Kosovo Superleague | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||
| Persijap Jepara | 2025–26 | Super League | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||
| Garudayaksa | 2026–27 | Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 122 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 2 | ||
- Notes
- Includes Ukrainian Cup and Suomen Cup
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
- Includes Finnish League Cup
International
- As of match played 18 November 2024[10]
| Niger | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | |
Honours
Ilves
External links
- Najeeb Yakubu at UAF (in Ukrainian)
- Najeeb Yakubu at Soccerway
