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Person

Yakubu

b. 1982

Nigerian association football player (born 1982)

Born
22 Nov 1982 · Benin City
Part ofNigeria1904 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 51 years
  1. 22 Nov 1982BornBorn in Benin City
  2. 1997 – 1998TeamBridge F.C.
  3. 1998TeamGil Vicente F.C.
  4. 1998 – 2003TeamMaccabi Haifa F.C.
  5. 1999 – 2000TeamHapoel Kfar Saba F.C.
  6. 2000 – 2012TeamNigeria men's national football team
  7. 2003TeamPortsmouth F.C.
  8. 2005 – 2007TeamMiddlesbrough F.C.
  9. 2007 – 2011TeamEverton F.C.
  10. 2010Took part2010 FIFA World Cup
  11. 2011 – 2012TeamBlackburn Rovers F.C.
  12. 2011TeamLeicester City F.C.
  13. 2012 – 2013TeamGuangzhou City F.C.
  14. 2014 – 2015TeamAl-Rayyan
  15. 2015 – 2016TeamKayserispor
  16. 2015TeamReading F.C.
  17. 2017TeamCoventry City F.C.

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1982 – today).

  1. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  2. 1985Schengen Agreement
  3. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  4. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  5. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  7. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  9. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  10. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  11. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  12. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  13. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  14. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  15. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  16. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  17. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  18. 20112011 Norway attacks
  19. 2011Libyan civil war
  20. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  21. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  22. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  23. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  24. 2015Paris Agreement
  25. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  27. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  28. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  29. 2023Gaza war
  30. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  31. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

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. He is the fourth highest scorer in the history of the Nigeria national football team, and represented them at four African Cup of Nations finals, the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Text from the Wikipedia article Yakubu (footballer), CC BY-SA 4.0

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