Abubakari Yakubu

Abubakari Yakubu

Personal information
Full name	Abubakari Yakubu
Date of birth	13 December 1981
Place of birth	Tema, Ghana
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Great Mariners
	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1999–2005	Ajax	65	(0)
2004–2005	→ Vitesse Arnhem (loan)	31	(0)
2005–2009	Vitesse Arnhem	49	(0)
Total		145	(0)
National team
2002–2006	Ghana	16	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Abubakari Yakubu (born 13 December 1981) is a Ghanaian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Tema, Yakubu joined AFC Ajax at only 17, going on to remain in the Netherlands for one full decade. He made his Eredivisie debut on 19 April 2000, playing 50 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against FC Den Bosch and finishing his first season with only five appearances.

Yakubu played in an average of 15 league games in the following four years, helping the Amsterdam club to two national championships^[1] and the 2002 edition of the Dutch Cup. He spent the 2004–05 campaign on loan to fellow league side Vitesse.^[2]

In the ensuing off-season, Yakubu signed permanently with the Arnhem club for four years, being intermittently used during four seasons and released in the 2009 summer. In early October, he had an unsuccessful trial with German team TSV 1860 München.^[3]

Honours

• Eredivisie: 2001–02, 2003–04
• KNVB Cup: 2001–02
• Johan Cruijff Shield: 2002

References

1. Obodai weet het zeker: Ajax wordt kampioen; Ajax official website, 16 March 2004 Archived February 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
2. Vitesse agree Yakubu loan; UEFA.com, 13 July 2004
3. "Lucius in beeld bij 1860 München" [Lucius on trial with 1860 München] (in Dutch). NU Sport. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2010.

External links

• Stats at Voetbal International (Dutch)
• Abubakari Yakubu at National-Football-Teams.com
• Abubakari Yakubu – FIFA competition record