Abdul-Aziz Yakubu

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Abdul-Aziz Yakubu
Personal information
Full name Abdul-Aziz Yakubu
Date of birth (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Tamale, Ghana
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Rio Ave
Number 81
Youth career
0000–2014 Red Bull Ghana
2015–2016 Charity Stars
2016–2017 Vizela
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Vizela 16 (2)
2018–2019Vitória Guimarães B (loan) 28 (11)
2018–2019Vitória Guimarães (loan) 1 (0)
2019–2020 Vitória Guimarães B 0 (0)
2020–2021Estoril (loan) 28 (12)
2021–2022Rio Ave (loan) 33 (11)
2022– Rio Ave 17 (7)
2023Wuhan Three Towns (loan) 23 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:26, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Abdul-Aziz Yakubu (born 10 November 1998) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Rio Ave.

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Club career

Yakubu began his senior career Vizela it started in. He scored his first goal for Vizela in Taça de Portugal against Vilaverdense. [1] In August 2018 joined Vitória Guimarães B on loan. [2] Yakubu transferred to the Vitória Guimarães first team in 2019. [3] On loan in 2020 joined Estoril. [4] Abdul-Aziz Yakubu scored 12 goals in the 2020–21 season he greatly contributed to Estoril's winning Liga Portugal 2. [5] On July 31, 2021, he joined Rio Ave in Liga Portugal 2 for the 2021–22 season. [6] [7] Aziz Yakubu made his debut against Rio Ave on 8 August 2021 against Académica in Liga Portugal 2 on 8 August 2021 and was included in the game from the reserve at the 72nd minute. [8] Yakubu scored his first goal with Rio Ave in the Taça da Liga match against C.D. Santa Clara in the 16th minute. [9] Yakubu enjoyed the trophy once again with Rio Ave in the 2021–22 season, becoming the champion in Liga Portugal 2 and promoted to Primeira Liga. [10] Permanently transferred to Rio Ave in Vitória Guimarães in the summer of 2022. [11] Yakubu scored his first goal in Primeira Liga with Rio Ave of the 2022–23 season on August 19, 2022, at recorded in the 73rd minute of the game that finished 2–2 against Estoril. [12]

In March 2023, Yakubu joined Chinese Super League club Wuhan Three Towns on loan. [13]

On 8 April, he made his debut in the Chinese FA Super Cup scoring the opening goal in the 10th minutes, his first goal for the club to lead them to 2–0 victory over Shandong Taishan to secure the cup. [14] His performance also earned him the man of the match award. [15] At the end of the 2023 season, his loan ended and, on 3 January 2024, he returned to Rio Ave. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 December 2023 [17] [18] [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vizela 2016–17 LigaPro 10000010
2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal 15211163
Total1621100173
Vitória Guimarães B (loan) 2018–19 LigaPro28112811
Vitória Guimarães (loan) 2018–19 Primeira Liga 10000010
Vitória Guimarães B 2019–20 LigaPro0000
Estoril (loan) 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 281253103415
Rio Ave (loan) 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2331153113915
Rio Ave 2022–23 Primeira Liga1770012189
Total501853235724
Wuhan Three Towns (loan) 2023 CSL 2315226 [lower-alpha 1] 11 [lower-alpha 2] 13219
Career total1465813933611116972
  1. Appearances in AFC Champions League
  2. Appearance in Chinese FA Super Cup

Honours

Estoril

Rio Ave

Wuhan Three Towns

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