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
 Shimizu S-Pulse
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)
2018–2019 → Vitória Guimarães B (loan) 28 (11)
2018–2019 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 1 (0)
2019–2020 Vitória Guimarães B 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Estoril (loan) 28 (12)
2021–2022 → Rio Ave (loan) 33 (11)
2022–2024 Rio Ave 33 (13)
2023 → Wuhan Three Towns (loan) 23 (15)
2024– Shimizu S-Pulse 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 July 2024 @ 14:36(AEST)

Abdul-Aziz Yakubu (born 10 November 1998) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays as a forward for J2 League club Shimizu S-Pulse.

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Club career

Yakubu began his senior career Vizela. He scored his first goal for Vizela in Taça de Portugal against Vilaverdense. [1] In August 2018 he was loaned out to Vitória Guimarães B. [2] Yakubu transferred to the Vitória Guimarães first team in 2019. [3] He joined Estorilon loan in 2020. [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 opener in the 10th minute and eventually beating Shandong Taishan 2–0 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 100000——10
2017–18 Campeonato de Portugal 15211———163
Total1621100——173
Vitória Guimarães B (loan) 2018–19 LigaPro2811————2811
Vitória Guimarães (loan) 2018–19 Primeira Liga 100000——10
Vitória Guimarães B 2019–20 LigaPro00————00
Estoril (loan) 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 28125310——3415
Rio Ave (loan) 2021–22 Liga Portugal 233115311——3915
Rio Ave 2022–23 Primeira Liga1770012——189
Wuhan Three Towns (loan) 2023 CSL 231522—6 [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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  2. ↑ "Francis Cann e Aziz cedidos ao vitória de Guimarães" (in Portuguese). radiovizela.pt. 17 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Liberty Professional's Zibo joins Victoria Guimaraes". dailymailgh.com. 4 September 2019.
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  8. ↑ "Rio Ave - Coimbra". sofascore.com.
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  11. ↑ "Ghanaian striker Abdul-Aziz Yakubu makes permanent switch to newly promoted Rio Ave in Portugal". Ghana Soccernet. 12 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Estoril Praia 2-2 Rio Ave". zerozero.pt. 19 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "武汉三镇官方：葡超前锋阿卜杜阿齐兹-雅库布加盟球队" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  14. 1 2 "Ghanaian forward Abdul Aziz Yakubu wins first trophy in China with Wuhan Three Towns". Ghana Soccernet. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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