Issah Yakubu

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Issah Yakubu
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Yakubu with Ahed in 2019
Personal information
Full name Issah Yakubu [1]
Date of birth (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Techiman, Ghana [1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[ citation needed ]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 Liberty Professionals
2012–2013 Asante Kotoko
2014–2015 Al-Nasr
2014 → BA Stars (loan)
2015 → Inter Allies (loan) 14 (1)
2015–2016 Nabi Chit 21 (4)
2016–2017 Shabab Sahel 19 (2)
2017–2020 Ahed 39 (6)
2020 → Al-Arabi (loan) (1)
2020–2021 Al-Arabi (1)
2021–2022 Fujairah 22 (5)
2022–2023 Ahed 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2023

Issah Yakubu (born 17 December 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

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Career

Ghana and Libya

Starting his senior career in 2010 at Liberty Professionals, Yakubu joined Asante Kotoko in 2012, [2] before moving to Libyan side Al-Nasr the following year on a free transfer. [3] In September 2014, Yakubu moved back to his native Ghana at BA Stars on loan, [3] before ending the season at Inter Allies on another loan in 2015; [4] he played 14 games and scored once in the Ghana Premier League for the side. [5]

Lebanon

On 28 September 2015, Yakubu moved to Lebanon, joining Nabi Chit on a two-year contract, [5] with whom he played 21 games and scored four in the league. [6]

The following season, he moved to Shabab Sahel where he scored twice in 19 league games. [6] Ahed signed Yakubu in 2017 on a two-year deal. [7]

On 4 November 2019, Yakubu scored a header against North Korean side April 25 in the 2019 AFC Cup Final; the match ended in a 1–0 win, as he helped his side become the first Lebanese side to win the competition. [8] He was nominated Man of the Match for his performance. [9]

Al-Arabi and Fujairah

On 21 January 2020, Yakubu was sent on a six-month loan to Kuwaiti side Al-Arabi. [10] In August 2020, Yakubu moved to Al-Arabi permanently in a deal worth $USD100,000. [11]

On 19 September 2021, Yakubu joined Fujairah FC in the UAE First Division League. [12]

Return to Ahed

In December 2022, Yakubu returned to Ahed ahead of the second half of the 2022–23 Lebanese Premier League. [13]

Honours

Asante Kotoko

Ahed

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Issah Yakubu". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ghana Premier League: Kotoko records first win" . Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 "EXCLUSIVE: Promoted BA United sign Issah Yakubu on loan from Libyan outfit Al Nasr". GhanaSoccernet. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Inter Allies sign former Kotoko midfielder Issah Yakubu on loan". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Issah Yakubu signs for Nabi Chit club". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  6. 1 2 Issah Yakubu at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Ex-Kotoko midfielder Issah Yakubu joins Lebanese champions Al-Ahed". GhanaSoccernet. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Al Ahed clinch historic title". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "AFCS". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "يعقوبو إلى العربي الكويتي". football-lebanon.com. 21 January 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "اتفاق نهائي بين العربي الكويتي والعهد اللبناني". كووورة. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  12. ↑ @ALDERBYSHOW (19 September 2021). "نادي الفجيره الاماراتي يوقع مع الغاني اسحاق يعقوبو محترف العربي السابق" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ "موقع المنار الرياضي » لبنان..العهد يضم الغاني عيسى يعقوبو". sport.almanar.com.lb. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  14. ↑ Journalist, Samuel Ekow Amoasi Appiah Sports. "Issah Yakubu Named Best Foreign Player In Lebanon". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  15. ↑ النجماوي حسن معتوق أفضل لاعب في لبنان!. aliwaa.com (in Arabic). 1 May 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.


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