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 31)
Place of birth Techiman, Ghana [1]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
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, [3] before moving to Libyan side Al-Nasr the following year on a free transfer. [4] In September 2014, Yakubu moved back to his native Ghana at BA Stars on loan, [4] before ending the season at Inter Allies on another loan in 2015; [5] he played 14 games and scored once in the Ghana Premier League for the side. [6]

Lebanon

On 28 September 2015, Yakubu moved to Lebanon, joining Nabi Chit on a two-year contract, [6] with whom he played 21 games and scored four in the league. [7]

The following season, he moved to Shabab Sahel where he scored twice in 19 league games. [7] Ahed signed Yakubu in 2017 on a two-year deal. [8]

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. [9] He was nominated Man of the Match for his performance. [10]

Al-Arabi and Fujairah

On 21 January 2020, Yakubu was sent on a six-month loan to Kuwaiti side Al-Arabi. [11] In August 2020, Yakubu moved to Al-Arabi permanently in a deal worth $USD100,000. [12]

On 19 September 2021, Yakubu joined Fujairah FC in the UAE First Division League. [13]

Return to Ahed

In December 2022, Yakubu returned to Ahed ahead of the second half of the 2022–23 Lebanese Premier League. [14]

Honours

Asante Kotoko

Ahed

Individual

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  6. 1 2 "Issah Yakubu signs for Nabi Chit club". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  7. 1 2 Issah Yakubu at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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  10. ↑ "AFCS". stats.the-afc.com. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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