Walid Yacoubou

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Walid Yacoubou
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Yacoubou with Hartford Athletic in 2021
Personal information
Full name Abdel Walid Yacoubou
Date of birth (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Tel Aviv, Israel
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Memphis 901
Number 2
Youth career
IFK Maryland
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 PGCC Owls 35 (0)
2017 NCWC Battling Bishops 19 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 HFK Třebíč 5 (0)
2018 North Carolina FC U23 12 (1)
2018 IFK Holmsund 6 (0)
2019 Tulsa Roughnecks 4 (0)
2020 Sporting Ideal 5 (0)
2021–2023 Hartford Athletic 52 (3)
2023 San Antonio FC 6 (1)
2024– Memphis 901 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:50, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Abdel Walid Yacoubou (born 9 April 1997), also known as Tulu, [1] is a Togolese footballer who plays as a defender who currently plays for USL Championship side Memphis 901.

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Early life

Yacoubou was born in Tel Aviv, Israel but lived in Lomé, Togo with an aunt and cousins throughout the early years of his childhood. He moved to Adelphi, Maryland in the United States at age 12 and did not play on his high school soccer team until his senior year at age 17. [2]

Career

College

Yacoubou played college soccer for three years, beginning at Prince George's Community College in 2015, [3] before transferring after two seasons to North Carolina Wesleyan College. [4]

Professional

After college, Yacoubu moved to Czech Fourth Division side HFK Třebíč, where he stayed for 3-months. [5]

He returned to the United States to play with USL PDL side North Carolina FC U23. [6]

In 2018, Yacoubou signed for Swedish Division 3 side IFK Holmsund. [7] [8]

On May 6, 2019, Yacoubou signed for USL Championship side Tulsa Roughnecks. [9]

Following his time in Tulsa, Yacoubou signed for Portuguese side Sporting Clube Ideal. [10] [11]

On April 27, 2021, Yacoubou signed for USL Championship side Hartford Athletic. [11] He scored his first goal for Hartford on July 17, 2021 in a 3–1 loss vs. Charleston Battery. [12] [13]

On May 24, 2023, Yacoubou was transferred to USL Championship side San Antonio FC for an undisclosed fee. [14]

Yacoubou signed with Memphis 901 on January 9, 2024, ahead of their 2024 season int he USL Championship. [15]

Personal life

Yavoubou is trilingual, speaking French, English, and Ewe. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Betz, Adam (16 May 2021). "Prpa's late goal gives Athletic a tie in home opener". Yahoo News. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 "BETTING ON HIMSELF: TULU'S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY ACROSS THE WORLD". hartfordathletic.com. July 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Walid yacoubou". Prince George's Community College.
  4. ↑ "Walid Yacoubou". N.C. Wesleyan.
  5. ↑ "Třebíč zahájí jarní část divizní soutěže v sobotu 24.3. v 15,00 hod. se Ždírcem na umělé trávě v Třebíči". HFK Třebíč.
  6. ↑ "North Carolina FC U23 – 2018 Regular Season – Roster – #20 – Walid Yacoubou – D". www.uslleaguetwo.com.
  7. ↑ "Breaking News!!! IFK Maryland alumni Walid Yacoubou..." IFK Maryland Facebook. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  8. ↑ "Abdel Walid Yacoubou – Lagstatistik". www.lagstatistik.se.
  9. ↑ "TULSA ROUGHNECKS SIGN 22-YEAR-OLD DEFENDER WALID YACOUBOU". roughnecksfc.com. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  10. ↑ "Sporting Ideal FM 2020 Players Review, Profiles". FM 2021 | Club, Player, League Review. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  11. 1 2 Athletic, Hartford (2021-04-27). "Hartford Athletic Signs Defender Walid Yacoubou". Hartford Athletic | Connecticut's Professional Soccer Team. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  12. ↑ Athletic, Danny Cole, Hartford (2021-07-17). "RECAP: Athletic Suffer Setback as Charleston Take Three Points at Patriot's Point". Hartford Athletic | Connecticut's Professional Soccer Team. Retrieved 2021-07-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "Walid Yacoubou 2021 Match Logs". FBref.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  14. ↑ USLChampionship com Staff (May 24, 2023). "San Antonio acquires center back Tulu via transfer from Hartford Athletic". USL Championship.
  15. ↑ Staff, USLChampionship com (January 9, 2024). "Memphis brings aboard center back Tulu". USL Championship.


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