![]() Minteh with Feyenoord in 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 22 July 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Serekunda, Gambia | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Steve Biko FC | |||
2022 | OB | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | OB | 17 | (4) |
2023–2024 | Newcastle United | 0 | (0) |
2023–2024 | → Feyenoord (loan) | 27 | (10) |
2024– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 32 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Gambia | 15 | (5) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:52, 25 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2025 |
Yankuba Minteh (born 22 July 2004) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Gambia national team.
Minteh started his career at Steve Biko FC in The Gambia. [1] Minteh's agent Bakary Bojang asked Danish club OB to have a look at Minteh and a fellow Gambian, Dawda Darboe. They were both called in for a try-out in the summer of 2021, playing for OB in their preparation ahead of the 2021–22 season. [2] Minteh didn't leave a good impression, but he got a second chance at a try-out, and that was a way better impression. In the summer of 2022, he signed a two-year contract with OB. [3] First for the U19-team, and later the same year a first-team contract. [4] He made his Danish Superliga debut on 10 September 2022 in a 2–1 win against Copenhagen and scored the winning goal just three minutes after coming on as a substitute for Franco Tongya. [5] [6]
On 12 June 2023, Premier League club Newcastle United announced that they had reached a deal to sign Minteh on a permanent deal from 1 July. [7] Media reports claimed that Newcastle would pay OB a fee in the region of €7 million. [8] Simultaneously, Newcastle also announced that upon his arrival, Minteh would be immediately loaned out to Eredivisie champions Feyenoord for the 2023–24 season. [7] [8]
Minteh made his debut for the club on 4 August in the 2023 Johan Cruyff Shield. [9] He scored his first goal for the club on 3 September, scoring the fifth goal in a 5–1 away win against FC Utrecht. [10] In late October 2023, he picked up a muscle injury, missing several weeks as a result. [11] On 13 December, he scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 2–1 away defeat against Celtic in the final group stage match of the 2023–24 season, in which he became the second Gambian to achieve this feat following Ebrima Colley. [12]
On 7 April 2024, he scored a brace and provided an assist for his club in a 6–0 victory over Ajax in De Klassieker, to be their opponent's worst defeat in the Eredivisie history. [13]
On 1 July 2024, Minteh joined Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion for a reported fee of £30 million, signing a five-year contract with the club. [14] Minteh made his debut for the club on 17 August 2024 in a fixture in which he provided an assist for Kaoru Mitoma in a 3–0 win over Everton. [15] Minteh scored his first Premier League goal on 6 October 2024 in a 3–2 win over Tottenham. [16] He continued to impress for Brighton as their season went on, proceeding to score a brace in a 3–0 victory over Chelsea. [17]
On 4 November 2022, Minteh received his first call-up to the Gambia national team for friendly matches against DR Congo and Liberia. [18] Minteh scored his first international goal during Gambia's 2–2 draw against Congo. [19]
He participated in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast playing in the last two games of the group stages. [20] Minteh scored his second goal for the Gambia on 8 June 2024 in a 3–1 Victory over Seychelles. [21] He scored his third international goal against Gabon in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier.
Minteh is a practising Muslim.
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | League cup [b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
OB | 2022–23 | Danish Superliga | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 4 | |||
Feyenoord (loan) | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 27 | 10 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 [c] | 1 | 1 [d] | 0 | 37 | 11 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2024–25 | Premier League | 32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 7 | ||
Career total | 76 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 22 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Gambia | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 1 | |
2024 | 11 | 3 | |
2025 | 2 | 1 | |
Total | 15 | 5 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 10 September 2023 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco | 2 | ![]() | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2 | 8 June 2024 | Berkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane, Morocco | 5 | ![]() | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 11 June 2024 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon | 6 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 11 October 2024 | Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco | 9 | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
5 | 20 March 2025 | Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 14 | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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