SOCCER PLAYER

Yakubu

1982 - Today

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Yakubu Ayegbeni (born 22 November 1982), known mononymously as Yakubu, is a Nigerian football agent and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is nicknamed "The Yak". In September 2024 he came out of retirement when he signed a short term deal for Enfield Town who play in the National League South His performances in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League for Maccabi Haifa earned a loan move to English club Portsmouth which became permanent as they were promoted to the Premier League in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakubu has received more than 56,872 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Yakubu is the 7,265th most popular soccer player (down from 6,286th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 77th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 57k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yakubu ranks 7,265 out of 21,273. Before him are Trézéguet, Alyaksandr Khatskevich, Luis Marín, Christian Noboa, Petr Rada, and Pity Martínez. After him are Rubi, Pau López, Carlos Carmona, Bogdan Stancu, Marius Stankevičius, and Jürgen Macho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Yakubu ranks 320. Before him are Dichen Lachman, Tom Pelphrey, Kim Dong-jin, Leandro Barbosa, Modeste M'bami, and María José Martínez Sánchez. After him are Yoshimasa Hosoya, Riz Ahmed, Vladlen Tatarsky, Denis Buntić, Michael Umaña, and Aleksei Berezutski.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Yakubu ranks 94 out of 309. Before him are Samuel Chukwueze (1999), Obafemi Awolowo (1909), Peter Okpaleke (1963), Uche Okafor (1967), Babatunde Olatunji (1927), and Haruna Babangida (1982). After him are Moshood Abiola (1937), Garba Lawal (1974), Grace Alele-Williams (1932), Simon Yates (null), Julius Aghahowa (1982), and Victor Obinna (1987).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Yakubu ranks 39. Before him are Umar Sadiq (1997), Kalu Uche (1982), John Utaka (1982), Samuel Chukwueze (1999), Uche Okafor (1967), and Haruna Babangida (1982). After him are Garba Lawal (1974), Julius Aghahowa (1982), Victor Obinna (1987), Momodu Mutairu (1976), Segun Odegbami (1952), and Ike Shorunmu (1967).

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