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Yakubu

Nigerian association football player (born 1982)

1982 - today

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His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). Yakubu is the 2,219th most popular soccer player (up from 7,261st in 2024), the 38th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 94th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

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Yakubu is the most memorable of the 12 notable people born in Benin City, Nigeria, ahead of Victor Ikpeba, Julius Aghahowa, and Elderson Echiéjilé.

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Yakubu's biography appears in 47 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 93% of all Soccer Players.

Nov 22

Yakubu shares a November 22 birthday with Charles de Gaulle, André Gide, and John Nance Garner.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Yakubu ranks 2,215 out of 21,273. Before him are Akihito Kusunose, Takeshi Okada, Noureddine Naybet, Hans Cieslarczyk, Jaroslav Burgr, and Billy Meredith. After him are Roberto Aballay, Jozef Móder, Gervinho, Raul Meireles, Giuseppe Baldo, and Sven Axbom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Yakubu ranks 78. Before him are Yvonne Strahovski, Cobie Smulders, Lee Min-jung, Maarten Stekelenburg, Kevin Kurányi, and Lauren Cohan. After him are Natalie Dormer, Rodrigo Palacio, Mijaín López, Kenenisa Bekele, Eduardo Saverin, and Philippe Mexès.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Yakubu ranks 38 out of 309. Before him are Goodluck Jonathan (1957), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), Rashidi Yekini (1963), Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904), Ibrahim Babangida (1941), and Bolaji Badejo (1953). After him are John Onaiyekan (1944), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912), Yemi Osinbajo (1957), Taribo West (1974), Peter Okpaleke (1963), and Tijani Babangida (1973).

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Among Soccer Players In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Yakubu ranks 6. Before him are Jay-Jay Okocha (1973), John Obi Mikel (1987), Victor Osimhen (1998), Emmanuel Amunike (1970), and Rashidi Yekini (1963). After him are Taribo West (1974), Tijani Babangida (1973), Alex Iwobi (1996), Sunday Oliseh (1974), Nwankwo Kanu (1976), and Finidi George (1971).

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