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Yakubu

1982 - Today

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Yakubu Ayegbeni (born 22 November 1982), known as Yakubu, is a Nigerian football agent and also former professional footballer who played as a striker. His nickname is "The Yak".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. He has since appeared in over 250 Premier League matches for Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, and Blackburn Rovers, and is the fourth highest African goalscorer in Premier League history with 96 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakubu has received more than 53,096 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Yakubu is the 6,287th most popular soccer player (up from 6,310th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Nigeria (up from 80th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Nigerian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yakubu ranks 6,287 out of 16,880Before him are Marko Pjaca, Junko Ozawa, Caçapa, Mario Hermoso, Raffael, and Capucho. After him are Alain Casanova, Humberto Suazo, Roberto Tricella, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Pablo Marí, and Kim Young-gwon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Yakubu ranks 338Before him are Dilshod Nazarov, Jenn Suhr, Stevica Ristić, Kamila Skolimowska, Dichen Lachman, and Drew Seeley. After him are Susan Francia, Carístico, Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Marina Aleksandrova, Andreas Hinkel, and Oceana.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Yakubu ranks 77 out of 236Before him are John Obi Mikel (1987), Emmanuel Olisadebe (1978), Joseph Yobo (1980), Emmanuel Emenike (1987), John Utaka (1982), and Wilfred Agbonavbare (1966). After him are Peter Utaka (1984), Garba Lawal (1974), Obafemi Awolowo (1909), Mudashiru Lawal (1954), Victor Obinna (1987), and Yemi Osinbajo (1957).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Nigeria

Among soccer players born in Nigeria, Yakubu ranks 31Before him are John Obi Mikel (1987), Emmanuel Olisadebe (1978), Joseph Yobo (1980), Emmanuel Emenike (1987), John Utaka (1982), and Wilfred Agbonavbare (1966). After him are Peter Utaka (1984), Garba Lawal (1974), Mudashiru Lawal (1954), Victor Obinna (1987), Joel Obi (1991), and Julius Aghahowa (1982).