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Nigeria · 2002–11Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Rating
Caps
58
Goals
21
Life
1982
Clubs
Maccabi Haifa, Middlesbrough, Everton
#16
Editorial rank of 33 for Nigeria
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Blackburn were heading for relegation on 3 December 2011 and Yakubu scored all four in a 4-2 win over Swansea, his second four-goal game in England after the one at Portsmouth in May 2004. He scored 21 times in 58 Nigeria caps, took bronze at the 2002, 2004 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, played at the 2010 World Cup, and won two Israeli titles with Maccabi Haifa. Career record: 58 caps and 21 goals for Nigeria; club career at Maccabi Haifa, Middlesbrough, Everton.
Career record
| 1997–1998 | Bridge |
| 1998–2003 | Maccabi Haifa |
| 1998–1998 | Gil Vicente |
| 1999–2000 | Hapoel Kfar Saba |
| 2003–2005 | Portsmouth |
| 2005–2007 | Middlesbrough |
| 2007–2011 | Everton |
| 2011–2011 | Leicester City |
| 2011–2012 | Blackburn Rovers |
| 2012–2013 | Guangzhou City |
| 2014–2015 | Al-Rayyan |
| 2015–2015 | Reading |
| Nigeria | 58 caps, 21 goals |
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