Full name Yakubu Alfa 2007-2008 Niger Tornadoes F.C. Years Team Height 1.75 m | Number 10 Role Football player Name Yakubu Alfa | |
Date of birth (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 24) | ||
Current team Niger Tornadoes F.C. | ||
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Yakubu Alfa (born December 31, 1990 in Minna) is a Nigerian football player who plays for Niger Tornadoes F.C.. He plays as a central midfielder with scoring and assisting ability.
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Career
Alfa moved on 8 January 2009 from Niger Tornadoes F.C. to Helsingborgs IF. After one year in which he earned two professional caps for his Swedish club Helsingborgs IF, his contract was sold by Skoda Xanthi on 31 January 2010. He had been linked in October 2009 with a move to Germinal Beerschot. On May 2011 he signed with AEK Larnaca. In March 2013, he moved to AS Trenčín.
International career
He represented his homeland by the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the Korea Republic, he won also with the Nigeria U-17 *Golden Eagles* the World Cup 2007. On 15 December 2008 was called for the Nigerian under-20 national team for the African Cup of Nations U-20 2009 in Rwanda, scored a goal against Egypt. On 3 March 2010 earned his first call-up for the Super Eagles.