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Full name
  
Yusif Yakubu

1997–1999
  
Weight
  
75 kg

Number
  
10

Height
  
1.83 m


Playing position
  
Role
  
Footballer

Place of birth
  
Kumasi, Ghana

Name
  
Yusif Yakubu

Career start
  
2000

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Date of birth
  
(1976-09-04) 4 September 1976 (age 39)

Current team
  
Mumbai F.C. (#10 / Forward)

Yusif Yakubu (born 4 September 1976 in Kumasi) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who is currently playing for Churchill Brothers.

Career

Before joining Kingfisher East Bengal, he had played for the I-League clubs Churchill Brothers and Mahindra United. He is one of the all-time top scorer in Indian League and has scored 100 goals in the top tier of Indian football. On 26 May 2010 left East Bengal Club and signed for Salgaocar SC. He is considered as one of the finest foreign football players in the history of Indian Club football.

On 7 August 2017, it was announced that Yakubu would return to India to sign for Churchill Brothers for their Goa Professional League campaign.

References

Yusif Yakubu Wikipedia